Sept. 15, 2017

Gallery: CBMU 202 Responds to Irma in Virgin Islands

170912-N-TJ319-276 ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands (Sept. 12, 2017) Sailors offload a vehicle from Landing Craft Unit (LCU) 1656 on the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Ag...

Sept. 15, 2017

RED HORSE Squadrons and Navy Seabees Complete Resolute Castle

Story by Capt. Colin Cutler,?926th Engineer Brigade The drizzling rain paused just long enough for the closing ceremony of Resolute Castle 17 at Joint National Training Center, Cincu, Romania. Soldiers of the Romanian 10th Engineer Brigade and U.S...

Sept. 13, 2017

Marvin Shields and the 'Bees at Dong Xoai

Photos courtesy of U.S. Navy Seabee Museum and Vince Kontny [caption id="attachment_9418" align="alignnone" width="535"] NMCB 11's Seabee Team 1104 before departing for Dong Xoai.[/caption] The following account of the Battle of Dong Xoai was w...

Sept. 10, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of September 10 - September 16)

Ghost Battalion flag, Quang Tri, Vietnam, September 1967....

Sept. 8, 2017

Friday Gallery: LA Fleet Week 2017 (55 Photos)

170829-N-GZ228-052 LOS ANGELES (Aug. 29, 2017) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) transits the Port of Los Angeles as part of the 2nd annual Los Angeles Fleet Week. LA Fleet Week is an opportunity for the American...

Sept. 8, 2017

Seabees of 11 Complete Mount Out Exercise

From Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Public Affairs GULFPORT, Miss. ? Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 conducted a 48-hour mount out exercise (MOX) onboard Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Mississippi, Aug. 21-23....

Sept. 5, 2017

NMCB 1 Seabees Paint Honduran Schoolhouse

By MC3 Kristen Cheyenne Yarber, Southern Partnership Station 17 Public Affairs TOCOA, Honduras - Nestled between a small community and towering green hills in Tocoa, Honduras, sits a school, surrounded by four concrete walls. The only entrance is ...

Sept. 3, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of September 3 - September 9)

5 September 2005 - A U.S. Navy equipment operator assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven (NMCB-7), cleared debris at Jones Park in Gulfport, Mississippi. The Seabees were supporting the U.S. Coast Guard, Fish and Wildlife Commission an...

Aug. 31, 2017

NECC Forces Hold Operational Pause

170825-N-XJ788-004 VIRGINIA BEACH (August 25, 2017) Rear Adm. Brian Brakke, commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) and NECC Pacific, addresses NECC members during an operational pause at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek/Fort Story, ...

Aug. 29, 2017

NAVFAC Southeast CERT Deploys to NAS Kingsville after Hurricane Harvey Makes Texas Landfall

170825-N-N0101-502 GULF OF MEXICO (Aug. 25, 2017) A GOES-13 satellite image from the Naval Research Laboratory taken at 3:07 p.m. EST shows Hurricane Harvey approaching the Texas coast moving north-northwest at 10 mph. The National Hurricane Center h...