Hey Shane, do the cool wraps help at all?  Do ya'll need some?  Jazzee Girl

BlueStarx2:

I really don't want to get rid of the album because it's special to us.  I just wanted to be able to share...

With all of the technology available, I'm pretty sure someone could scan the photos and you could keep your originals. You could also put them on the web, and you'd probably get some of the people identified that way.

 

So happy for you Shane . Congratulations on your promotion. Well deserved I'm sure. Your pride in your work shows through your postings. You could be the next seabee poster boy ! LOL. Thanks for the opportunity to "talk" with you.

Stay safe Seabee,

Diane 

seabee_sniper:

good morrning to everyone and thanks for stopping by to see whats new in the world of the Seabees....well todays big news for me is I got my promotion today...i am now an E-6..... Bu1(scw) Carroll just thought someone would like to know....i am realy happy and its been a long time..well you all have a great day.....

Shane

Kuwait   

 

BlueStar,

My daughter has been using    http://photoshow.net/home   for years. She makes slide shows with music & a number of special effects you probably wont want to use for your paticular project. I think she purched the delux program. This program is worth checking out. Your next step would be getting the slide shows to the people.  I suggest begining the project & just let the answers to the other steps come to you. Projects don't need to be planed out to the ultimate end before begining them. Without the begining there is no end.

Good luck with the project. I will be looking forward to seeing your photos.

 Sharon

Shane - I've been on vacation, so am just catching up reading the forums. I have really enjoyed all of the information you've posted. My dad joined the Seabees at age 17 (in 1943!), long before he actually was my dad! He was in Hawaii during WWII. He used to talk a lot about those days. It has been nice to read your posts and really think about what it would have been like for him then.

Hey Nancy...i am glad i can do what i do...i am just trying to let people know all about what a seabees is because to tell you the truth its not because i am one but because the seabees have bee naround so long and we should be known fo rwhat we do as well as for what the ones before us did....if you think the seabees are tough now...i tell you the seabees from 1942 and 1943 were some lean mean fighting machines....look at the post who came first...tell me they we not some bad guys there....but anyway...the big thing is that seabees are over here in the war in Iraq and in Kuwait and all over the world but there are so many military service who dont know who we are or what we do...they see the navy on out shirt and thing oh just some fleeters....but anyone who knows CBs knows what we do....so i am glad i could bring back some good old thoughts and help you to understand....take care and god bless

hey Diane, i am glad you like my posting that means alot to me to hear that....i realy do love what i do and i am very proud to say i am a seabee....thanks for the great feedback...i will try to keep them comming for you all....HooRah

Shane

 Seabee history Continued......Enjoy  

These "Civic Action teams" continued into the Vietnam War where Seabees, often fending off enemy forces alongside their Marine and Army counterparts, also built schools and infrastructure and provided health care service. After Vietnam, the Seabees built and repaired Navy bases in Puerto Rico, Japan, Guam, Greece, Sicily, and Spain. Their civic action projects focused on the Trust Territories of the Pacific.

In 1971, the Seabees began their largest peacetime construction on Diego Garcia, a small atoll in the Indian Ocean. This project took 11 years and cost $200 million. The complex accomodates the Navy's largest ships and the biggest military cargo jets. This base proved invaluable when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990 and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm were launched.

                                                              HOO ~~~~~~~ this section was posted prior ~~~~~~~ RAH

Over the past 50 years the Seabees have repeatedly demonstrated their skills as fighters and builders. From the islands of the Pacific to the jungles of Vietnam to the sands of Saudi Arabia and to the mountains of Bosnia, they have built and fought for freedom. In peacetime, they have been goodwill ambassadors. In peace and in war, they have lived their motto: "Can Do!"

and still there is more, if at any time you dont want me to send Info here.let me know and will walk you threw the steps on getting to the RED X in the top right hand corner or your screen....HAHAHA I kill me, and yet again Still not FUNNY....im sorry i thought it was...but without further adue.....

The island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides was closest in proximity to Japanese-held Guadalcanal and, thus, rapidly assumed major importance. Guadalcanal was the very tip of the Japanese thrust down the Solomon chain toward the Allied southern communications route. The need to destroy the big Japanese airfields nearing completion on Guadalcanal was imperative. The Seabees of the 3rd Construction Battalion Detachment were rushed from Efate to Espiritu Santo and instructed to build a countermanding Allied bomber strip as rapidly as possible. Within an incredible 20 days the detachment had carved a 6,000 foot airstrip from virgin jungle. As a result of this tremendous feat, the Allies were able to mount large scale air attacks against Guadalcanal and destroy the dangerous Japanese air base under construction there.

