July 18, 2016

PHIBCB 2, NCG 2 Employ 'Crawl-Walk-Run' Tactics During BTX

By MCSN Kenneth Gardner, PHIBCB 2 EO2 Rick Schram, PHIBCB 2, uses a fireplan sketch to explain his pit?s field of fire during PHIBCB 2?s BTX, Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, Nov. 17. (Photo by EA2 Larry Winer/151117-N-FU398-035) Amphibious Constr...

July 17, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of July 17)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum   Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 unloads littoral combat ships (LCS) at Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam, 1966.?Two years later,?on?August 12, S...

July 15, 2016

Seabees Touching Lives, Helping Residents in Marshall Islands

By?CECN Sarah Coker, NMCB 133 As Marshallese children watch and learn, Builder Second Class Brandon Kinsey chisels out a hinge mortise for a new door during the renovation of the Majuro Deaf Education Center, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands...

July 14, 2016

Homefront: Once a military family?

By Lisa Smith Molinari At seven in the morning, the summer sun was already shining hot and bright. I found space among the passengers on the train platform. My husband, Francis, hastily parked my luggage at my feet, inadvertently nicking my to...

July 11, 2016

Marine General Visits Seabee-Built ELCAS Pier

By MC3 Kenneth Gardner, PHIBCB 2 Public Affairs Lt. Gen. John Wissler (left), commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and commanding general, Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic, and Capt. Michael Ott (right), commodore, Naval Beach Group 2, d...

July 11, 2016

BEECAM: UCT 2 Builds, Dives at Barking Sands

Photos by MC1 Charles White, Fleet Combat Camera Pacific Chief Construction Electrican (CEC) Daniel Luberto, with Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 Construction Dive Detachment Bravo (CDDB), ascends from a work site, Pacific Missile Ran...

July 11, 2016

BEECAM: UCT 2 Builds, Dives in Barking Sands

Photo by MC1 Charles E. White Chief Construction Electrican (CEC) Daniel Luberto, with Underwater Construction Team 2 Construction Dive Detachment Bravo (UCT2 CDDB), ascends from a work site, Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, H...

July 11, 2016

Cho Relieves Lengkeek as Commanding Officer of NMCB 4

By MC1 Rosalie Chang, NMCB 4 Public Affairs Cmdr. Jeffrey Lengkeek (left) transfers the battalion flag to Cmdr. James Cho during the change of command ceremony in Okinawa, Japan,?where Cho relieved Lengkeek as commanding officer of Naval M...

July 10, 2016

Marine General Visits ELCAS Pier

By MC3 Kenneth Gardner Lt. Gen. John Wissler (left), commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic, and Capt. Michael Ott (right), commodore, Naval Beach Group 2, discuss mission capabiliti...

July 10, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of July 10)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Port Hueneme, California, April 1944. Two years earlier on July 15, the 7th Naval Construction Battalion left Advance Base Depot, Port Hueneme, for San Francisco,...