Feb. 6, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Feb. 5)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command The Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, desalinization plant circa 1964. In reprisal for the arrest of Cuban fishermen who entered Florida coastal waters, the Cuban ...

Feb. 2, 2017

NCHB 1 Sailors Return to Support Operation Deep Freeze

Story by Ensign James Griffin, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Public Affairs Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1 personnel arrive at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Jan. 21, 2016, via U.S. Air Force C-130 in support of the National Scien...

Feb. 2, 2017

NMCB 4 Conducts Loading Exercise with USS San Diego

Story by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rosalie Chang, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Public Affairs Equipment Operator 3rd Class Trae Moliere and Equipment Operator 3rd Class Nathan Gillilan, assigned to Naval Mobile Const...

Jan. 29, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Jan. 29)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Seabees of Naval Construction Battalion 121 joined the Fourth Marine Division and landed on Roi and Namur, the northernmost islands of the Kwajalein at...

Jan. 25, 2017

BEECAM: Seabees 75th Anniversary Kickoff Ceremony

Retired Carpenter's Mate 1st Class Macy Coffin, center, and distinguished guests including NAVFAC Commander Rear Adm. Bret Muilenburg, far left, cut the ribbon on a new World War II gallery at the Seabee Museum during the Seabees 75th Anniversary Kic...

Jan. 25, 2017

From Gulfport to Africa, Seabee Provides Support in More Ways Than One

Story by: Equipment Operator 2nd Class Matthew Blyth, NMCB 11? Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Cameroon, sift sand for the production of mortar, to lay block walls for multipurpose building in ...

Jan. 22, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Jan. 22)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Project Rest Stop personnel survey the jungle on Diego Garcia for a possible naval base in 1967. One of the major projects for the Naval Facilities Eng...

Jan. 19, 2017

Seabees Commence 75th Anniversary Celebrations

Story by Chief Petty Officer Lowell Whitman Rear Adm. Bret Muilenburg, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) and Chief of the Civil Engineer Corps, addresses attendees at the Seabees 75th Anniversary Kickoff Ceremony in ...

Jan. 15, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Jan. 15)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Seabee berthing quarters in Antarctica. Operation Highjump brought Seabees to Antarctica for the first time in 1947 when a detachment accompanied Admiral R...

Jan. 11, 2017

ASVAB Tutoring in the Marshall Islands

Story by Utilitiesman 3rd Class (SCW/EXW) John P. Hurley, NMCB 11 CCAD Marshall Islands Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 tutor students while on deployment to the Marshall Islands. (Photo by Utilitiesman 3rd Class...