DUPONT, Pa. — A special group of veterans are celebrating a birthday this weekend. The United States Naval Construction Battalions, known as the Navy Seabees, formed in 1942 after Pearl Harbor.

The “Gator Bees” of Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 have embodied the motto of Navy Seabees for nearly 80 years, building and fighting as called upon. But come March 31, the Virginia Beach-based ...

NAPLES, Italy — A Navy Seabee whose quick thinking helped prevent a suicide earlier this year is ensuring that more sailors have the assistance they need to navigate the rigors of life in the service.

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 ...

MISSISSIPPI SEABEE: A New Orleans native and 1999 Alcee Fortier High School graduate is building bridges and roads around the world as a member of the administrative support staff of the U.S. Navy’s ...

Navy Seabees built a desk for Vice President Kamala Harris made of timber from a historic warship as part of an effort to craft a desk of comparable historical significance to the president’s Resolute ...

With two generations of military men in his family, Derek Hughes of Delmont felt a strong duty to make a contribution of his own as the third. “My grandfather served in the Marine Corps as an ...

The U.S. Navy Seabees are having their second annual East Coast reunion this weekend in Hampton, Va. The Vietnam Era Seabees veterans' association invited me to participate as a guest speaker to talk ...

The vice president and Navy secretary now have new desks built out of materials from some of the most storied ships in U.S. history. Navy Seabees built a desk for Vice President Kamala Harris made ...

On Feb. 19, the nation paused to pay tribute to the men of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions that 50 years ago fought one of the bloodiest battles of WWII, the Battle of Iwo Jima. Yet little, or ...

For a military history buff and Navy officer really into civil engineering, Cmdr. Tim Wallace says these are exciting days to be a Seabee — one of the team of sailors who build the things onshore that ...

Can a bridge be built in less than an hour? If you’re a member of the Navy’s Seabees, it can – along with makeshift airfields, hospitals, base camps, bunkers and more for U.S. military use. The Navy’s ...