But when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 of that year and the United States was thrust into war, the call went out for skilled tradesmen to join the Navy, so as to become part of the sea ...

Dusty and hot: that's April in Kuwait. These are perfect conditions for a day on the firing range, where the training department of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 spends plenty of time. The ...

CAMP 93, Kuwait -- Sure, she wanted to see the world and serve her country, but Patricia Cabral said she joined the Navy mainly because her father did not want her to work construction. Turned down ...

CAMP 93, Kuwait — Gone these 23 years, John Wayne still inspires Navy Seabees. The Seabees were the heroes of one of the most famous war movies: 1944’s “The Fighting Seabees,” starring Wayne and Susan ...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Seabees and Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 celebrated their deployment's midway point June 17 with sports activities, food, and ...

From the shores of Normandy to the beaches of Vietnam and from the mountains of Afghanistan to the deserts of Iraq, they have laid the groundwork for every U.S. military operation since World War II.

Tom Meyer has met many veterans over the years, but rarely finds a fellow Seabee. That's because the Seabees are a special unit of the Navy scattered throughout the world and, according to Meyer, make ...

Fort Bragg is the home of the Army’s airborne and special operations forces, but on Sunday afternoon, those units took a back seat to a little publicized Navy force that has had a big impact over the ...

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, California - More than 550 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 at Naval Base Ventura County, Calif., kicked off a field training exercise (FTX) May 9 to ...

Equipment Operator 3rd Class Aaron Fish, from Tully, New York, died on March 2 in a military vehicle collision on the 5 freeway near Camp Pendleton. Fish was a Seabee who served with the Naval Mobile ...

The summer of 1942 should have been a joyous period and full of prospects for Charles "C.B." Smith, who had recently graduated from high school. Yet, it became a time of apprehension as the United ...

Navy officials have released the name of the 26-year-old sailor who died in a crash on the 5 freeway Tuesday, March 2, as a military convoy traveled to Camp Pendleton. Equipment Operator 3rd Class ...