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Responsibilities. Builders make up the largest portion of the Seabees. They construct and repair Navy and Marine Corps facilities wherever needed. As a member of this team, you'll gain training for work in a range of trades, such as carpentry, plaster, roofing, concrete, masonry, brickwork, painting, cabinetry and more ...

Career Path After Recruit Training Following completion of UCT-Basic the Seabee is awarded the NEC-5932 (UCT Basic Diver).

Because the effort and knowledge that they provide the Navy are invaluable and unmeasurable. Yes, this group is not the most known unit among Sailors or other military branches, but they are one of the most respected for their strong contributions to those fighting.

GULFPORT, Miss. – Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 is being decommissioned Friday during a ceremony at the Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport. The battalion, called the "Fearless 74" was first commissioned in 1943 in Williamsburg, Virginia.

United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Force (NCF). The Seabee nickname is a heterograph of the initial letters "CB" from the words "Construction Battalion".

The Navy Construction Battalion – better known as the Seabees – is responsible for building much of the temporary and permanent infrastructure at U.S. military locations around the world.

The NEC system is a two- or three-letter code attached to a four-digit number that's associated with a service member's job. The letter designator specifies the field in which an individual works, and the numbers specify the exact job they hold.

The group was one of four new special teams of Navy men who were being trained by civilians in construction work and by Marines in military training. They were being referred to as Construction Battalion men.