Aug. 22, 2017

'Hey Mack, Are You a Seabee?'

(Above left) Before the Fighting Bee logo was added to the uniform, some Seabees were identified by a square "CB" patch on the lower left sleeve and a rating badge with the letters "CB." (Above center) Example of circular Seabee logo patch worn on u...

Aug. 22, 2017

NCTC Gulfport Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence

Story?by NCTC Gulfport and CSFE Public Affairs; Photos by?NCBC Gulfport Public Affairs?Mr. Brian Lamar and NCTC Asst Public Affairs?UT2 Huot GULFPORT, Miss. -?Naval Construction Training Center (NCTC) Gulfport celebrated 50 years as a Commissioned...

Aug. 21, 2017

CJTF-HOA Seabees Leave Behind Strong Bonds with a Djiboutian Village

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer John Young of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE raises the Djiboutian flag dedicated to the local village Chief Hassan Diama as Seabees assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa gather for the flag cerem...

Aug. 20, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of August 20 - August 26)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_14689" align="alignnone" width="618"] Aug. 20, 1942, 6th Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) Commander, Cmdr. Joseph P. Blundon, Civil E...

Aug. 18, 2017

Friday Gallery: NMCB 1, Southern Partnership Station 17

170814-A-QE286-0128 PUERTO CASTILLA, HONDURAS (August 14, 2017) U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One perform maintenance on a 1000-gallon water storage unit at Base Naval de Puerto Castilla, a Honduran naval base, dur...

Aug. 17, 2017

Sailors and Seabees Volunteer at Montana YMCA

170815-N-KB426-129 BILLINGS, Montana (Aug. 15, 2017) Builder 1st Class William Anderson, assigned to the Naval Construction Training Center and a Deer Lodge, Montana, native, interacts with area children during a community relations event at the Bil...

Aug. 16, 2017

EXWC, UCSB host PIPELINES Design Challenge Awards at Seabee Museum

170811-N-RG622-026 PORT HUENEME, Calif (Aug 11, 2017) ? Captain Joseph Greeson, commanding officer (acting) Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC), presents an award certificate to University...

Aug. 13, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of August 13 - August 19)

Seabees of CBMU 301 repair a track in Khe Sahn, RVN, 1968. (Photo courtesy ofU.S. Navy Seabee Museum)...

Aug. 11, 2017

Equipment Operators Complete Road Construction to Help Facilitate US/French Mission

An equipment operator with the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One directs another operator to proceed forward with a bulldozer at a range near Arta, Djibouti, July 27, 2017. NMCB One supports Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa through...

Aug. 11, 2017

Friday Gallery: Seabees Around The World

Construction Electrician 1st Class Dan Lehne, assigned to Underwater Construction Team 2, runs with Agent Joanico Ximenes of the Timor-Leste National Police during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Timor-Leste 2017 at Port Hera Naval ...