Seabees consider Rear Admiral Ben Moreell to be their founding father, or "King Bee." The Seabees didn't exist prior to World War II, but by December 1941, there were some 70,000 civilian ...

We went to Jeff’s Pirates Cove in Ipan, Talofofo just recently to attend the book signing by Don Farrell for his latest book, “Seabees and Superforts at War, Tinian’s Critical ...

Two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the little-known head of the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks made an urgent personnel request that had a decisive impact on the outcome of World War II. K… ...

The sailor, who died in 2012 at the age of 91, served with the U.S. Navy Seabees and was the ship's official artist — before enlisting, he had been a student at the Massachusetts School of Art ...

After V-J Day and the cessation of the Pacific offensive, the 11th was de-activated. The Seabees boarded the USS Yorktown in Guam on Nov. 17, 1945, and arrived in San Francisco on Dec. 1, 1945.

When the Selective Service System kicked in for the Seabees, they were allowed to carry weapons. Field's battalion was issued .30 caliber carbines, and the men could work with the carbine strapped ...

A group of special operations vets retrace the Battle of Okinawa, following in the footsteps of the forefathers of today’s ...

World War II veteran Ira Rigger recounted his time as a U.S. Navy "Seabee" with the 301st Construction Battalion in the Pacific Theater. He talked about working to create a harbor at Guam and ...

On Thursday, sailors at the Camp Moreell Seabee base in Kuwait will host a ceremony to dedicate a memorial to Seabees killed in the Iraq war. The memorial will be dedicated at 10:45 a.m ...

The Seabees here work under constant threat of snipers, roadside bombs and suicide attacks. Members wear side arms and keep their rifles handy while doing their hammering and sawing.

Bulldozers come first. This slogan crystallizes the role that engineering and construction played in World War II, where combatants were far more mobile than in previous conflicts.