June 20, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of June 19)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabees use a pontoon lighter barge to tow a Martin PBM "flying boat" aircraft off Okinawa, May 1945. The pontoon barge was used to bring damaged and powerless pl...

June 17, 2016

Just Listen: The Full Story of a Father

By Lisa Smith Molinari Photo courtesy of Lisa Smith Molinari I stepped from airport baggage claim into the steamy Richmond sun, and found a bench at curbside pick-up. I hadn?t seen my father in a while, and a twinge of nerves caught in my t...

June 16, 2016

Seabees 'Provide Exceptional Building to the Children of Mongolia'

By?CE3 Tenisha Wisdom,?Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4? The Mongolian Armed Forces Honor Guard marches during the Khaan Quest 2016 closing ceremony at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, June 4. Khaan Quest is an annual, multinational pe...

June 15, 2016

Seabees, Pacific Partnership 2016 Arrive in Timor-Leste

By Cpl. Brittney Vella, U.S. Marine Corps Steelworker 3rd Class Codey Jones and Utilitiesman Constructionman Amber Wood,?Amphibious Construction Battalion (PHIBCB) 1,?take a selfie with Timorese children at Aimutin School during Pacific Pa...

June 15, 2016

Seabees, Pacific Partnership 2016 Arrive in Timor-Leste

By Cpl. Brittney Vella, U.S. Marine Corps Steelworker 3rd Class Codey Jones and Utilitiesman Constructionman Amber Wood, Amphibious Construction Battalion (PHIBCB) 1,?take a selfie with Timorese children at Aimutin School during Pacific Pa...

June 13, 2016

BEECAM: PWD Yokosuka Chief Makes Senior

Photos by Izumi Morine, NAVFAC Far East Public Affairs (160606-N-SQ046-001) Chief Construction Electrician (SCW/EXW) Derrick Stephens, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Far East Public Works Department (PWD) Yokosuka, was promoted ...

June 13, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of June 12)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum ? On Dec. 21, 1944, the first B-29s landed on Strip No. 1, North Field at Tinian Island, Marianas, not long after Seabees of the 6th NCB completed repairs and expanded...

June 8, 2016

Embark Exercise Develops Minds and Spirits of Seabees

By MC1 Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1 CMCN Zachary Walker, NMCB 1, works on the battery terminal for a light plant aboard NCBC Gulfport, Mississippi, June 7, during a battalion embark exercise. NMCB 1 conducted the 24-hour exercise with a scenario for...

June 8, 2016

Embark Exercise Develops Minds and Spirits of Seabees

By MC1 Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1 CMCN Zachary Walker, NMCB 1, works on the battery terminal for a light plant aboard NCBC Gulfport, Mississippi, June 7, during a battalion embark exercise. NMCB 1 conducted the 24-hour exercise with a scenario for...

June 7, 2016

Seabees Take Part in CARAT Philippines 2016

By Task Force 73 Public Affairs Builder 3rd Class Kiara Harris from Navy Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 splits a board with a circular saw at Beddeng-Mabangcal Elementary School in Zambales, Philippines?during Cooperation Afloat Readines...