April 6, 2017

Through the Eyes of a State Department Seabee

?Story by?Suzanne K. Whang, Editor, Bureau of Diplomatic Security Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State Chief Steelworker Joan Powers travels with a Seabee convoy security and mobile construction team in February 2012. (Photo courtesy o...

April 2, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of April 2)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command On April 6, 1968, the Hill 494 Quarry Cantonment and Rock Production was dedicated as Camp DeShurley in honor of mortar crew leader Builder (Light) 3rd...

March 26, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of March 26)

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents the Silver Star to Brooke Toner, widow of Navy Lt.j.g. Francis L. Toner, IV, at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2011. Halfway through a year-long Individual Augment...

March 21, 2017

Seabees Battle Mother Nature, Complete FTX 2017

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Chan     Seabees attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 surround Capt. Greg Vinci, commanding officer of ACB 1, to celebrate the end of Field Training Exercise (FTX) 2017...

March 19, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of March 19)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Seabees being inspected at Camp Allen in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1942.? After completing three weeks of boot training at Camp Allen, and later at its suc...

March 17, 2017

Battalion Establishes Air Deployable Det. for Major Contingencies

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexa Trafton Senior Chief Constructionman Greggory Cooke, from Richland Center, Wisconsin, leads a platoon of Seabees assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 Air Deployable Det. on a...

March 15, 2017

Seabees Join The Foal Eagle Exercise in Korea

Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Torrey Lee Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 Sailors and Republic of Korea (ROK) sailors listen to a safety brief at the ROK Naval Education and Training Command in Jinhae, ROK, March 13, 2017, as part of e...

March 8, 2017

NMCB 5 Overcomes Jungle Endurance Course

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Henderson Construction Mechanic Constructionman Matt Adams, attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, traverses a mud-filled pit while participating in the endurance course at the Jungle Wa...

March 5, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of March 5)

As part of an open house held to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Civil Engineer Corps and 25th Birthday of the Seabees in 1967, the 31st Naval Construction Regiment created a model Vietnamese Village at Port Hueneme, Calif. The program for the...

March 3, 2017

World War II Seabee Reflects on VJ-Day

Story by Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg, Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Public Affairs           .         In honor of the 75th Seabee Anniversary, this video f...