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Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Hung (left) and Petty

Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Hung (left) and Petty

Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Hung (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Ava Dean, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, set up concertina wire around the ammunition supply point at forward oper... More

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel Kingsley, assigned with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, prefabricates trusses to be used in the construction of southwest Asia huts at Camp Ramadi... More

Steelworker Petty 2nd Class James Branstietter of Naval

Steelworker Petty 2nd Class James Branstietter of Naval

Steelworker Petty 2nd Class James Branstietter of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 makes a cut on a piece of lumber. A detachment of Seabees from NMCB 1 is currently constructing to construct a combat outp... More

Stacking Trusses, US Navy Photogrpah

Stacking Trusses, US Navy Photogrpah

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel Kingsley, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, stacks prefabricated trusses to be used in the construction of southwest Asia huts at Camp R... More

Steelworker Petty Officer 2nd Class James Branstietter

Steelworker Petty Officer 2nd Class James Branstietter

Steelworker Petty Officer 2nd Class James Branstietter of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 makes a cut on a piece of lumber. A detachment of Seabees from NMCB 1 is currently constructing a combat outpost t... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 keep guard the protective lines from a fighting position at forward operating base zero. NMCB-1 is participating in field training exercise "Operation: ... More

Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7's Embark team, converse about staging the Civil Engineering Support Equipment (CESE) for deployment on board Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfpo... More

Seaman Douglas Norris, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction

Seaman Douglas Norris, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction

Seaman Douglas Norris, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, Bridge Detachment, keeps watch over enemy prisoners at a bridge site NMCB-1 built. NMCB-1 is participating in field training exercise "O... More

Equipment operator Petty Officers 2nd Class Dave Domonkos,

Equipment operator Petty Officers 2nd Class Dave Domonkos,

Equipment operator Petty Officers 2nd Class Dave Domonkos, far left, and Gregory Sims, far right, of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 discuss with 1st Lt. Joseph Easterling of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines En... More

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel Kingsley assigned with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, uses a nail gun to attach prefabricated truss sections to be used in the construction of so... More

Marine Brig. Gen. J.A. Kessler, commanding general

Marine Brig. Gen. J.A. Kessler, commanding general

Marine Brig. Gen. J.A. Kessler, commanding general for 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), speaks at a ceremony officially opening a newly renovated runway at Camp Taqaddum. For the first time in two years, t... More

Apprentice James Martin of Naval Mobile Construction

Apprentice James Martin of Naval Mobile Construction

Apprentice James Martin of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 uses a nail to secure the walls of a southwest Asian hut at a project site near Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2007. NMCB 1 Seabees are currently co... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Danellie Rivera, assigned to

Petty Officer 3rd Class Danellie Rivera, assigned to

Petty Officer 3rd Class Danellie Rivera, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, stands watch in the Battalion's Combat Operations Center. Rivera monitors the Blue Force tracker, which tracks the mov... More

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Douglas Fisher and

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Douglas Fisher and

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Douglas Fisher and Military Working Dog (MWD) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Buksi play with a ball in the yard area that Seabees attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NM... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl Cox, assigned to Naval

Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl Cox, assigned to Naval

Petty Officer 2nd Class Karl Cox, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, gathers storm debris off the beach in Gulfport, Miss. A group of 40 Seabees from NMCB-1 took part in the annual Mississippi C... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Dennis Ortega of Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 2nd Class Dennis Ortega of Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 2nd Class Dennis Ortega of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 levels a recently erected southwest Asian hut wall at an outpost near Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2007. NMCB 1 Seabees are currentl... More

Equipment operator constructionman Gregory Burton,

Equipment operator constructionman Gregory Burton,

Equipment operator constructionman Gregory Burton, assigned to U.S, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, Task Force Sierra, uses a bobcat to push dirt, burying previously laid 240-millimeter armored ca... More

