For a military history buff and Navy officer really into civil engineering, Cmdr. Tim Wallace says these are exciting days to be a Seabee — one of the team of sailors who build the things onshore that ...

This article appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, June 30, 1968. It is republished unedited in its original form. In the midst of war Army, Navy and other American military engineers are ...

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 ...

Typical Seabeem road building and bridge projects on Route 1 between Phu Loc and Hue, the old capital. Trucks pass a Seabee-built bridge on Route 1. Two battalions of Seabees under the 32nd Naval ...

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 ...

Before heading back to the Naval Base at Port Hueneme, Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Russell Alber visited the place where his U.S. Navy career began — the deck of the former USS LCI (L) 1091. Alber ...

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 ...

Don Carragher, 90, of St. Augustine, was just 17 years old when he went off to join the U.S. Navy in World War II. The kid from Newark, N.J., had already been through plenty before taking on the harsh ...