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 ...

When the U.S. Marines stormed ashore at Iwo Jima, the Seabees swarmed in with them, armed and ready to fight, if needed. In the early days of the assault there was no opportunity for the Seabees to ...

When a construction job needs to be done, the Navy can always turn to the Seabees. Since March 5, 1942, anyway. The Seabees, known for their expertise in naval construction and engineering, were ...

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 ...

Seabees of the 11th Naval Mobile Construction Battalion lay aluminum matting on a runway damaged by enemy mortar fire at Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, 1967. (National Archives) On the ...

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 ...

Bulldozers come first. This slogan crystallizes the role that engineering and construction played in World War II, where combatants were far more mobile than in previous conflicts. Wartime plants for ...

FOX FAN: Who are the Seabees and how did they get their start? AYSE WIETING: The "Seabees" are the U.S. Navy's construction battalions. Each present-day battalion has approximately 650 highly-skilled ...

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 ...

With their trademark of a fierce and determined bee carrying hammer in one hand and a Tommy gun in the other, no other branch of the U.S. Navy has served in more ...

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 ...