When the Marines finally invaded nearby Guadalcanal, the men of the 6th Naval Construction Battalion followed them ashore and thus became the first Seabees to build under combat conditions. They immediately began the arduous task of repairing the airfield, now named Henderson Field that they had earlier helped to destroy. This became a never-ending job, because as fast as the builders leveled the strip and put down Marston matting, the Japanese would send bombers overhead to drop high explosives on their work. Nevertheless, in the midst of battle, the Seabees were able to repair shell and bomb holes faster than the Japanese could make them. The Allied pilots desperately needed the use of Henderson Field, so the Seabees kept this precious airstrip in almost continuous operation.

If you can tell me that is not realy impressive you go for it......HooRah Seabees

and still today we "CAN DO" all the same tasking and more....thanks for stopping in.....to be continued.....

Shane, you are doing a good work telling people about SeaBees. I passed one of your SeaBee jokes on to my adult daughter.

She didn't get the joke. I had no idea she had never heard of the Seabees. Truth is if it hadn't been for John Waynes movie I probably wouldn't have either.  We can't be the only ones.

As instructors go.. your classes a fun.

Thanks,

Sharon

I thank God, the SeaBees & all the other quick response Soldiers who responed to to the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

My brother & his family were living in Saudi Arabia at the time. Families were sent home but the Americans & Brits hired by the oil companies stayed on the job. It was a very frightening time. I was at work in the hospital when the news came on TV. He sent me a photo of the sun after the oil fields were torched. The sun was bearly visible.

Not every one can be a soldier. My family didn't raise soldiers but I'm a 3rd generation oil field brat. We helped make the fuel that machines ran on. I'm proud of the contribution my family has made to the world.

 Sharon

 

seabee_sniper:

well i hope you are all good and you all have a great day it was about 105 today...not to bad if you dont mind your skin melting off..haha all the girls and guys need to listen to me when i say drink water or die...its for real over here...stay hydrated stay motivated and we will talk again...HooRah//

 

 

Hey Shane, do you have a freezer where you are?  I have some reeeeally good popsicles I can send, they're a hit with everyone I've sent them to, but they do require a freezer...

yeah we have a freezer in out shop, that would be great...if you wanna send some our way i know all the guys in the shop would love you..and of course i would love you as well..... seabees love everyone....i hope you have a great day and i will talk to you soon..

 

Shane  

Well alrighty then!  Check your Inbox. 

back in 1944 the Seabees put there heads on the line as do the Seabees of 2008 lets take a look at some of what they did....... 

 During D-Day of the Normandy invasion, 6 June 1944, the Seabees were among the first to go ashore as members of naval combat demolition units. Working with U.S. Army Engineers, their crucial task was to destroy the steel and concrete barriers that the Germans had built in the water and on the beaches to forestall any amphibious landings. When dawn betrayed their presence, they came under murderous German fire. Whole teams were wiped out when shells prematurely detonated their explosives. Heedless of the danger, the survivors continued to work until all their explosive charges were planted. As a result of their heroic actions, the charges went off on schedule and huge holes were blown in the enemy's defenses.

The arduous assignment of the combat demolition units was only the beginning of the Seabees' work on Normandy's beaches. After the invasion fleet had arrived off the coast, The approximately 10,000 Seabees of Naval Construction Regiment 25 began manhandling their pontoon causeways onto the beach. It was over these causeways that the infantry charged ashore. Under constant German fire, directed at slowing or stopping the landings, the Seabees succeeded in placing large numbers of these pontoon causeways. Allied troops and tanks subsequently swept ashore in ever greater numbers and pushed the German defenders inland.

The Seabee contribution to the success of the invasion was not restricted to assembling and placing pontoon causeways. They also manned the large ferries known as Rhinos that carried men and supplies from the larger ships to the beaches. These ferries were actually little more than floating pontoon structures powered by giant outboard motors. Huge amounts of much needed equipment were hauled ashore on Rhinos during the first few days of the invasion.

The Seabees also built offshore cargo and docking facilities, piers, and breakwaters. These were constructed out of old cargo ships, special prefabricated concrete structures that were floated over from England, and the ubiquitous steel pontoons. The huge port area that was formed out of this odd combination of materials became known as Mulberry A. Even after the artificial harbor was partially destroyed in a severe storm, the Seabees landed hundreds of thousands of tons of war material daily. In addition to these massive amounts of supplies, by July 4, only 28 days after D-day, they had helped land more than a million Allied fighting men.