March 15, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: March 12-18

March 121963:  The village elder who recruited labor for Seabee Team 0502 in Chau Doc Province in the Republic of Vietnam was assassinated by the Viet Cong and his mutilated body left at the team project site.Mar. 12-16, 1966: NMCB 1 main body arrived at Da Nang, RVN.1967:  Seabee Team 0805 returned to the continental U.S. from Vietnam for leave

March 15, 2023

NMCB 3 Seabees secure the Battle “E” for back-to-back years

PORT HUENEME, Calif. – Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) THREE was awarded the FY22 Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Pacific (NECCPAC) Battle Efficiency (“E”) award in January 2023. This was the second year in a row that NMCB THREE was recognized with this honor, Feb. 15.The Battle “E” competition is conducted among units of each type on

April 27, 2022

All Hands Magazine April 2022 Edition

Feb. 1, 2022

his Week in Seabee History January 31-February 6

January 311944: 131st NCB inactivated at Camp Parks, Shoemaker, California.Jan. 31 Feb. 28, 1946: 75th NCB inactivated at Samar, Philippines.Jan. 31 Mar. 1, 1946: 129th NCB inactivated at Samar, Philippines.1964: Capt. Robert D. Larson, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC), U.S. Navy (USN), relieved Capt. Earl R. Bennett, CEC, USN, as Commanding Officer,

Dec. 14, 2021

This Week in Seabee History (December 13-19)

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandDecember 131945: 130th NCB inactivation completed on Okinawa, Japan.1963: Opening ceremonies were held for a 6,000-foot military airfield located at Nakhon Phanom in northeast Thailand. The airfield was near the Mekong River which divides Thailand and Laos. The construction

Dec. 14, 2021

This Week in Seabee History (December 6-12)

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command181204-N-XZ182-0526.jpgDisaster ReliefIn December 1975 Seabees of Construction Battalion Unit 417 engaged in flood control operations at Mt. Vernon, Washington, when the Skagit River overflowed and threatened the town.December 61945: 15th Special NCB inactivated on

Nov. 30, 2021

This Week in Seabee History: November 29-December 5

November 291945: 46th Naval Construction Regiment (NCR) inactivated.1967: NMCB 11 main body begins deployment from Dong Ha, RVN to Construction Battalion Center (CBC) Port Hueneme, California. The movement was accomplished by 14 Military Airlift Command (MAC) C-130 flights.November 301942: The first echelon of the 29th NCB arrived at Rosneath,

Nov. 22, 2021

This Week in Seabee History: November 22-28

November 221960: During the summer, an unusual rainfall caused Lake Miragoane, near Mira, Haiti, to rise and virtually isolate the southern tip of Haiti. Haitian Army engineers called on the United States to help. A Seabee detachment from Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 2 was sent to the area. The detachment constructed a bridge and

Nov. 8, 2021

This Week in Seabee History: November 7-14

November 71971: Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 arrived at their homeport of Port Hueneme, California. This was the last full battalion to depart from Vietnam. Their departure marked the end of a significant chapter in the Seabee effort in Vietnam, an effort which began at Chu Lai in 1965 and resulted in the construction of

Nov. 4, 2021

CECOS Graduates Latest Class of CEC Officers

Thirty-three U.S. Navy civil engineer corps (CEC) junior officers and one Republic of Korea naval officer completed the CEC Basic Qualification Course at the Naval Civil Engineer Corps Officers School (CECOS) Oct. 29.