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NMCB 40 Seabees Deploy to Support Hurricane Katrina Recovery
Navy NewsStand ^
| Sep 2, 2005
| Journalist 2nd Class (SW) Barbara Silkwood
Posted on 09/02/2005 3:37:26 PM PDT by SandRat
PORT HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) -- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40 began deploying a detachment of 125 personnel to Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 1 to provide humanitarian assistance and conduct debris removal in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
The detachment will lend support to the 22nd Seabee Readiness Group in disaster recovery operations.
Twenty-seven NMCB 40 Seabees comprised the first group to deploy to the Gulf Coast, with the remaining Seabees scheduled to deploy sometime during the same week.
NMCB 40 is currently at its homeport for a 10-month training period.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Alabama; US: Arkansas; US: California; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: calif; deploy; gulfcoasthurricane; humanitarianrelief; katrina; navy; nmcb40; porthueneme; recovery; seabees; support; usn
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:37:26 PM PDT
by
SandRat
To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; AirForceMom; ..
Seabees from California coming.
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:38:25 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:39:32 PM PDT
by
roaddog727
(P=3/8 A. or, P=plenty...............)
To: SandRat
I actually know a few of the 'Bees from 40.
Sheesh.
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:40:36 PM PDT
by
roaddog727
(P=3/8 A. or, P=plenty...............)
To: SandRat
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:43:01 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: SandRat
Now THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!!! GO NAVY!!!
From a retired Army dogface.
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:43:30 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
To: SandRat
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:44:59 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: SandRat
8
posted on
09/02/2005 3:48:31 PM PDT
by
sneakers
To: roaddog727; SandRat
My mom always confuses SEALs and Seabees.
I patiently explain the difference, without being patronizing, but I have nearly given up now...
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:48:51 PM PDT
by
SteveMcKing
("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
To: SteveMcKing
Yep.
Deep breath in... Deep breath out.....
Then drive on.
10
posted on
09/02/2005 3:51:11 PM PDT
by
roaddog727
(P=3/8 A. or, P=plenty...............)
To: SteveMcKing
Well, the two are pretty close. One clue is that if the shifter knobs on the 'dozers are severed heads, they're SEALs.
To: Billthedrill
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:05:03 PM PDT
by
verity
(Don't let your children grow up to be mainstream media maggots.)
To: SandRat
Wasn't Gulfport at one time the home of the SeeBees?
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:13:01 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(Liberalism is a mental disorder)
To: Fred Hayek
Don't know. Perhaps one of the Seabees on FR can answer that.
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:14:50 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Fred Hayek
Gulfport was, or is still, home of NMCB 133, of whom my little brother was part of until he retired.
Seabees Can Do.
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:28:30 PM PDT
by
jrewing
(I HATE HIPPIES.)
To: Fred Hayek
I checked their site; Gulfport is still home to NMCB 133. They just need a few more hands right now.
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:38:28 PM PDT
by
jrewing
(I HATE HIPPIES.)
To: SandRat
"Can Do!"
I've been waiting for the Seabees to get deployed here. Things are gonna start moving now! With both the Seabees and the Army Corps of Engineers on the job, my hopes for New Orleans just rose measurably.
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posted on
09/02/2005 5:11:30 PM PDT
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: SandRat
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posted on
09/03/2005 3:13:31 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: SandRat
Gulfport is the home of the East Coast battalions, Port Hueneme is the home for the west coast. This is a first in Seabee history that west coast deployed to the east to help. NMCB 133 are to relieve us in less than a month in Iraq, I am hoping they are not delayed. I know Gulfport Bees are helping cleaning up the city, but haven't heard anything about the Bees going to N.O. If the Army Corps of engineers are in charge of rebuilding N.O. then god help us. I am not impressed with them over here, and that is putting it kindly.
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posted on
09/09/2005 2:38:24 AM PDT
by
Seabee27
(OOORAAH SEABEES!!!)
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