July 11, 2016

BEECAM: UCT 2 Builds, Dives at Barking Sands

Photos by MC1 Charles White, Fleet Combat Camera Pacific Chief Construction Electrican (CEC) Daniel Luberto, with Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 Construction Dive Detachment Bravo (CDDB), ascends from a work site, Pacific Missile Ran...

July 11, 2016

BEECAM: UCT 2 Builds, Dives in Barking Sands

Photo by MC1 Charles E. White Chief Construction Electrican (CEC) Daniel Luberto, with Underwater Construction Team 2 Construction Dive Detachment Bravo (UCT2 CDDB), ascends from a work site, Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, H...

July 11, 2016

Cho Relieves Lengkeek as Commanding Officer of NMCB 4

By MC1 Rosalie Chang, NMCB 4 Public Affairs Cmdr. Jeffrey Lengkeek (left) transfers the battalion flag to Cmdr. James Cho during the change of command ceremony in Okinawa, Japan,?where Cho relieved Lengkeek as commanding officer of Naval M...

July 10, 2016

Marine General Visits ELCAS Pier

By MC3 Kenneth Gardner Lt. Gen. John Wissler (left), commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic, and Capt. Michael Ott (right), commodore, Naval Beach Group 2, discuss mission capabiliti...

July 10, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of July 10)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Port Hueneme, California, April 1944. Two years earlier on July 15, the 7th Naval Construction Battalion left Advance Base Depot, Port Hueneme, for San Francisco,...

July 7, 2016

NCG 1 Welcomes New Commodore

By MCC Lowell Whitman, Naval Construction?Group 1?Public Affairs Capt. Christopher Kurgan (right) passes the Naval Construction Group (NCG) 1 flag to Capt. Mike Saum, as Command Master Chief Lawrence Sharpe looks on, during a change of command...

July 4, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of July 3)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum This World War II-era advertisement showcased the Seabees' rhino ferry. ?It was a huge barge constructed from pontoons with two propelling units. In the first 10 days...

July 1, 2016

30th NCR Holds Change of Command

By MCC Lowell Whitman, 30th Naval Construction Regiment Public Affairs? As Command Master Chief Anthony Teart looks on, Capt. James Meyer (right) passes the regimental flag to Capt. Jeffrey Kilian during the 30th Naval Construction Regimen...

June 30, 2016

Expeditionary Pier System Constructed for Joint Exercise

By MC3 Kenneth Gardner, PHIBCB 2 Public Affairs Seabees use a 200-ton crane to lower a spud well into place in preparation for placing piles during construction of the roadway. (Photo by Engineering Aide Constructionman Michael Depalma/160...

June 28, 2016

NMCB 1 Changes Command Aboard NCBC Gulfport

By MC1 Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1 Public Affairs Cmdr. Kemit Spears addresses the audience during NMCB 1?s change of command ceremony aboard NCBC Gulfport, Mississippi, June 28. During the ceremony, Spears transferred authority and responsibil...