March 16, 2016

BEECAM: May the 'Force' be with you

Before cutting the congratulatory cake, new Force Master Chief of the Seabees Percy Trent, Jr. (left) shares the knife with outgoing FORCM Christopher Levesque during a Change of Badge ceremony held at Naval Facilities Engineering Command headquarter...

March 14, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of March 13)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum   Seabees assigned to the 113th Naval Construction Battalion unload Tank Landing Ship 717 (LST 717) on White Beach in Mindoro, Philippines in February 1945....

March 14, 2016

Ventura County Seabees Celebrate 74 Years of Service

Submitted by NCG 1 Public Affairs Active, reserve and retired Seabees and their guests attend the 74th Annual Seabee Ball, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif., Feb. 20. (Photo by MCC Lowell Whitman/160220-N-HA376-004) ...

March 6, 2016

BEECAM: NMCB 11 Stands Up Hesco Barriers at FTX

Seabees assigned to NMCB 11 stand up Hesco Barriers after returning to FOB ?Pipe Wrench? due to tornado and flash flood warnings during the battalion's field training exercise, Camp Shelby, Miss., Feb. 24. Upon successful completion of the exercise a...

March 6, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of March 6)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum   Seabees installing AM-2 matting at the Chu Lai airfield, Republic of Vietnam, 1966. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) March 6 1947:?104t...

Feb. 21, 2016

BEECAM: NMCB 11 Mobilizes to Become Deployment Ready

Seabees assigned to NMCB 11 sit in a troop transport truck on their way to FOB ?Pipe Wrench? for a battalion field training exercise, Camp Shelby, Miss., Feb. 15. Upon successful completion of the exercise and final evaluation problem, NMCB 11 will b...

Feb. 21, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of February 21)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabee Team CBMU 301 working at Khe Sanh,?Qu?ng Tr? Province, Republic of Vietnam, 1968.?(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) February?21 1801:?The P...

Feb. 21, 2016

30th NCR Officer Named Moreell Medal Winner

By 30th NCR Public Affairs? ?Lt. Cmdr. Michael Guzzi was named the winner of the 2015 Moreell Medal, Feb. 16. Guzzi is currently assigned as the future operations officer for the 30th Naval Construction Regiment and Naval Construction Group 1, ?Na...

Feb. 17, 2016

NMCB 11 Mounts Out for FTX

By MC1 Michael C. Barton, NMCB 11 Public Affairs Seabees assigned to NMCB 11 secure equipment in preparation for transporting all required gear for the command's FTX, Gulfport, Miss., Feb. 5. The scheduled two-week evolution will test the batt...

Feb. 17, 2016

NMCB 11?s Honors Detail Provides Lasting Tribute to Shipmates

By BUCN Liam McShea, NMCB 11 ? Death is inevitable. Everything comes to a close. This eventuality is encountered multiple days each week by the Honors Detail of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11. The rendering of Military Funeral Ho...