Naval Mobile Construction Battalion
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There are 9 active-duty Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (NMCBs) — known as C.B.'s ("Seabees") — in the United States Navy
, split between the east and west coasts. The remaining battalions are Naval Reserve
battalions:
United States Navy
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, split between the east and west coasts. The remaining battalions are Naval Reserve
United States Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve, until 2005 known as the United States Naval Reserve, is the Reserve Component of the United States Navy...
battalions:
West Coast (Port Hueneme, California)
- NMCB 3NMCB 3Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Three is a United States Navy Seabee battalion based in Port Hueneme, California.-3rd NCB in World War II:...
("Better Than Best") - NMCB 4Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 is a Navy Seabee battalion based out of Port Hueneme, California. Nicknamed the "Fabulous Four", it is one of the oldest active NMCBs in the Navy.-History:...
('"4" Does More') (also "Fab-4" while in Davisville) - NMCB-5 ("The Professionals")
- NMCB-40 ("Fighting Forty")
East Coast (Gulfport, Mississippi)
- NMCB-1Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, is a United States Navy Seabee battalion. NMCB 1 has a long, proud and distinguished history that reaches back to the early days of World War II.-History:...
("The First and The Finest") - NMCB 7NMCB 7Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 is a Navy Seabee battalion based out of Gulfport, Mississippi. Nicknamed the "Magnificent Seven", it is one of the ten original NMCBs authorized by the U.S...
("Magnificent 7") - NMCB-11 ("Lucky Eleven")
- NMCB-74 ("Fearless 74")
- NMCB-133Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 is a United States Navy Construction battalion, otherwise known as a Seabee Battalion, based out of Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Mississippi.-Early History:...
("Runnin' Roos")
Naval Reserve
- NMCB-14 ("Southern Pride"): Located at Naval Air Station JacksonvilleNaval Air Station JacksonvilleNaval Air Station Jacksonville or NAS Jacksonville is a military airport located four miles south of the central business district of Jacksonville...
, Florida and consists of detachments in South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
, GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, and Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. - NMCB-15 ("Bat Out of Hell"): Located at Belton, MissouriBelton, MissouriBelton is a city in Cass County, Missouri, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 21,730.-Geography:Belton is at ....
. Personnel are from ten detachments in five states, (Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota). - NMCB-17 ("Desert Battalion"): Located at Fort Carson, Colorado and consists of detachments in CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, NevadaNevadaNevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, New MexicoNew MexicoNew Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
, ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
and HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. - NMCB-18 ("Skookum Mamook"): Headquartered at Fort LewisFort LewisJoint Base Lewis-McChord is a United States military facility located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Garrison, Joint Base Lewis-McChord....
, Washington. - NMCB-21 ("Blackjack Battalion"): Located at the Naval Air Engineering Station LakehurstNaval Air Engineering Station LakehurstJB MDL Lakehurst is a United States Navy base located approximately south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. Lakehurst is under the jurisdiction of the Naval Air Systems Command...
, New Jersey. - NMCB-22 ("Lone Star"): Headquartered in Fort Worth, TexasFort Worth, TexasFort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
. The battalion has detachments throughout Texas and one in OklahomaOklahomaOklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
. - NMCB-23 ("Blue and Grey"): RSS located at Fort BelvoirFort BelvoirFort Belvoir is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Originally, it was the site of the Belvoir plantation. Today, Fort Belvoir is home to a number of important United States military organizations...
, Virginia. - NMCB-24 ("Dixie Doers"): Located out of Huntsville, AlabamaHuntsville, AlabamaHuntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....
and consists of detachments in AlabamaAlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, KentuckyKentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, West VirginiaWest VirginiaWest Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
, and GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
. - NMCB-25 ("Spades and Clubs"): Located at Fort McCoy, WisconsinFort McCoy, WisconsinFort McCoy is an active United States Army installation. It is located on 60,000 acres between Sparta and Tomah, Wisconsin, in Monroe County...
and consists of Seabee detachments from MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
, IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, North DakotaNorth DakotaNorth Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
, IowaIowaIowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, and MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. - NMCB-26 ("Packs a Punch"): Located at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Mt. Clemons, Michigan and includes detachments in Michigan and Ohio.
- NMCB-27 ("Skibees"): Cold Weather Battalion, located at Westover ARB, Chicopee, Massachusetts and includes detachments in six New England States and upstate New York.
- NMCB-28 ("The Old Pros"): Located at Barksdale AFB, LA and includes detachments in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.
See also
- Amphibious Construction Battalion OneAmphibious Construction Battalion OneAmphibious Construction Battalion One is an amphibious construction battalion in the United States Navy based in Coronado, California. Amphibious Construction Battalion Two is its sister unit based in Little Creek, Virginia.-Mission :...
(ACB-1) - Amphibious Construction Battalion TwoAmphibious Construction Battalion TwoAmphibious Construction Battalion Two is an amphibious construction battalion in the United States Navy based in Little Creek, Virginia. Amphibious Construction Battalion One is its sister unit based in Coronado, California.-Mission :...
(ACB-2) – Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek#Major shore commands (at "Naval Construction Force") - SeabeeSeabeeSeabees are members of the United States Navy construction battalions. The word Seabee is a proper noun that comes from the initials of Construction Battalion, of the United States Navy...
External links
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (NMCB) (at www.seabee.navy.mil)