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May 28, 2015

BEECAM: Rear Adm. Gregory Visits UCT 2

150519-N-ZZ999-001 BU2 Christopher Farmer, UCT 2,briefs Rear Adm. Kate Gregory, commander, NAVFAC, and chief of civil engineers, on the construction of a boat ramp at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, Calif., May 19. UCT 2's Dive Detachment B...

May 23, 2015

BEECAM: NMCB 1 Defends an Entry Control Point at FTX

Photo by MCC Kim Martinez, NMCB 1 Public Affairs Seabees from NMCB 1 engage opposing forces at the forward operating base 1 entry control point during Operation Bearing Duel 2015, Hattiesburg, Miss., Feb. 25. Operation Bearing Duel is a fi...

May 19, 2015

Naval Construction Training Center Assists the Special Olympics

By BU2 Cassandra Locke, Naval Construction Training Center Cmdr. Heather Walton, Naval Construction Training Center Gulfport commanding officer, awards a medal to a winning athlete.?Photo by Chief Construction Mechanic Saint Record Students...

May 19, 2015

Seabees Create a Buzz at Eager Lion 2015

By Ens. Seth Koenig, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet BU2 Ryan Fenton, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.2, uses a dumpy level to check the elevation of the floor framing being constructed for a Southwest Asia (SWA) hut,...

May 13, 2015

Seabees Help Build ?Search City? Dog Training Facility

By 1st NCR Public Affairs Seabees from various commands stand in front of a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during the first day of construction of the National Training Center at the National Disaster?Search?Dog?Foundation, Santa Paula, C...

May 13, 2015

Grueling Course No Obstacle for Seabees

By MC1 John Curtis, NMCB 5 CECN April Schwertman, NMCB 5, emerges from the muddy water at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, April 24. More than 60 Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 completed a grue...

May 8, 2015

Military Spouse Appreciation Day: Is it Real?

By Lisa Smith Molinari The calendar is full of obscure national holidays. Why, in the last week alone, we?ve been encouraged to celebrate National Chocolate Parfait Day, Scurvy Awareness Day and National Lumpy Rug Day. Last month, we wer...

May 8, 2015

April to July of 1965: NMCB 10 and the Sands of Chu Lai

By Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command Photos courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Today, the settlement of Chu Lai in Qu?ng Nam Province, Vietnam, is home to an open economi...

May 4, 2015

BEECAM: NMCB 11 Detachment Guam Judges STEM Fair

Photo by ET3 Seth Reed ET3 DeAnna Valentine and BUCN Johnathan Sanford, along with members of Southern High School's JROTC Program, view a student's science fair project, Santa Rita, Guam, April 23. NMCB 11 personnel volunteered to judge t...

May 4, 2015

NMCB 11 CCAD Marshall Islands Seabees Focus on Mission

By BU1 (SCW/EXW) Garnett Whitmire, NMCB 11 Seabees of NMCB 11 CCAD work together placing concrete under the tutelage of Dan Tibbles (far right), contractor with the Public Works Department, at the Hamilton Beach Pavilion project, Kwajalein Ato...