April 14, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: April 14 - 20

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13883" align="alignnone" width="618"] Master Chief Glen Mummert shows Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Joe R. Campa J...

April 12, 2019

NMCB-133 Conducts Demolition Training with Air Force Counterparts

190409-N-LN093-1040 ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (April 9, 2019) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB) and Airmen assigned to 554th Red Horse Squadron prepare holes with explosive compounds during a joint demolition a...

April 11, 2019

NMCB-3 Builds Up MCAS Iwakuni

Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Detachment Iwakuni pour concrete for trash enclosures at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 19, 2019. (Photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)...

April 11, 2019

Kuching Elementary School Expansion Project Completion Marked by Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

190411-N-UY393-0276 KUCHING, Malaysia (April 11, 2019) ? Malaysian teachers and students take a group photo with Pacific Partnership 2019 leaders to commemorate a successful construction project during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Sambir Elementar...

April 10, 2019

Seabees Demonstrate Tactical Proficiency Erecting Expeditionary Medical Facility

190319-N-AX144-1019 CHEATHAM ANNEX, Va. (Mar. 19, 2019) - Seabees from Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 202 erect Air-Beam tents designed to house the expeditionary medical facility during a field training exercise at Cheatham Annex Nav...

April 8, 2019

NECC Divers, Coast Guard, Canadian and British Forces Train Under Ice

190309-N-LF183-1001 BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada (Mar. 9, 2019) ? U.S. Navy Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Nicholas Puchetti, assigned to Underwater Construction Team 1, prepares diving gear during the Royal Canadian Navy?s Ice Diving Training Exercise ...

April 7, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: April 7 - 13

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13872" align="alignnone" width="640"] USS Marvin Shields (DE-1066) was commissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, W...

April 5, 2019

Malaysian Armed Forces and Seabees Work Together to Restore Water Tanks to School

190405-N-CO914-1022 KUCHING, Malaysia (April 5, 2019) ? Malaysian Armed Forces and U.S. Navy Seabees place rebar in a concrete footing as part of a Pacific Partnership 2019 water tank restoration project at Tanah Puteh Elementary School. Pacific P...

March 31, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 31 - April 6

2003: U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalions One and Two smoothed the beaches for future operations at Camp Patriot, while constructing an Elevated Causeway System Modular (ELCAS (M)). The ELCAS is an expeditionary pier faci...

March 24, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 24 - 30

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13864" align="alignnone" width="618"] Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents the Silver Star to Brook...