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NMCB 17 NAVY SEABEES Page
"The Desert Battalion"
This page is dedicated to the SEABEES of the 17th Battalion (MCB 17):
NCB 17 (WW II), RNMCB 17 (1961-1990), and NMCB 17 (1990-present).
"With compassion for others, We Build - We Fight,
for peace with freedom!"
"Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held
a weapon in the other, and each of the builders wore his sword at his
side as he worked."
Nehemiah 4:17-18
The SEABEES of RNMCB 17, 1977
I served with the SEABEES of RNMCB 17, Detachment 0617, during the years of 1977-1980. Being a part of this great
group was an honor. Serving with the SEABEES strenghtened my self confidence
and showed me what teamwork could accomplish, while making friends and having
fun in the process. I had to leave the battalion in early '80
to take care of my family. But the SEABEES will always be a very special part
of my life.
Even though we were builders, and spent a lot of time on different construction
projects, we also spent a large amount of time in combat training at various
locations. Some of our training included things like: physical and weapons
training, heavy artillery, communications, land navigation, day/night patrols and ambush,
evasion and survival techniques, land mines and boobytraps, rappelling, and
first aid.
This page is posted to show a sampling of that training. Below are a set
of photos of one of our combat exercises at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, CA. in
1977, another exercise in 1978, and some other photos I have of the U.S. NAVY SEABEES.
(Special Thanks to CMC(SCW) Pete Barker for
his contribution of "NMCB 17 Seal".)
"Sycamore" rememberences, 1978.
Below are a few recent photos of CBC Port Hueneme, 2000.
(Origin of the Seabees.)
(History of the Seabees.)
(A Brief History of NMCB 17)
17th Battalion Seabees On-Line
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3 : 16
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