Nov. 26, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of November 26 ? December 2)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_15489" align="alignnone" width="628"] 111 NCB Normandy, France on Thanksgiving. (Courtesy of U.S. Navy Seabee Museum)[/caption] ...

Nov. 24, 2017

Gallery: Seabees Around the World

171116-N-GZ832-0005 OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 16, 2017) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 headquarters company, prepare for a Command Post Exercise (CPX) by setting up Base-X shelters for the command operation center. The in...

Nov. 23, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving Seabees

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3's First Class Petty Officer's Association prepare a Thanksgiving Day meal for members of their mess. NMCB 3's legacy stands strong in its ability to build and fight anywhere in the world as ei...

Nov. 19, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of November 19 ? November 25)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640"] Seabees working at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, while an aircraft lands. Beginning in 1955, Seabees began dep...

Nov. 17, 2017

Gallery: Veterans Day

171102-N-RF885-017 DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti (Nov. 2, 2017) Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Markus Wells , assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 1, provides navigation training to Djiboutian navy Lt. Saad Boulaleh Saad to improve joint and seawa...

Nov. 16, 2017

NMCB 4 Participate in Restoration Project on Diego Garcia

By BU2 Christopher Moore, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Public Affairs Office DIEGO GARCIA ? Seabees assigned to U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 participated in a community relations restoration project of colonial mo...

Nov. 15, 2017

Seabees Complete Hari?i Hamatuk 2017

Story by CE3 Ji Han, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Public Affairs Office METINARO, Timor-Leste ? Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, marked the end of Exercise Hari?i Hamutuk 2017 with a closing ceremony a...

Nov. 14, 2017

Honoring Marvin Shields? Legacy

171111-N-EH218-0024 GARDINER, Wash. (Nov. 11, 2017) Mrs. Joan Shields-Bennett, widow of Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Marvin Glenn Shields, observes the parading of the colors during a memorial honoring Shields at Gardiner Cemetery. The ceremony pa...

Nov. 14, 2017

Seabees Improve Warfighting Command and Control

GULFPORT, Mississippi (November 8, 2017) From the left, Yeoman 1st Class Brandy Pflepsen, from Belle Chasse, Louisiana, and Yeoman 1st Class Timothy Messler, from Clermont, Florida, brief the status of the administration board during the Naval Mobile...

Nov. 12, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of November 12 ? November 18)

13 November 2004 - Steelworker 1st Class Joseph Perrott, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Three (NMCB 23), cut steel plating used to enhance tactical vehicle armor. Perrott and fellow Seabees worked under threat of hostile fire to ...