March 25, 2016

BEECAM: NMCB 11 Trains Day and Night at Camp Shelby

Photos by MC1 Michael C. Barton Seabees assigned to NMCB 11 lift the rib system of a Modular General Purpose Tent System during the battalion's field training exercise, Camp Shelby, Miss., Feb. 17. (Photo by MC1 Michael C. Barton/160217-N...

March 25, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of March 27)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabees use a pontoon lighter barge to move a Patrol Bomber, Martin (PBM) aircraft, Okinawa, 1945.?(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum.) March 27 1964:...

March 24, 2016

NMCB 4 Det Chinhae Participates in Exercise Foal Eagle

Photos by UT3 Christian Konn, NMCB 4 NMCB 4 Seabees participated in Exercise Foal Eagle, Chinhae, Republic of Korea (ROK), March 2016.?Foal Eagle is a combined field training exercise conducted annually by the ROK armed forces and the U.S. Arm...

March 24, 2016

Seabees Conclude Deployment that Built Partnerships Around the World

By?MC1 Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1 Public Affairs Cmdr. Miguel Dieguez, commanding officer, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, speaks to?Seabees during a turnover ceremony between NMCB 1 and NMCB 133 at Naval Station Rota, Spain, F...

March 23, 2016

Savoring the sweetness of military life

By Lisa Smith Molinari, Contributing Writer ?Holy cow, we?re old," I thought, as we found our seats at a recent Joint Service Military Ball in Albany, New York. The ballroom was filled with over 220 sharp-dressed ROTC cadets and midshipmen ...

March 23, 2016

NCG 1 China Lake Seabee training instills valuable skills, tradition

By Jack Barnwell, Rocketeer II, Naval?Air Weapons Station China Lake Seabees from Naval Construction Group 1 Detachment China Lake conducts training with Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 on mobile concrete batch plant ope...

March 23, 2016

Navy Advancement Center adds exam bibliographies to Navy COOL website

By Ed Barker, NETPDTC Public Affairs Sailors preparing for advancement examinations can now access their bibliographies (BIBs) without the need for a Common Access Card (CAC), as the Navy Advancement Center added the active duty and Reserv...

March 22, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of March 20)

Seabees with CBMU 301 fixing a bulldozer's track near Khe Sanh in 1968. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum)...

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....