Engineering Aid 2nd Class Gregg Morris (right) along

Engineering Aid 2nd Class Gregg Morris (right) along

Engineering Aid 2nd Class Gregg Morris (right) along with Engineering Aid Constructionman Thach Nguyen assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7's Embark, team up to measure the Humvee, being sta... More

Capt. Hans Probst, Commander, 30th Naval Construction

Capt. Hans Probst, Commander, 30th Naval Construction

Capt. Hans Probst, Commander, 30th Naval Construction Regiment, speaks at a ceremony officially opening a newly renovated runway at Camp Taqaddum. For the first time in two years, the airfield is operating at i... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Bush of Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Bush of Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Bush of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 carries lumber around a project site in the vicinity of Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 28, 2007. NMCB 1 Seabees are currently conducting opera... More

Builder Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Deboard of Naval

Builder Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Deboard of Naval

Builder Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Deboard of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 snaps a chalk line on a piece of lumber to mark out his next cut. A detachment of Seabees from NMCB 1 is currently constru... More

Builder constructionman apprentice, Demarrio Otis,

Builder constructionman apprentice, Demarrio Otis,

Builder constructionman apprentice, Demarrio Otis, a Seabee with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, uses a saw to cut studs for southwest Asia huts being prefabricated at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Feb. 4. NMCB ... More

Radio Check, US forces in Iraq

Radio Check, US forces in Iraq

Storekeeper Petty Officer 1st Class Damien Burke from a convoy security element with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, conducts a radio check prior to a convoy. CSE teams provide convoy security to allow t... More

Middle East Deployment - A man in a military uniform working on a machine

Middle East Deployment - A man in a military uniform working on a mach...

Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Odonnell, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, Task Force Sierra, uses a rake to help level out freshly poured concrete. NMCB-1 is deployed to several locations in t... More

Builder Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Williams, assigned

Builder Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Williams, assigned

Builder Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Williams, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, Task Force Sierra, scrambles out of a defender's reach in a two-hand-touch football game during the detachment'... More

Prior to beginning a max load crane certification equipment

Prior to beginning a max load crane certification equipment

Prior to beginning a max load crane certification equipment operator Petty Office 2nd Class Dave Domonkos of Crown Point, Ind., currently stationed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 raises the hookbloc... More

Orote Point Mechanics' Shop

Orote Point Mechanics' Shop

Seabees with U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, Guam Detachment, began laying concrete in one section of the roof of the Orote Point concrete masonry unit-block mechanics' shop on board Naval Base Guam... More

A Seabee with U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

A Seabee with U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

A Seabee with U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, Task Force Sierra Det. 1, watches as gravel is loaded into his dump truck. The task force is dispersed throughout various areas in Iraq and Afgh... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 participate in a chemical, biological and radiological warfare drill at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Miss. The drill helps acclimate t... More

sailors goes over advancement exam

sailors goes over advancement exam

Senior Chief Builder James Walley, center, a Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15, Task Force Sierra Det. 1, goes over the administrative data of the advancement exam. NMCB-1 is depl... More

A Seabee with U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

A Seabee with U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

A Seabee with U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, Task Force Sierra Det. 1, watches as gravel is loaded into his dump truck. The task force is dispersed throughout various areas in Iraq and Afghanistan ... More

Equipment operator Petty Officer 2nd Class Blake Osborne

Equipment operator Petty Officer 2nd Class Blake Osborne

Equipment operator Petty Officer 2nd Class Blake Osborne attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, digs a hole for the base of a timber tower at Camp Shelby. NMCB-1 is conducting Operation Desert Heat ... More

Builder constructionman Apprentince Shawn Still of

Builder constructionman Apprentince Shawn Still of

Builder constructionman Apprentince Shawn Still of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 takes a breather during the construction of a SWA-hut city outside Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 29. NMCB1's Seabees are curren... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 bridge crew work together to launch a medium girder bridge. NMCB-1 is participating in field training exercise "Operation: Desert Justice." The FTX test... More

