AL ASAD, Iraq — The old drilling rig shuddered as it slowly ground into the desert floor, spitting pale gray, watery mud into a trough. Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Petit dug his hands into the ...

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 ...

The Souda Naval Base—located on the Greek island of Crete—is the largest US base in the eastern Mediterranean, and a vital stopping point on the way to the Middle East.

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 ...

There’s never a good time to go off to war, but for 100 Seabees at Port Hueneme, Monday afternoon was a particularly bad one. The previous week had been among the deadliest for U.S. forces since the ...

While construction equipment and the people who operate them are not the most oft considered implements in the modern military, they nonetheless play a crucial role. The U.S. Armed Forces is comprised ...

Six Americans dead and 34 wounded. What a terrible waste. I have a hard time understanding why a group of naval warriors gathered closely together out in the open, creating a super-juicy target for an ...

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 ...

Current NCTC Commander Ana Franco, right, presents first NCTC Commander J.B. Leap with a commemorative baseball cap during NCTC's 50th anniversary ceremony. GORDON JACKSON/SPECIAL TO THE SUN HERALD In ...

"We Build! We Fight!" is the motto of the Fighting Seabees, members of the US Navy's elite Construction Battalions (CBs - get it?). This tireless team has built bases, roads, schools, and anything ...

In the days of the flickering, black-and-white serials of the movie house, it was the cavalry that would appear on the crest of the hill at the most opportune time. In the case of the construction of ...

MCALESTER, Okla. (July 20, 2012) -- Sgt. Jose C. Cortez of Bellview, Neb., loves his job as a motor transport operator with the 189th Transportation Detachment. "I like to be on the road, you get to ...