Boys (and girls) with big toys in the dirt (SeaBee Gallery)

[HeyJoe]

100124-N-6070S-003 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 24, 2010) Sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 2, from Little Creek, Va., unload equipment and supplies from the Military Sealift Command maritime prepositioning ship USNS 1st Lt. Jack Lummus (T-AK-3011) at the port in Port-au-Prince. Jack Lummus and ACB-2 are supporting Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of an earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Justin E. Stumberg/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100210-N-6357K-003 GULFPORT, Miss. (Feb. 10, 2010) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 board a plane at the Gulfport Air National Guard Training Center to fly to Naval Station Rota, Spain. The Seabees will take over operations at Camp Mitchell and spend the next 10 months supporting various task forces in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Yan Kennon/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100216-N-9643W-068 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Feb. 16, 2010) A Seabee assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 2 removes rubble near Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. ACB-2 is conducting construction, humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kim Williams/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100223-N-5787K-031 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Feb. 23, 2010) Seabees from Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 2 pour gravel throughout their White Beach Logistical compound in preparation for an agricultural wash down of their equipment at Varreoux Beach in Port Au Prince, Haiti. ACB-2 is conducting construction, humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Meranda Keller/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

"So you never got the word about the new NWU?"

100223-N-3289C-103 ROTA, Spain (Feb. 23, 2010) Vice Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, talks with Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 during a visit to Camp Mitchell at Naval Station Rota, Spain. Harris is at Naval Station Rota for the start of Africa Partnership Station West aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul Cage/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100220-N-4440L-017 HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Feb. 20, 2009) Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Shaun Boyce, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74, Alfa Company, levels the dirt on top of Hesco concertainer units being filled by Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Jeremy Nelson, assigned to NMCB 74, Alfa Company, operating an up-armored excavator. Boyce and Nelson are tasked with improving sections of Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Lindsey/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100303-N-9643W-011 PORT-AU-PRINCE (March 3, 2010) Sailors assigned to the air detachment of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 cut rebar during a search and recovery mission at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Several Americans were killed at the hotel when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kim Williams/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100311-N-6357K-004 ROTA, Spain (March 11, 2010) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 assemble a fabricated maintenance catwalk at a water treatment facility at Naval Station Rota, Spain. NMCB-7 and its detachments are deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to provide construction and engineering support. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Yan Kennon/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100301-M-2451B-117 SINAIT, Philippines (March 1, 2010) Members of the Philippine Navy 2nd Mobile Construction Batallion and U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 work together to apply stucco during construction of the Teppeng Elementary School building in support of Exercise Balikatan 2010, an annual bilateral exercise designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and the Republic of the Philippines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Balmer/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

100227-N-9564W-135 HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Feb. 27, 2010) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 compete in a Krutke Olympics 5-Kilometer race through Camp Leatherneck. The race is one of 13 events of the Krutke Olympics, a day-long competition at Camp Krutke, Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan G. Wilber/Released)

 

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100308-N-4440L-020 HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (March 9, 2010) Construction Mechanic Constructionman Apprentice William Houston, left, from Victor, Mont., and Construction Mechanic Constructionman Gregory Allam, from Albany, Ore., both assigned to Alfa Company of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74, rebuild a John Deere 200LC excavator engine. NMCB-74 is deployed to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Lindsey/Released)

100301-N-4440L-196 HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (March 1, 2010) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 and NMCB-4 raise a 12-foot wall section for a southwest Asia hut into position at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. NMCB-74 and NMCB-4 are deployed to Afghanistan providing construction support for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Lindsey/Released)

 

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100506-N-2468S-002 GULFPORT, Miss. (May 6, 2010) Finalists of the 2nd annual Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport Bee Wash clean the Bee. Naval Construction Battalion Construction Battalion Gulfport raised approximately $5,000, which will be donated to the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Terry Spain/Released)

 

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100613-N-0475R-659 HELMAND PROVENCE, Afghanistan (June 13, 2010) Equipment Operator 3rd Class Jeremy Ott, a Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, uses a loader to move fill at a project at Camp Leatherneck. NMCB-5 is deployed to Afghanistan executing general engineering, infrastructure construction and project management supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ace Rheaume/Released)

100613-N-0475R-040 HELMAND PROVENCE, Afghanistan (June 13, 2010) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 place concrete at a project at Camp Leatherneck. NMCB-5 is deployed to Afghanistan executing general engineering, infrastructure construction and project management supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ace Rheaume/Released)

100613-N-0475R-144 HELMAND PROVENCE, Afghanistan (June 13, 2010) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 place concrete at a project at Camp Leatherneck. NMCB-5 is deployed to Afghanistan executing general engineering, infrastructure construction and project management supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ace Rheaume/Released)

 

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100616-N-6538W-065 KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (June 16, 2010) Builder 3rd Class Garrett O'Brien, from Millington, Tenn., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, chisels out notches for a roof at a forward outpost in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Liles is part of a Seabee detachment helping to set up forward operating bases in regional command north. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman/Released)

100616-N-6538W-009 KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (June 16, 2010) Builder 3rd Class Amber Mann, from Gautier, Miss., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, surveys the construction site at a forward outpost in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Mann is part of a Seabee detachment helping to set up forward operating bases in regional command north. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman/Released)

 

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100427-N-8816D-110 TOOR GHAR, Afghanistan (April 27, 2010) Seabees assigned to the water well detachment of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 raise a section of pipe while drilling a 1,210-foot water well at a combat outpost in Toor Ghar, Afghanistan. NMCB-133 is in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility while on deployment in Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ryan C. Delcore/Released)