Feb. 16, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of February 14)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabee Teams 501 and 502 were the first Seabees to arrive in the Republic of Vietnam, on Jan. 25, 1963. Team 501 was deployed at Dam Pau in central South Vietnam ...

Feb. 11, 2016

Seabee Corpsman Conducts First Aid Training with Philippine Navy and Marines

By MC1 Michael Gomez, NMCB 3 Public Affairs   PALAWAN, Philippines - Chief Hospital Corpsman Clifford Salviejo from Salinas, California, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, trains a member of the Armed Forces of t...

Feb. 10, 2016

NMCB 11 Earns Battle 'E'

By Ensign Via Ronic?Snow-Hill, NMCB 11 NMCB 11 Quarterdeck after receiving the award. (Photo courtesy of NMCB 11) ?Consistency in efficiency.? That is the name of the game for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, who won the ...

Feb. 9, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of February 7)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabees mixing concrete on Tinian during World War II.? (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) February 7 1943: 66th Naval Construction Battalion (NCB)...

Feb. 1, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Jan. 31)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabee Team 0809?erecting A?quonset tool storage area, Can Tho, Republic of Vietnam, 1968?.?(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) January 31 1944:?131st N...

Feb. 1, 2016

NMCB 11 Honors Heritage with Squad-level Competition

By Cmdr. Jorge R. Cuadros, NMCB 11 BU2 Caleb Walters (left) and ITSN Jeffrey Dumag program radios with crypto in close to record time, Heritage Squad Challenge Competition, Gulfport, Miss., Jan. 21. (Photo by Ens. Via Ronic Snow-Hill/160121-N-...

Feb. 1, 2016

NMCB 3 Tackles Japan?s Jungle

By MC1 Michael Gomez, NMCB 3 Public Affairs CECN Jacob H. Raines, NMCB 3, fights through knee-high mud and water while running a six-hour endurance course at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 12. NMCB 3 ...

Feb. 1, 2016

Camp Lemonnier Undergoes First ROWPU Filter Upgrade

By Lt. Desiree V. Woodman, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti CM1 Joe Gugala, Public Works Department, explains how the Human-Machine Interface monitors and controls the Reverse Osmosis Water Purifying Unit plant, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 28. (Ph...

Jan. 25, 2016

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Jan. 24)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabee Team 1011?attempting to place form for footing of a pier, Republic of Vietnam, 1968?.?(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) January 24 1946:?36th N...

Jan. 21, 2016

Navy Seabees - We Build, We Fight

Three-minute promotional video from First Naval Construction Division showcasing the role of the Navy Seabees around the world. Forward deployed, Seabees provide critical support during combat operations, humanitarian missions and disaster recovery e...