Sept. 22, 2017

Friday Gallery: Seabees Around the World

170911-N-AP360-0113 ULITHI, Micronesia (Sept. 11, 2017) Builder 3rd Class Mathew Tinsley, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, installs the roof girt for the Falalop Elementary School Culture house in Ulithi, Micronesia. NMCB-3 i...

Sept. 21, 2017

Marines Howitzer Gun Carriages Built by NMCB 133

20170919-N-JY474-016 CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti --Marines with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines (1/11) from the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) look over a gun carriage that will be used to secure their 5-ton...

Sept. 19, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of September 17 ? September 23)

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 conducts a change of command ceremony in Deh Dadi II, Afghanistan Sept. 24, 2010. Cmdr. Tim DeWitt (left) assumed command from Cmdr. Glenn Hubbard (center) who hands the battalion flag to Command Master Chief Co...

Sept. 15, 2017

Friday Gallery: Seabees Around the World

170907-N-XJ788-011 NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 7, 2017) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Brandon Keith, assigned to Construction Battalion Mobile Unit (CBMU) 202, operates a bulldozer Sept. 7, onboard Naval Station Norfolk. The preparations ensure CBMU 202 is re...

Sept. 15, 2017

2017 Seabee Mud Run: ?Runners to the Starting Line!?

Story by PSSN Kitara Byerly, 7 Naval Construction Regiment Public Affairs GULFPORT, Miss. ? Capt. William (Bill) Whitmire, commanding officer of Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC), Gulfport, Miss., officiated the start of the 2017 Seab...

Sept. 15, 2017

Gallery: CBMU 202 Responds to Irma in Virgin Islands

170912-N-TJ319-276 ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands (Sept. 12, 2017) Sailors offload a vehicle from Landing Craft Unit (LCU) 1656 on the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Ag...

Sept. 15, 2017

RED HORSE Squadrons and Navy Seabees Complete Resolute Castle

Story by Capt. Colin Cutler,?926th Engineer Brigade The drizzling rain paused just long enough for the closing ceremony of Resolute Castle 17 at Joint National Training Center, Cincu, Romania. Soldiers of the Romanian 10th Engineer Brigade and U.S...

Sept. 13, 2017

Marvin Shields and the 'Bees at Dong Xoai

Photos courtesy of U.S. Navy Seabee Museum and Vince Kontny [caption id="attachment_9418" align="alignnone" width="535"] NMCB 11's Seabee Team 1104 before departing for Dong Xoai.[/caption] The following account of the Battle of Dong Xoai was w...

Sept. 10, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of September 10 - September 16)

Ghost Battalion flag, Quang Tri, Vietnam, September 1967....

Sept. 8, 2017

Friday Gallery: LA Fleet Week 2017 (55 Photos)

170829-N-GZ228-052 LOS ANGELES (Aug. 29, 2017) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) transits the Port of Los Angeles as part of the 2nd annual Los Angeles Fleet Week. LA Fleet Week is an opportunity for the American...