The “Gator Bees” of Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 have embodied the motto of Navy Seabees for nearly 80 years, building and fighting as called upon. But come March 31, the Virginia Beach-based ...

Even Hollywood’s biggest stars need to find solace in friendships of their own. Movie star John Wayne found exactly that in another actor named Ward Bond. They had a longtime friendship that ran deep, ...

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The episode is a parable on the virtues of flexibility and entrepreneurship. Most rules and regulations can be bent or broken in times of need. If so, they may not be ...

The Seabees, the Navy’s construction battalions, were two years old this week. The birthday pointed up two facts: how unprepared the Navy was to fight a war in the first days of 1942; how versatile ...

"The Fighting Seabees" is a morale-boosting tribute to the U.S. Navy's Construction Battalions who followed behind the troops invading Pacific islands held by the Japanese to build runways, roads and ...