Oct. 3, 2013

NMCB 133 Seabees Help Border Patrol Secure Homeland

By Armando Carrasco, JTF North Public Affairs Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, based in Gulfport, Miss., construct a concrete low water crossing in a remote rural area adjacent to the Rio Grande River, near Rio Grande City...

Sept. 30, 2013

Earning the Title: Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist

By?MC1 Daniel Garas, NMCB 15 Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15, review the contents of a candidate?s package during a Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist qualification board. Photo by MC1 ?Daniel Garas CAMP KRUT...

Sept. 30, 2013

Black Jacks Say Farewell to NMCB 21

Read LCDR Greg Philips,?NR NAVFAC CEU? NMCB 21 Command Master Chief Proctor (second from left), NMCB 21?Commanding Officer, William R. Mock, Jr., (second from right) and Commander 7th NCR,?Captain Gary L. Rouse, (far right) casing the Battalio...

Sept. 25, 2013

Teamwork Wins Hearts, Builds Schools in the Pacific

BU3 Benjamin Floyd, NMCB 3, high-fives a local child who held a tape measure in place (inset) during initial engineering evaluations outside Macarascas Elementary School, Puerto Princesa, Philippines. One of the first battalions commissioned durin...

Sept. 23, 2013

The Legend of Lieutenant Robert L. Ryan: Segi Island, New Georgia, 1943

Compiled by Gina Nichols,?Archivist, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command LT Ryan welcomes Marine Raiders to, then, enemy held, New Georgia Island. Drawing by George Lange. On June 21, 1943, two companies of the Fourt...

Sept. 20, 2013

Marine Assigned to NMCB 11 Named 2013 USO Volunteer of the Year

By MC1 Jonathan Carmichael, NMCB 11 Public Affairs Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah C. Johnson CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti ?A Marine deployed to Combined Joint Task Force ? Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), was recently selected as the United Service Organizati...

Sept. 20, 2013

NMCB 133 Celebrates 70 Years of Service

By Lt. Eamon McGraw, NMCB 133 Public Affairs BUCN Olivia Ploetz (second from left), the youngest Seabee in Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 and BU1?Anthony Hill (third from left), the oldest member in attendance, join Command Maste...

Sept. 12, 2013

UCT 2 Dives and Trains

BU2 Christopher Farmer, UCT 2, installs steel armor around seafloor cable in 100 feet of water at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Barking Sands. Seabee divers from UCT Two's Construction Dive Detachment Bravo are at PMRF inspecting, protect...

Sept. 11, 2013

NMCB 3 Establishes Historic SCW Academy

By NMCB 3 Public Affairs UTCN Jamison Rigley, NMCB 3, ?asks a question on the future readiness of the Seabee ratings during the kickoff of the Seabee Combat Warfare (SCW) Academy that is designed to provide all unqualified troops with the need...

Sept. 6, 2013

"Can Do" Cottage Reopens

By CECN Celena Gregory (From left) Project Supervisor BUC Rouel Agustin and Crew Leader BU2 Carl Watson look on as Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific Commander Rear Admiral Bret Muilenburg cuts the ribbon officially opening the new S...