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Aug. 29, 2017

CEC Students Complete Field Training Exercise

170822-N-GF511-001 POINT MUGU, Calif. (Aug. 22, 2017) Civil Engineer Corps Officers School Basic students use a terrain model while giving an engineering reconnaissance brief during a five-day field training exercise (FTX). An integral part of the s...

Aug. 27, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of August 27 - September 2)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_14747" align="alignnone" width="618"] 1 September 1942: The Seabees arrive on Guadalcanal The principal objective of the first phase of...

Aug. 25, 2017

Friday Gallery: NMCB 3 Pacific Deployment 2017

170815-N-YG415-065 OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 15, 2017) Builder Constructionman Ishmael Apatiga, left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Chase Spann, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, perform a ?hasty? rappel down a training wal...

Aug. 23, 2017

Partnerships Forged Worldwide During Deployment

KOSRAE, Federated States of Micronesia (July 25, 2017) Key community leaders and Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 pose for a photo in front of the Walung Health Clinic during a ribbon cutting ceremony on the island of ...

Aug. 23, 2017

Lucky Eleven ?Bees Wrap-up CPX

170807-N-PE825-0009 GULFPORT, Miss. (August 7, 2017) Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eleven?s Operation?s Officer LCDR John Frank gives a brief to Seabee?s participating in Command Post Exercise (CPX) 3 onboard Naval Construction Battalion Center...

Aug. 22, 2017

'Hey Mack, Are You a Seabee?'

(Above left) Before the Fighting Bee logo was added to the uniform, some Seabees were identified by a square "CB" patch on the lower left sleeve and a rating badge with the letters "CB." (Above center) Example of circular Seabee logo patch worn on u...

Aug. 22, 2017

NCTC Gulfport Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence

Story?by NCTC Gulfport and CSFE Public Affairs; Photos by?NCBC Gulfport Public Affairs?Mr. Brian Lamar and NCTC Asst Public Affairs?UT2 Huot GULFPORT, Miss. -?Naval Construction Training Center (NCTC) Gulfport celebrated 50 years as a Commissioned...

Aug. 21, 2017

CJTF-HOA Seabees Leave Behind Strong Bonds with a Djiboutian Village

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer John Young of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE raises the Djiboutian flag dedicated to the local village Chief Hassan Diama as Seabees assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa gather for the flag cerem...

Aug. 20, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of August 20 - August 26)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_14689" align="alignnone" width="618"] Aug. 20, 1942, 6th Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) Commander, Cmdr. Joseph P. Blundon, Civil E...

Aug. 18, 2017

Friday Gallery: NMCB 1, Southern Partnership Station 17

170814-A-QE286-0128 PUERTO CASTILLA, HONDURAS (August 14, 2017) U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One perform maintenance on a 1000-gallon water storage unit at Base Naval de Puerto Castilla, a Honduran naval base, dur...