Apprentice Shawn Still of Naval Mobile Construction

Apprentice Shawn Still of Naval Mobile Construction

Apprentice Shawn Still of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 takes a breather during the construction of several southwest Asian huts outside Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2007. NMCB 1 Seabees are currently co... More

Chief Boatswain's Mate Joselito P. Sacramento of Naval

Chief Boatswain's Mate Joselito P. Sacramento of Naval

Chief Boatswain's Mate Joselito P. Sacramento of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, radios headquarters during a security alert drill in Operation Bearing Duel 6-07. More than 450 of the battalion's Seabees... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 and NMCB-15, Task Force Sierra, participate in a tug-of-war competition as part of their mid-deployment celebration. NMCB-1 is deployed to several locat... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 don their MCU-2P gas masks during a chemical, biological and radiological warfare drill at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Miss. The dril... More

A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 guides a convoy onto camp. NMCB-1 is participating in field training exercise "Operation: Desert Justice" at Camp Shelby. The exercise tests the battal... More

Seabees assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 quick reaction force secure a hostile camp intruder with zip ties during field training exercise "Operation: Desert Justice" at Camp Shelby. The exe... More

Using a level, Builder 2nd Class John Wightman of Naval

Using a level, Builder 2nd Class John Wightman of Naval

Using a level, Builder 2nd Class John Wightman of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 makes measurements to cut trusses uniformly at Al Taqaddum, Iraq Feb. 9. The Seabees are rebuilding a chapel that was re... More

Engineering aide constructionman Fabian Guzman of Naval

Engineering aide constructionman Fabian Guzman of Naval

Engineering aide constructionman Fabian Guzman of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 makes a cut on a piece of lumber while an Iraqi soldier marks out the next cut. A detachment of Seabees from NMCB 1 is cur... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 stand by as a group of simulated insurgents gather at the entry control point of forward operating base 1. NMCB-1 is participating in field training exe... More

Utilitiesman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerald Sancinito,

Utilitiesman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerald Sancinito,

Utilitiesman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerald Sancinito, and utilitiesman constructionman recruit, Brady Shaffer, both with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, hammer nails to secure a plywood wall section to... More

Operation Desert Heat - Two men working on a table with a circular saw

Operation Desert Heat - Two men working on a table with a circular saw

Builder Petty Officer 1st Class Bill Waldron, of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, cuts plywood planks during construction of a battalion aid station. NMCB-1 is preparing to conduct Operation Desert Heat, ... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Sanchez and Petty Officer

Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Sanchez and Petty Officer

Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Sanchez and Petty Officer 1st Class Billy Thomas, both attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, grab targets prior to weapons familiarization training. NMCB-1 is deploye... More

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Damion Snyder, assigned

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Damion Snyder, assigned

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Damion Snyder, assigned to U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15, Task Force Sierra Det. 1, uses a grader to level gravel on camp. The task force is dispersed throughou... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Noe Lujan (right) and Petty

Petty Officer 3rd Class Noe Lujan (right) and Petty

Petty Officer 3rd Class Noe Lujan (right) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Arcilla, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, erect an OE-254 antenna at the system-tactical communications cente... More

Commander Task Force IA visits deployed sailors

Commander Task Force IA visits deployed sailors

Commander, Task Force-IA, Rear Adm. Kevin Scott, center with ball in hand, watches as a free throw drops through the net while participating in a free throw contest in support of the NATO Role III medical facil... More

Builder Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Richards, assigned

Builder Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Richards, assigned

Builder Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Richards, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, tries to dribble past construction mechanic Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Bockhorn in a basketball game during t... More

Builder constructionman apprentice, Demarrio Otis,

Builder constructionman apprentice, Demarrio Otis,

Builder constructionman apprentice, Demarrio Otis, of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, cuts studs while other Seabees assemble walls in the material yard at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Feb. 4. The Seabees are p... More

