Members from Middle for Seabees and Services Engineering Chiefs Mess, and instructors and college students from the Naval Development Coaching Middle Port Hueneme volunteered their time to put in commemorative bricks exterior the doorway of the museum.
Funding points and Covid-19 security protocols briefly halted the set up of commemorative bricks bought to, and a complete of 132 bricks gathered behind the Seabee Museum.
Doing what they do greatest, the Seabee volunteers accomplished this seemingly overwhelming job very quickly.
The Seabee’s work was acknowledged by a shock go to from attendees of the Naval Cellular Development Battalion 40 annual reunion. The assembly between the volunteers and reunion attendees introduced collectively generations of Seabees centered on a shared lineage of heritage and delight.
Every memorial brick that paves the entry walkway to the U.S. Navy Seabee museum is a everlasting recognition of a Seabee and his/her service within the U.S. Navy civil engineer corps. Seabee relations and associates should buy bricks to honor their Seabee’s service to their nation.
In response to the Seabee Historic Basis web site, the ornamental bricks showcase the “Can Do” spirit of the Seabees and the Civil Engineer Corps, nonetheless robust and very important after six a long time of serving to protect our nationwide freedom, shield our pursuits and create a secure, higher world.
To study extra concerning the Seabee Museum at Port Hueneme California, go to their web site at https://www.historical past.navy.mil/content material/historical past/museums/seabee.html.
To buy a brick, or to discover a brick already bought, please go to http://seabeehf.org/bricks/. Bricks can be bought for the Seabee Heritage Middle in Gulfport, Mississippi.
