Posted on 12/11/2010 3:41:15 AM PST by Islander7
GULFPORT -- It’s Christmas … Baby, please come home.
Two hundred Seabee families had that wish granted Friday when the advance party for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 returned to Gulfport after a 10-month deployment.
The battalion of 600 has been working from Spain and the Horn of Africa to Djibouti, Cuba, Ethiopia, Romania, Suriname, Liberia, Poland and Haiti.
(Excerpt) Read more at sunherald.com ...
God Bless the Seabees!
Long deployments are hell on families.
I didn't know the SeaBees still existed.
You don’t think the Navy would call on the Army for their expedient construction needs, do you.
Yes, God Bless the Seabees!
LLS
They exist in spades... bigtime.
LLS
Along with the usual stuff, they also support the SEALs and USMC combat ops.
Please do not blaspheme on the thread. No Seabees. Surely, you jest. (And I won’t call you surely anymore.)
LOL... As an Air Force veteran I refuse to incriminate myself! ; )
We didn’t see much of the Navy while on my Air Force bases... and don’t call me Shirley! (God Bless Leslie Nielsen!)
I still remember the John Wayne movie... The Fighting Seabees. Still love that movie.
One SeaBee shoots a jap sniper after plucking him out of a tree with his steam shovel.
His buddy said, "Why did you shoot him?" He remarked, "I didn't want the fall to kill him."
My brother was Air Force Combat Control Team out of Thailand during Vietnam. We have had an excellent rivalry since 1968.
Semper Fi!
My OICCSWPAC Plaque says.... Quid, Quid, Nominatur Fabricatur (you name it, we build it)
We sure do. I spent many happy hours with Marines. (See, I even know it is always capitalized.) Also Army boat patrol. All great people.
In the middle 90s, the U.S. Diplomatic Mission building (old U.S. Embassy) in Havana was undergoing a $21 million upgrade. The California-based construction company handled the management and logistics. The work was accomplished by Cuban workers under American supervision. We had a rotating crew of Seabees in and out of there. They come from a special Seabee unit from the State Department and handled physical security as well as construction assistnace. These guys built a rapport with their Cuban laborers, and once a week at the Seabee House, they held a “sale” of good Cuban cigars that had Fallen Off Trucks from their Cuban buds. Hats off to the Can Do Seabees!
Back in the day the only difference between Marine and Seabee greens were the hat block and the pocket patch.
Hilarity always ensued at bases with units of each since a Marine would be randomly accosted as a Seabee (which irritated Marines endlessly) or a Seabee as a Marine ( which irritated Seabees endlessly).
Seabees wore regular Navy Dress whites and Blues so they were completely invisible in formal formation with other units.
Visibility has gone up since the all volunteer Military and Desert Storm but they are still known mostly by the John Wayne movie- The Fighting Seabees.
Notice Bruce Willis or Sylvester Stallone or any current Hollywood hunk has ever bothered to do a reprise of that movie!
Best regards,
(you name it, we build it)
Indeed! Having the Seabees based in Gulfport, the communities and surrounding areas have benefited from their expertise. They often partner with local governments on projects as training for the Bees and service to the public.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.