David McCovey, a technician equipment mechanic from

David McCovey, a technician equipment mechanic from

David McCovey, a technician equipment mechanic from Naval Facilities Expeditionary Logistics Command, inspects the inside of a generator/llight plant in preparation for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB... More

Seabees come home, US Navy Photogrpah

Seabees come home, US Navy Photogrpah

Petty Officer 2nd Class Garnett Whitmire, assigned to U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, holds his son for the first time in six months during a homecoming at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Deboard and other Seabees

Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Deboard and other Seabees

Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Deboard and other Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 make trusses to rebuild a chapel that was destroyed by an electrical fire. NMCB-1 is part of more than ... More

Brian Cuddy, a heavy mobile equipment mechanic from

Brian Cuddy, a heavy mobile equipment mechanic from

Brian Cuddy, a heavy mobile equipment mechanic from Naval Facilities Expeditionary Logistics Command, fills out a work order to test the functionality of a generator/light plant in preparation for Naval Mobile ... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Knifley of Mattoon, Ill.

Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Knifley of Mattoon, Ill.

Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Knifley of Mattoon, Ill. and Gregory Sims of Orlando, Fla., both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, use tag lines to steady a load as the crane crew conducts a maxi... More

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Fleming, of Naval

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Fleming, of Naval

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Fleming, of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 connects single strand concertina wire around a material storage yard at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Feb. 2. NMCB 1 is part of mo... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Harriman stationed with

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Harriman stationed with

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Harriman stationed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 utilizes a tape measure to ensure accurate measurements for an office space construction project in the vicinity of A... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 erect an OE-254 antenna to establish communications at the logistics support area during field training exercise "Operation: Desert Justice" at Camp She... More

Capt. Hans Probst, commander, 30th Naval Construction

Capt. Hans Probst, commander, 30th Naval Construction

Capt. Hans Probst, commander, 30th Naval Construction Regiment (Forward), applauds the efforts of the Seabees and Marines at a ceremony officially opening a newly renovated runway at Camp Taqaddum. For the firs... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Jacobs, center, assigned

Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Jacobs, center, assigned

Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Jacobs, center, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 as bridge crew bridgemaster, supervises the launching of a medium girder bridge. NMCB-1 is participating in field... More

Operation Bearing Duel 6-07 U.S. Navy, California

Operation Bearing Duel 6-07 U.S. Navy, California

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 execute a security alert drill during Operation Bearing Duel 6-07. More than 450 of the battalion's Seabees participated in the tactical field exercise, required... More

newly renovated runway at Camp Taqaddum

newly renovated runway at Camp Taqaddum

Marine Brig. Gen. J. A. Kessler, commanding general of 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), holds the signed Beneficial Occupancy Date letter, officially opening the newly renovated runway at Camp Taqaddum. Th... More

Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare Drill

Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare Drill

Apprentice Robert Weiss, utilitiesman constructionman, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 holds his MCU-2P gas mask in place while a fellow Seabee tightens his overhood during a chemical, biologi... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 participate in a chemical, biological and radiological warfare drill at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Miss. The drill helps acclimate t... More

20th Seabee Readiness Group

20th Seabee Readiness Group

The official party at the Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport and 20th Seabee Readiness Group change of command ceremony salutes as Seabee commands pass-in-review. Capt. Ed Brown relinquished command ... More

Naval Construction Battalion Center sailors watch 'I Have a Dream' speech clip

Naval Construction Battalion Center sailors watch 'I Have a Dream' spe...

