April 20, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: April 8-15

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandApril 91966: Rear echelon of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 transported on three C-130 aircraft from Davisville, Rhode Island to Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam (RVN).1967: Main body of NMCB 40 arrived at Davisville, Rhode Island from Chu Lai, RVN.1971: Seabee

April 20, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: April 2-8

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandApril 21946: 90th Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) inactivated at Yokosuka, Japan.1967: Cmdr. J.F. O Leary, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC), relieved Cmdr. P.A. Phelps, CEC as commanding officer, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 8, during change of command ceremonies

April 5, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: March 26-April 1

March 261969: Seabee Teams 0703 and 0704 arrived in Davisville, Rhode Island, from Vietnam for reassignment to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7.1970: Seabee Team 0516 was disestablished.1970: 21st Naval Construction Regiment (NCR) Detail Yankee (Underwater Construction Team 1) returned to Davisville, Rhode Island from the Navys Atlantic

March 27, 2023

March 2023 All Hands Magazine

March 21, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: March 19-25

March 191942: The Secretary of the Navy authorized officers of the Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) to exercise military command over all officers and enlisted men assigned to construction units. Prior to this date, military command of naval personnel was limited to line officers.1967: The commanding officer, operations officer, supply officer, Alpha

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