Feb. 23, 2012

NMCB 7 Detail Wolverine Not Slowed by Snow

By NMCB 7 Detail Wolverine Seabees assigned to NMCB 7?s Detail Wolverine perform emergency snow removal from berthing facilities located at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Wolverine, Zabul province, Afghanistan, after a severe snow storm hit the ...

Feb. 23, 2012

The Seabee Reserves Want YOU!

By NC1(SCW) Robert A. Wetzel, NAVFAC HQ CCC Are you being separated by PTS or ERB, looking to use the Early Career Transition Program (ECTP) or wanting to continue serving the Navy ? just not on active duty? Well the U.S. Navy Reserve (USNR) wants...

Feb. 23, 2012

PTSD and the Family

A Fact Sheet from the National Center for PTSD By Eve B. Carlson, Ph.D., and Joseph Ruzek, Ph.D. How does PTSD affect family members? Because PTSD and other trauma reactions change how a trauma survivor feels and acts, traumatic experiences ...

Feb. 22, 2012

NMCB 5 ?Bee Becomes U.S. Citizen in Africa

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Feb. 22, 2012

Seabees, Marines Build Bridges, Camaraderie

By MCC(SW/AW) Scott Boyle, 25th NCR Seabees from NMCB 133 and Marines from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB) Bridge Company work together to assemble a medium girder bridge during a joint training exercise, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Photos by ...

Feb. 22, 2012

Seabees, Marines Benefit 14,000+ in Haiti

By Lt. Matthew Comer, Swift Southern Partnership Station NMCB 23 Seabees?embarked aboard High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift, and members of the Indonesian Military Engineering Contingent, pour concrete for a slab platform at the Dispensaire? De Carac...

Feb. 22, 2012

Tools of their Trade

CMCN Benjamin St. Aubin (left)?and CMCN Joshua Port, both assigned to NMCB 40, show off the tools of their trade at the Alfa Company maintenance shop, Camp Shields, Okinawa, Japan. Photo by MCC Michael B. Watkins...

Feb. 14, 2012

Training Opportunities are "Golden" in Southeast Asia

BUCN Sean Collins (left), NMCB 40, and Royal Thai Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Pol Ampol level stucco on the walls of a multipurpose building, Chon Buri, Thailand, Feb. 2. NMCB 40 Seabees, Royal Thai service members and Malaysian armed forces personn...

Feb. 14, 2012

NMCB 23 Opens Three Schools in Peru During SPS 12

EO2 Tyrif Wells (left), NMCB 23, embarked aboard HSV 2 Swift, and Peruvian combat engineers install a new roof at an elementary school, Callao, Peru, Jan. 27. NMCB 23 and U.S. Marines teamed with engineers from Base Naval De Callao and Infanteria De ...

Jan. 31, 2012

NMCB 3, 31st SRG Seabees Save Family of Three in Deadly Crash

By MCC(SCW/SW/AW)?Jesse A. Sherwin III, NMCB 3 NMCB 3 and 31st SRG Seabees arrive on the scene of a disastrous wreck with?an extendable-boom forklift, operated by CM2(SCW) Michael McCracken, NMCB 3. The Seabees were just in time to help the C...