Sailors assigned to Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) watch a video clip of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech during a celebration held at the training hall on board NCBC. A speci... More

Marine Brig. Gen. Timothy C. Hanifen, commanding general

Marine Brig. Gen. Timothy C. Hanifen, commanding general

Marine Brig. Gen. Timothy C. Hanifen, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), speaks at a ceremony officially opening a newly renovated runway at Camp Taqaddum. For the first time in two y... More

Builder constructionman recruit Ismael Rodriguez, assigned

Builder constructionman recruit Ismael Rodriguez, assigned

Builder constructionman recruit Ismael Rodriguez, assigned with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, marks the proper nail spacing on a wall section at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Feb. 4. The Seabees are busy prefa... More

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 Seabees assigned

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 Seabees assigned

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 Seabees assigned to the quick reaction force ready themselves for a group of simulated rioters near the entry control point of forward operating base 1. NMCB-1 is participa... More

Builder constructionman apprentice, Demarrio Otis,

Builder constructionman apprentice, Demarrio Otis,

Builder constructionman apprentice, Demarrio Otis, stationed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, cuts lumber sections in the carpentry shop at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Feb. 4. The Seabees are prefabricatin... More

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 work together to attach a ladder to a timber tower. NMCB-1 is participating in field training exercise "Operation: Desert Justice." The FTX tests the ba... More

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Pemberton,

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Pemberton,

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Pemberton, stationed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, nails a soffit for a chapel project at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Feb. 7. The Seabees are rebuilding the chapel ... More

Seabees supporting missions in Ar Ramadi, Iraq

Seabees supporting missions in Ar Ramadi, Iraq

Petty Officer 3rd Class James Branstietter, steelworker, stationed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 waits as loads are prepared for off-load at a base camp around Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 20. NMC... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Bush, stationed with Naval

Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Bush, stationed with Naval

Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Bush, stationed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 moves wood items for southwest Asian huts being constructed in the vicinity of Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 28, 2007. NMCB 1 Se... More

Construction electrician constructionman apprentice

Construction electrician constructionman apprentice

Construction electrician constructionman apprentice Daniel Kingsley of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 works with a nail gun to build trusses for future use in the construction of southwest Asia huts at C... More

Seabees prepare to take promotion tests in Iraq

Seabees prepare to take promotion tests in Iraq

Chief Petty Officer James Walley, center, a Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15, Task Force Sierra, Detatchment 1, goes over the administrative data of the advancement exam. NMCB-1 is depl... More

Operation: Desert Justice

Operation: Desert Justice

Construction mechanic constructionman Seaman Recruit Joshua Hobelman, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, tosses excess dirt from a hole that will be used as a timber bunker at forward operating ... More

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 take

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 take

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 take up a position in a security alert drill during Operation Bearing Duel 6-07. More than 450 of the battalion's Seabees participated in the tactical field exer... More

Builder 2nd Class John Wightman of Naval Mobile Construction

Builder 2nd Class John Wightman of Naval Mobile Construction

Builder 2nd Class John Wightman of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 ensures all marks are properly aligned before striking a chalk line at Al Taqaddum, Iraq Feb. 9. The Seabees are rebuilding a chapel tha... More

Master Chief Petty Officer Jimmy Fairbanks, left, the

Master Chief Petty Officer Jimmy Fairbanks, left, the

Master Chief Petty Officer Jimmy Fairbanks, left, the ombudsman for the Armed Forces Retirement Home, gives a tour of the center to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West, right, after its grand openi... More

Utilitiesman 2nd Class David RIbet, Assigned to Naval

Utilitiesman 2nd Class David RIbet, Assigned to Naval

Utilitiesman 2nd Class David RIbet, Assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7's embark team, calculates the weights and balances of Civil Engineering Support Equipment (CESE) being staged for de... More

The Seabee Convoy Security Team attached with Naval

The Seabee Convoy Security Team attached with Naval

The Seabee Convoy Security Team attached with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 escorts personnel and equipment near Al Taqaddum, Iraq Feb. 9. NMCB 1 is part of more than1,400 Soldiers, Sailors and Marines ... More

George Schloegel, mayor of Gulfport, Miss., speaks

George Schloegel, mayor of Gulfport, Miss., speaks

George Schloegel, mayor of Gulfport, Miss., speaks at a flag raising ceremony commemorating the reopening of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport. The AFRH welcomed back 135 residents who were evacuated... More

