Today the Seabees have many special task assignments starting with Camp David and the Naval Support Unit at the Department of State.
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29 Facts About Seabees
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Seabees's request was approved on 5 January 1942 by Admiral Nimitz.
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The speed with which the Seabees could make one operational led the Marines to consider them a tactical component.
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The Seabees were trucked to and from the docks in cattle trucks.
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Seabees oiled, drained and sprayed mosquito breeding areas and inspected and fumigated ships and aircraft transiting malaria-infested areas.
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The MU men brought with the swimfins they had trained with and the Seabees made them a part of UDT attire as quickly as the Supply dept.
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Seabees concluded what they had done was the only way to get accurate intelligence on submerged obstacles and conveyed that opinion to Adm.
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Seabees landed at Inchon during the assault, installing causeways dealing with enormous tides and enemy fire.
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The first Seabees referred to as "Seabee Teams" were CBDs 1802 and 1803.
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The Navy sent the Seabees to do the job starting with the construction of Little America IV as well as a runway for aerial mapping flights.
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In 1955, Seabees were assigned to Operation Deep Freeze making Antarctica an annual deployment site.
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In 1965, Marines and Seabees made an amphibious landing at Chu Lai and entire Naval Construction Regiments followed.
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Seabees supported the Marines at Khe Sanh and Chu Lai combat bases in addition to building numerous aircraft-support facilities, roads, and bridges.
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Seabees was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and is the only Seabee to receive the award.
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Seabees submitted it in November 1968 to General Creighton Abrams commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam.
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Agent OrangeMany Seabees were exposed to the defoliant herbicide while in Vietnam.
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The Seabees constructed a 12-hut base camp at Viers that is used today as the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station.
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In 1964, at the height of the Cold War, Seabees were assigned to the State Department because listening devices were found in the Embassy of the United States in Moscow.
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In 1986, "as a result of reciprocal expulsions ordered by Washington and Moscow" Seabees were sent to "Moscow and Leningrad to help keep the embassy and the consulate functioning".
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In 1971, the Seabees began the huge project on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
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Additionally, Seabees were tasked upgrading and expanding Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily for the United States Sixth Fleet.
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In Saudi Arabia, Seabees built numerous camps, galleys, runways, aprons, helo zones, plus two 500-bed Fleet Hospitals near Al-Jubayl.
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Seabees deployed in both initial invasions of the Afghanistan War and Iraq War.
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Since 2002, Seabees have provided civic action support in the Philippines, most notably near Abu Sayyaf's jungle training area in the southern Philippines.
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Seabees have supported the War on Terror ever since the invasion with numerous deployments over the years.
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About one-third of new Seabees are assigned to Public Works Departments at naval installations both within the United States and overseas.
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Seabees were last U S military to wear the U S Woodland camouflage uniform or the Desert Camouflage Uniform.
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Military qualification badge for the Seabees is known as the Seabee combat warfare specialist insignia .
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