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BU3 Benjamin Floyd, NMCB 3, high-fives a local child who held a tape measure in place (inset) during initial engineering evaluations outside Macarascas Elementary School, Puerto Princesa, Philippines. One of the first battalions commissioned during World War II, NMCB 3’s legacy stands strong in its ability to build and fight anywhere in the world as either a full battalion or …

Compiled by Gina Nichols, Archivist, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command

By MC1 Jonathan Carmichael, NMCB 11 Public Affairs

BU2 Christopher Farmer, UCT 2, installs steel armor around seafloor cable in 100 feet of water at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Barking Sands. Seabee divers from UCT Two’s Construction Dive Detachment Bravo are at PMRF inspecting, protecting and stabilizing  underwater cables on their first of three stops across the Pacific during their six-month deployment. Photo by EOC Adam …

By Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs

Labor Day commemorates the accomplishments of the American worker, but most of us think of the long weekend as the unofficial end of summer. It’s also the actual end of the Navy and Marine Corps Summer Safety Campaign. Regretfully, during our summer safety campaign, we have lost 15 Sailors and 10 Marines. The majority of these fatalities lost their lives …