Jan. 7, 2016

'Bees From 11 Train for Readiness, Proficiency

By?CM2 Brittney Ebbert, NMCB 11 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11's Convoy Security Element (CSE) team prepare to convoy through a simulated urban environment at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Dec. 10, 2015. (U.S. Navy photo, rele...

Jan. 6, 2016

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Jan. 3)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum 70th Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) Seabees use a pontoon lighter barge to move a PBM (Patrol Bomber) flying boat aircraft on Okinawa in May 1945. The pontoon b...

Dec. 28, 2015

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal Awarded at NAVFAC Hawaii

NAVFAC Hawaii Commanding Officer Capt. Dean Tufts (right) presents a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (Gold Star in Lieu of Third Award) to BUC (SCW) Boy Julito L. Talaro during his retirement ceremony, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, ...

Dec. 28, 2015

BEECAM: NMCB 5 Marches to Acclimate to Contingency Requirements

Photos by MC1 John P. Curtis, NMCB 5 Public Affairs Seabees assigned to NMCB 5 Headquarters Company participate in a force march to acclimate to the protective gear and equipment worn in contingency environments, Naval Base Ventura County,...

Dec. 28, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Dec. 27)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum 1943: Seabees of Construction Battalion Maintenance?Unit (CBMU) 549 were told they were to erect a ?typical Seabee camp? for a new Hollywood movie, ?The Fighting ...

Dec. 23, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Dec. 20)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum 1973: As part of Operation Deep Freeze 73, Seabees deployed to Antarctica to construct the six-story high Geodesic Dome at South Pole Station. The Antarctic deplo...

Dec. 23, 2015

BEECAM: NMCB 27 Construct Huts in Horn of Africa

(From left) UT2 Cole Johnson, SW2 William Maldonodo, BU2 Jennifer Kennedy and BU3 Aakash Shrestha, NMCB 27, construct huts in support of Combined Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Simba, Manda Bay, Africa, Dec. 2. NMCB 27 is assigned to the U.S. 6th Fl...

Dec. 17, 2015

BEECAM: Navy League Sea Service Award Recipients

Lt. John D. Frank (right) and CE1 (SCW) Richard G. Simbre, NAVFAC Hawaii, were each presented with a 2015?Navy?League?Sea Service Award by the Honolulu Council?Navy?League?at a ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3. This award is for Sailors and Marin...

Dec. 14, 2015

Hari?i Hamutuk Exercise 2015 Officially Closes

By MC1 Michael Gomez, NMCB 3 Public Affairs Karen Stanton, U.S. ambassador to Timor-Leste, makes brief remarks prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Hera Health Post, Timor-Leste, Nov. 5. The ceremony was held to commemorate the completion o...

Dec. 14, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Dec. 13)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Delta Company Seabees from?Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 128? plow through a rice paddy as they set fence posts at Ammunition Supply Point #1, DaNan...