Jan. 25, 2017

From Gulfport to Africa, Seabee Provides Support in More Ways Than One

Story by: Equipment Operator 2nd Class Matthew Blyth, NMCB 11? Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Cameroon, sift sand for the production of mortar, to lay block walls for multipurpose building in ...

Jan. 22, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Jan. 22)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Project Rest Stop personnel survey the jungle on Diego Garcia for a possible naval base in 1967. One of the major projects for the Naval Facilities Eng...

Jan. 19, 2017

Seabees Commence 75th Anniversary Celebrations

Story by Chief Petty Officer Lowell Whitman Rear Adm. Bret Muilenburg, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) and Chief of the Civil Engineer Corps, addresses attendees at the Seabees 75th Anniversary Kickoff Ceremony in ...

Jan. 15, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Jan. 15)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Seabee berthing quarters in Antarctica. Operation Highjump brought Seabees to Antarctica for the first time in 1947 when a detachment accompanied Admiral R...

Jan. 11, 2017

ASVAB Tutoring in the Marshall Islands

Story by Utilitiesman 3rd Class (SCW/EXW) John P. Hurley, NMCB 11 CCAD Marshall Islands Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 tutor students while on deployment to the Marshall Islands. (Photo by Utilitiesman 3rd Class...

Jan. 8, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Jan. 8)

Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe and John Wayne on the set of "The Fighting Seabees" in 1943. The film's world premiere was held simultaneously at seven Seabee camps across the country on Jan. 14, 1944. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy Seabee Museum)...

Jan. 4, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Jan. 1)

A Seabee recruiting brochure, circa 1942. On Jan. 5 of that year, the Bureau of Navigation (now the Naval Personnel Command) approved Admiral Ben Moreell's request for authority to recruit skilled craftsmen and artisans to man a Naval Construction Fo...