The Navy Seabees are unique within the U.S. military because they combine engineering expertise with combat capability. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - More than one hundred Seabees arrived at the base in Gulfport with a line of loved ones outside the Seabee Heritage Center, returning home from a nearly seven-month deployment ...

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 ...

"We Build! We Fight!" is the motto of the Fighting Seabees, members of the US Navy's elite Construction Battalions (CBs - get it?). This tireless team has built bases, roads, schools, and anything ...

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 ...

There’s never a good time to go off to war, but for 100 Seabees at Port Hueneme, Monday afternoon was a particularly bad one. The previous week had been among the deadliest for U.S. forces since the ...

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 ...

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 ...