Dec. 9, 2015

NMCB 11 wins 2015 Good Neighbor Award

By?MC1 Michael Barton, NMCB 11 Public Affairs BU2?Remie Acosta of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 helps Guamanian student Mark Morales paint a handprint on the new "Buddy Bench" at Chief Brodie Elementary School in Tamuning, Guam, Feb. ...

Dec. 8, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Dec. 6)

?Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 moving equipment on the river near their base at Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam, May 1965. (Photo courtes...

Dec. 2, 2015

NMCB 1 Holds Traditional Promotion Ceremony in Spain

By?MC1 Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1 Public Affairs Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Blane Wilson (left), from Buffalo, N.Y., has his second class petty offer rating badge sewn on by Steelworker 2nd Class Jeffery Conmy during a Naval Mobile Construction...

Dec. 1, 2015

New ?Force? Behind Seabees Selected

By Don Rochon, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Public Affairs Naval Base Ventura County CMDCM Percy Trent, Jr. WASHINGTON - The selection of the 17th force master chief of the Seabees was announced?by Naval Facilities Engineering C...

Nov. 30, 2015

NCG 2 Personnel Help Engage, Educate and Empower Students

By MCCS (SCW/SW) Jeffrey J. Pierce, NCG 2 Public Affairs Officer Donald Kimp, a volunteer from NCG 2, welcomes students to the Pathways2 Possibilities career expo held at the Mississippi Coast Convention Center, Biloxi, Miss., Nov. 19. ?(Photo...

Nov. 30, 2015

Seabees Build Friendships in Marshall Islands

By MC1 Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1? BU3 Justin Weeks, NMCB 1, chips block on a project in the southern end of U.S. Garrison on Kwajalein Atoll (USAG-KA), Republic of Marshall Islands, Nov. 14. NMCB 1 collaborated with the USAG-KA Public Works Depar...

Nov. 30, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Nov. 29)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum? On March 11, 1945, Construction Battalion Maintenance Units (CBMU) 627, 628, and 629 loaded their landing craft and pontoons on mammoth trucks and hauled them across F...

Nov. 25, 2015

NAVFAC Far East Sailor of the Year Selected from PWD Chinhae

By James Johnson, NAVFAC Far East Public Affairs [caption id="attachment_11048" align="alignleft" width="294"] BU1 Jerma Cloude (U.S. Navy photo)[/caption] Commanding Officer Capt. Kevin Bartoe announced the selection of Builder 1st Class Jerma...

Nov. 22, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Nov. 22)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum MCB 128 Seabees lay the cornerstone at a children?s hospital as part of a civic action project during their 1969 deployment to Vietnam.?Pictured are (back?left to rig...

Nov. 20, 2015

Homefront: My Gravy?s Better Than Your Gravy

By Lisa Smith Molinari We do it every year. We cut out recipes. We make lists. We go to the commissary. We elbow each other out of the way to grab turkeys, cranberries, yams and mini-marshmallows. We jam enough food into our pantries to feed a...