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 ...

After sorting through more than 14,000 artifacts to find 75 that best represented the history of the Seabees, the curator for exhibits at the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum in Port Hueneme needed to get them ...

Fort Bragg is the home of the Army’s airborne and special operations forces, but on Sunday afternoon, those units took a back seat to a little publicized Navy force that has had a big impact over the ...

GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - The battle for Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest fights on D-Day in World War II’s campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific. Navy Seabees played a critical role on the island ...

It was an unusual job even for the Seabees, the U.S. Navy’s construction forces trained to hold a hammer in one hand and a Beretta M9 in the other. First, the team selected to build barracks high in ...

From the shores of Normandy to the beaches of Vietnam and from the mountains of Afghanistan to the deserts of Iraq, they have laid the groundwork for every U.S. military operation since World War II.

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 ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker and U.S. Representative Mike Ezell led a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the United States ...

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 ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE — Given recent downpours, it’s not hard to imagine being in Rhode Island on a rainy summer day, and if you can’t hit the beach, you could duck into one of the many museums in Rhode Island ...