May 24, 2017

CJTF-HOA Seabees Build Structures, Bonds to Help Counter Regional VEOs

Story by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond   NMCB 1 Seabee Builder 3rd Class Lacy P'Pool, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, plays a game with a student while on break near the Arta Region, Djibouti, job site on May 18, 2017. Her te...

May 24, 2017

BEECAM: Dedication of the Seabee monument

Seabees and Navy Seabee Veterans of America, Island X-6 Fayetteville, North Carolina, members gather prior to the dedication of the Seabee monument at the U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville on March 5, 2017. The ceremony...

May 21, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of May 21)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command On Memorial Day 1974, the Seabee Memorial Monument was dedicated. The monument is located on Memorial Drive leading to the Arlington National Cemetery ...

May 16, 2017

Pacific Partnership 2017 Da Nang Builds Lasting Relationships with Nursery School Construction Project

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Fulton Members of the Pacific Partnership 2017 team, including Seabees from NMCB 133 and ACB 1, pose for a group photo at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Hoa Lien Nursery School during Pacific Pa...

May 12, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of May 14)

A Seabee in full deep-water diving gear used by the combat demolition units and deep sea construction divers circa 1943. On May 14, 1943, the first Seabees reported to Amphibious Training Base Solomons, Maryland, to begin the four-week training cours...

May 10, 2017

Seabees Lay the Foundation in Romania

Story by Capt. Colin Cutler NMCB 1 Seabees work with soldiers from the Romanian 10th Engineer Brigade constructing an operations and storage building as a part of Resolute Castle 17 at Joint National Training Center, Cincu, Romania, on May...

May 7, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of May 7)

On May 7, 1965, the Seabees of NMCB 10 landed at Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam, in support of the III Marine Amphibious Force. This landing marked the first full scale battalion to deploy to Vietnam. After landing, the Seabees began working on the Chu...

May 2, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of April 30)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Seabees attend a memorial service in Fallujah, Iraq, on May 15, 2004, honoring seven Seabees from NMCB 14 who died as a result of hostile fire in the Al ...

April 27, 2017

Local Boy Scouts Mentored by Seabees

Story by?Builder 3rd Class Alexa Trafton   Builder 1st Class Luke Johnson, from Boltonville, Wisconsin, teaches block laying technique to Taylor Rhinehart, 10, during a chief petty officer (CPO) 365 mentorship event on Camp Mitchell ...

April 23, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of April 23)

Rear Adm. Eugene J. Peltier, who served as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and Chief of the Civil Engineer Corps from December 1957 to February 1962, and led the complete reorganization of the Bureau to meet the demands of the space age. On Ap...