A U.S. Navy Seabee was killed and five other Seabees were hurt early Tuesday when several military vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction crash near Camp Pendleton in California, according to ...

While construction equipment and the people who operate them are not the most oft considered implements in the modern military, they nonetheless play a crucial role. The U.S. Armed Forces is comprised ...

MCALESTER, Okla. (July 20, 2012) -- Sgt. Jose C. Cortez of Bellview, Neb., loves his job as a motor transport operator with the 189th Transportation Detachment. "I like to be on the road, you get to ...

RAMADI, Iraq — Members of the Seabees, the Navy’s construction force, were fixing broken doors at an empty courthouse here when one looked out a window and saw a group of Iraqi women eyeing the ...

AL ASAD, Iraq — The old drilling rig shuddered as it slowly ground into the desert floor, spitting pale gray, watery mud into a trough. Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Petit dug his hands into the ...

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Being somewhat disappointed in not seeing anything in the media regarding the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Navy SeaBees, I felt it my obligation to write a short history of this often overlooked ...

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 ...

In the days of the flickering, black-and-white serials of the movie house, it was the cavalry that would appear on the crest of the hill at the most opportune time. In the case of the construction of ...

AL-ASAD, Iraq — There’s not much to do but work, sleep and sweat. The trip home is still months away, but which month is unclear. For the reservists of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FOURTEEN, ...

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 ...