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Oct. 14, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Oct. 16)

Seabees cross train in the skills of their colleagues and prepare for deployment with Seabee Technical Assistant Teams (STAT), later called Seabee Teams. These teams consisted of men specially selected from Naval Mobile Construction Battalions to pro...

Oct. 14, 2016

NAVFAC EXWC Seabees Repair Critical Electrical Infrastructure at Port Au Prince Airport

Story by NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center PAO? Petty Officer 1st Class Colby Wightman (far right) assists with the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts by loading and delivering 300 bags of beans and rice,...

Oct. 8, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Oct. 9)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabees with the 31st Naval Construction Battalion building a road on the side of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) October 9 ...

Oct. 6, 2016

US, Philippine Marines Participate in Engineering Civic Assistance Project

Story by Cpl. Carl King U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eneas Mori participates in the engineering civic assistance project at the Palawig Elementary School during Philippine Amphibious Landing Exercise 33 (PHIBLEX) in Cagayan, Philippines, S...

Oct. 4, 2016

NMCB 5 Relieves NMCB 4 as Forward Deployed Seabee Battalion

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Henderson OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 1, 2016) Cmdr. Matthew Riethmiller, commanding officer, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, address Seabees during the Relief in place/ Transfer of Authority ce...

Oct. 4, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Oct. 2)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum CBMU 301 working at Khe Sanh, Republic of Vietnam (RVN), 1968. On 6 October 1966, a 113-man advance party of NMCB 58 arrived at Red Beach, Da Nang, RVN. (Photo co...

Sept. 27, 2016

Seabees Participate in Valiant Shield on Tinian

From U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs Construction Electrician Constructionman Trace Martin, and other Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, perform contact engagement drills in preparation for their role as the o...

Sept. 27, 2016

22 NCR Exercises Command and Control During Bold Alligator

By MCCS(SCW/SW) Jeffrey Pierce, 22 NCR Public Affairs Officer (Left to right) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Roy Kitchener, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 2, speaks with Brig. Gen. Robert F. Castellvi, commanding general, 2nd Marine Expedition...

Sept. 27, 2016

22 NCR Exercises Command and Control During Bold Alligator

(Left to right) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Roy Kitchener, the commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2, speaks with Brig. Gen. Robert F. Castellvi, the commanding general of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, during a rehearsal of concepts drill as part of ...

Sept. 27, 2016

Seabees Participate in Valiant Shield on Tinian

Construction Mechanic 3rd Class John Webb (left) and Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Michael Schutt, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, change a wheel assembly on a 7-ton cargo truck during Exercise Valiant Shield 2016 in...