April 25, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of April 24)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum A Seabee-constructed?55-gallon drum incinerator during World War II. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) April 24 1945: The 69th Naval Construction ...

April 24, 2016

CBMU 303 Completes Beach Lane Marker Project for Naval Amphibious Base Coronado

By HM2 (FMF) Jeremy Ferrer, CBMU 303 SW2 Brandon Jenks (left) and SW2 Aaron Tamplin, CBMU 303, position stanchions?while installing beach markers, Coronado, Calif., Dec. 7, 2015. (Photo by HM2 Jeremy Ferrer/151207-N-HU327-006) Seabees from ...

April 22, 2016

NAVFAC Marianas Seabees Receive Essential Safety Training

By Leah Eclavea, Naval Facilities Engineering Command?Public Affairs CECA Charlisa Burkhalter, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas,?validates that the equipment is de-energized during high-risk safety training at Camp Co...

April 20, 2016

7th NCR Holds Change of Command

Capt. Frederick Mucke took charge as commodore of the 7th Naval Construction Regiment (NCR), Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport, Miss., Nov. 15. Mucke relieved Capt. Gary Rouse. The regiment ushered in a new era with the change of co...

April 20, 2016

NMCB 25 Deployment Ends 13 Years of NCF Operations in Afghanistan

By MC1 Patrick Gordon, NMCB 25 Public Affairs Cmdr. Jennifer Donahue, NMCB 25 commanding officer, and CMC (SCW) Michael Helgeson case the battalion colors during the NMCB 25 casing of the colors ceremony, New Kabul Compound, Afghanistan, Nov...

April 19, 2016

Seabee Magazine Print Issues Available Online

Seabee Online is providing back issues of SEABEE magazine for download. Since the Seabees were established in 1942, NAVFAC -- then the Bureau of Yards and Docks -- used various printed media to preserve the stories about what Seabees were doing in...

April 19, 2016

Profile: Rear Adm. Harry Harwood Rousseau, CEC, USN, 1870 ? 1930

By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Rear Adm.?Harry H. Rousseau as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Jan.?6 ? Mar. 25, 1907. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) Although his tenure as the 13th Chief...

April 18, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of April 17)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum During World War II, Rear Adm. R.O. Glover, commander 7th Fleet Forces, awards a Navy Silver Star to Motor Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Malcolm A. Peppo, who was as...

April 18, 2016

NMCB 28 Transfers Authority at Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan

By MC1 Patrick Gordon, NMCB 25 Public Affairs Cmdr. Jennifer Donahue (far right), commanding officer, NMCB 25, salutes Col. Diana Holland, commander, 130th Engineer Brigade, during a transfer of authority ceremony between NMCB 28 and NMCB 25, Cam...

April 14, 2016

NAVFAC Hawaii Seabees Build New Ramps for Child Development Center

By CE2 (SCW) Seth Weaver, Public Works Department, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Seabee Division Seabees from NAVFAC Hawaii Public Works Department Seabee Division and Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 303 worked together to con...