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Marco, a master-at-arms,

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Marco, a master-at-arms,

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Marco, a master-at-arms, takes a break while on a dismounted patrol during Operation Southern Strike III near the village of Spin Kariz in the district of Spin Boldak, Kandahar prov... More

magazine rack, US Navy Photogrpah

magazine rack, US Navy Photogrpah

Builder Petty Officer 2nd Class Latasha Hill, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15, drills the shelf of a magazine rack into place. NMCB-1 and NMCB-15 are deployed to several locations in the Midd... More

NMCB 7 Homecoming, US Navy Photogrpah

NMCB 7 Homecoming, US Navy Photogrpah

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 are greeted by their loved ones during a homecoming ceremony at Naval Construction Battalion Center. NMCB-7 returned from a 10-month deployment to the U... More

Steelworker constructionman recruit, Amanda Peterson

Steelworker constructionman recruit, Amanda Peterson

Steelworker constructionman recruit, Amanda Peterson and constructionman apprentice, Derek Foley, both assigned with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, holds a piece of scrap metal as constructionman appren... More

Seaman Bradley Biggerstaff, attached to Naval Mobile

Seaman Bradley Biggerstaff, attached to Naval Mobile

Seaman Bradley Biggerstaff, attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, fills his magazines prior to weapons familiarization training. NMCB-1 is deployed to several locations in the Middle East, Afghanis... More

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel

Construction electrician constructionman recruit, Daniel Kingsley, of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, connects prefabricated truss sections to be used in the construction of southwest Asia huts at Camp R... More

Master Chief Petty Officer Jimmy Fairbanks, center,

Master Chief Petty Officer Jimmy Fairbanks, center,

Master Chief Petty Officer Jimmy Fairbanks, center, the ombudsman for the Armed Forces Retirement Home, gives a tour of the center to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West, left, after its grand open... More

A member of the Iraqi army utilizes a oxygen-acetylene

A member of the Iraqi army utilizes a oxygen-acetylene

A member of the Iraqi army utilizes a oxygen-acetylene torch to pre-fabricate hinges as steelworker Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Sims of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 provides instruction at Camp Blu... More

Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1

Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1

Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 work in tandem to complete a berm around a combat outpost around Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 28, 2007. NMCB 1 Seabees are currently conducting operations to comple... More

Builder constructionman recruit, Ismael Rodriguez,

Builder constructionman recruit, Ismael Rodriguez,

Builder constructionman recruit, Ismael Rodriguez, of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, marks measurements on a plywood wall section at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Feb. 4. The Seabees are busy prefabricating all... More

Steelworker, Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Casey, of

Steelworker, Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Casey, of

Steelworker, Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Casey, of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, uses a stencil to trace soffits for a chapel project at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Feb. 7. The Seabees are rebuilding the chap... More

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Pemberton,

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Pemberton,

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Pemberton, a Seabee with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, secures soffits to a prefabricated truss at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Feb. 7. The Seabees are rebuilding a chape... More

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Deboard, of

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Deboard, of

Builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Deboard, of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, works alongside builder, Petty Officer 3rd Class Russell Fales, to complete the construction of trusses for a chapel at... More

Homeport training, US Navy Photogrpah

Homeport training, US Navy Photogrpah

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 rest near Seabee Lake before resuming the battalion's three-mile force march at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport. The Seabees march ... More

The first retirees to return to the newly refurbished

The first retirees to return to the newly refurbished

The first retirees to return to the newly refurbished Armed Forces Retirement Home perform the ceremonial ribbon cutting during the center's grand opening. The retirement home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina... More

NMCB 7 Homecoming, US Navy Photogrpah

NMCB 7 Homecoming, US Navy Photogrpah

A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 greets his son during a homecoming ceremony at Naval Construction Battalion Center. NMCB-7 returned from a 10-month deployment to the U.S. European Co... More

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