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Seabees Complete "Fighting Bee" at 65th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival

Feb. 7, 2014 | By Seabee Magazine
Photos by MCCS Daniel Sanford
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BUC Billy Harger (left) and UTCN Ariel Hogue, NAVFAC Far East Detachment Misawa, display a flag emblazoned with the U.S. Navy Seabees "Fighting Bee" design, Feb. 3. Both Sailors are members of the 2014 Navy Misawa Snow Team, Hokkaido, Japan, taking part in the 65th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. The team sculpted a frosty, 3-D version of the "Fighting Bee. This is the 31st year that Naval Air Facility Misawa and its tenant commands have sent a delegation of Sailors to Sapporo to create a sculpture, and to serve as Navy goodwill ambassadors.
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The 2014 Navy Misawa Snow Team pose with the "Fighting Bee" snow sculpture they completed for the 65th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival, Feb. 3. The sculpture is a tribute to the U.S. Navy Seabees, who are celebrating their 72nd anniversary, March 5.
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SAPPORO, Japan (Feb. 1, 2014) Utilitiesman Constructionman Ariel Hogue, who originally hails from Pensacola, Fla., carefully chips away at a snow sculpture she is helping construct, Feb. 1, 2014. Hogue is a member of the Navy Misawa Snow Sculpture Team, which is in Hokkaido, Japan taking part in the 65th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. The team is sculpting a frosty, 3-D version of the U.S. Navy Seabee's "Fighting Bee" logo. This is the 31st year that Naval Air Facility Misawa and its tenant commands have sent a delegation of Sailors to the festival to create a sculpture, and to serve as U.S. Navy goodwill ambassadors. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Daniel Sanford/Released)
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SAPPORO, Japan (Feb. 1, 2014) Utilitiesman Constructionman Ariel Hogue, who originally hails from Pensacola, Fla., carefully chips away at a snow sculpture she is helping construct, Feb. 1, 2014. Hogue is a member of the Navy Misawa Snow Sculpture Team, which is in Hokkaido, Japan taking part in the 65th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. The team is sculpting a frosty, 3-D version of the U.S. Navy Seabee's "Fighting Bee" logo. This is the 31st year that Naval Air Facility Misawa and its tenant commands have sent a delegation of Sailors to the festival to create a sculpture, and to serve as U.S. Navy goodwill ambassadors. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Daniel Sanford/Released)
Photo By: MCCS Daniel Sanford
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UTCNAriel Hogue, who originally hails from Pensacola, Fla., carefully chips away at a snow sculpture she is helping construct, Feb. 1, 2014. Hogue is a member of the Navy Misawa Snow Sculpture Team, which is in Hokkaido, Japan taking part in the 65th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. The team is sculpting a frosty, 3-D version of the U.S. Navy Seabee's "Fighting Bee" logo.
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BUC Billy Harger receives a hug from a spectator during the 65th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival, Feb. 3. Harger is the captain of the 2014 Navy Misawa Snow Sculpture Team, which is creating a frosty, 3-D version of the U.S. Navy Seabees "Fighting Bee" logo for the 65th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. Read the original story here:http://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/p=5177