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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...