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These indicate the construction trade in which a Seabee is skilled. During WWII, the Seabees were the highest-paid group in the U.S. military, due to all the skilled journeymen in their ranks. [69] [70] Camp Endicott had roughly 45 vocational schools plus additional specialized classes.
26th Naval Construction Battalion WWII Insignia (Seabee Museum) 101226-A-7213S-204 (5320467793) Seabees from the 26th Naval Mobile Construction Battalion shovel dirt across HESCO barriers while constructing an Afghan National Police checkpoint in Bora Jengi in the Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2010.
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 (NMCB 11) is a United States Navy Construction Battalion, otherwise known as a Seabee Battalion, presently home-ported at the Naval Construction Battalion Center (Gulfport, Mississippi). The unit was formed during World War II as the 11th Naval Construction Battalion at Camp Allen on 28 June 1942. On 1 ...
A Seabee, assigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 202, conducts maintenance on a Cougar HE 6x6, at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost province, Afghanistan. When during World War II these units had 1/4 the personnel of a CB. Their task was to assume maintenance of bases once CBs had completed construction.
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25 or NMCB 25 is a Navy Reserve Seabee unit that is headquartered at Port Hueneme, CA. Its World War II predecessor was one of three CBs transferred to the Marine Corps in the late summer of 1942 as combat engineers. Those three battalions were attached to composite Marine Engineer Regiments as the third ...
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133) is a United States Navy Construction Battalion, otherwise known as a Seabee battalion, homeported at the Naval Construction Battalion Center (Gulfport, Mississippi). The unit was formed during WWII as the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. It saw action and was decommissioned shortly after the ...