SEABEE 75th Anniversary !!!!!

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SEABEE 75th Anniversary !!!!!

Unread post by SEABEE62 » March 1st, 2017, 12:34 pm

Attention On Deck.....MARCH 5th is the Official 75th. Anniversary of the U.S.Navy SEABEE formation in 1942. Raise a glass and toast all Past...Present...and Future SEABEES as we continue to Build and Fight ! " CAN DO ! " Seabee :D :D :D
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Unread post by rickf » March 1st, 2017, 3:29 pm

I reread a book while recuperating from my surgery, The Battle for Khe San, and it details the Seabee's building the runway and some of the reinforced housing there. Much as I bust on Seabee I will tell you that is a job that most people would not want. You are trying to use hand tools while people are shooting at you. And the heavy equipment operators.................. They cannot hear the gunfire until it hits hopefully the equipment where they can see it and not them. Nowadays the bulldozers are uparmored, in Vietnam they were wide open with a ROPS and in WWII they were just plain WIDE OPEN! The highest point was the operator. I learned to operate on a 1943 Cat D8. (In 1959, not 43!!)

SALUTE to the Seabees and happy birthday.

Their still a bunch of thieves! :roll: :lol: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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Unread post by Lindsay36551 » March 2nd, 2017, 7:20 am

Happy Aniversery Seabees!
My cousin , Charlie Brown was a Seabee in Vietnam!
:D :D :D :D :D
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Unread post by SEABEE62 » March 3rd, 2017, 6:49 pm

Thank you boys.....we appreciate it, and will lift a toast to all of you as well this weekend. Seabee
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Unread post by salt6 » March 3rd, 2017, 7:02 pm

Hide your stuff boys!
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

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Unread post by rickf » March 3rd, 2017, 7:35 pm

salt6 wrote:Hide your stuff boys!
Duly noted, Stuff hidden and secured!
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Unread post by old dodge guy » March 3rd, 2017, 8:02 pm

Now gentlemen....be nice. :D
We all know that the company scrounge....er.... acquisition engineer, can be worth his weight in gold.......maybe literally :lol: :lol:
I never was in the military, but I have been .....well.....the guy to go to for parts in several companies. Mind you, never an official title. Everyone hates you until the chips are down and they NEED your services. Then it is another story. :lol: :lol:
I have a certain respect for those who get things done when the bean counters don't think it is so.

(We need a thumbs up emotie) :wink:

Besides I have worked with a lot of Seabees through the years......good people. :D
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Unread post by rickf » March 4th, 2017, 10:28 am

ODG, This has been a long running joke between Seabee and I since the inception of this site and possibly even before on the 503. We all know Seabee's were rather "Resourceful" when it comes to finding things they needed so that just sort of got blown up. (Not by a whole lot) :roll: I was not in the Seabees but we had an acquisition specialist in my unit and he was good, I mean he was GOOD! In Vietnam we had Johnny Walker Black! Most of you will know what that was worth on the black market. We had Budweiser, not "33". Never asked him where he got the stuff although we did have to cover for him occasionally with alibi's when the MP's came asking. Of coarse they never saw the stuff we had either, we stashed that quite well .
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Unread post by old dodge guy » March 4th, 2017, 12:58 pm

ODG, This has been a long running joke between Seabee and I since the inception of this site and possibly even before
Yep, I am aware. :lol: Actually I've thrown a few barbs myself.....all in good humor.
As I was never in the military, I can throw barbs indiscriminately, as I really have no partiality. :? :lol:
99 percent of the time it makes for a fun discussion. One time at a swap meet a guy I knew was a marine came around and asked if I had some marine boots. Without missing a beat, I said yes sir, right here and handed him a pair of 2 left boots. It took a few seconds for him to realize that they were 2 lefts, and I could see that little light come on and he knew he was being put on. Since he knew me, and realized the situation, he immediately replied....no....not army, I want Marine boots. It was good for a laugh, and we are still friends.

That is what this is all about....having a bit of fun is a good thing.
Maybe....just a bit, :roll: :lol: my humor can be a bit skewed though I am told........reference my photos about my mutt.

Besides, as a fellow Missourian, I will pick on Seabee or defend him just because he is a Missourian, though he as far away from me in this state as could possibly be.
I bet he can't even say Missourah right. :lol: :lol: I would be he says Missouree. :roll:
All the best.....ODG
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Unread post by SEABEE62 » March 6th, 2017, 1:10 pm

ODG.....Is it Mississipp- AH ...or Mississipp-EE ??? Is it Missour-AH....or Missour-EE......NW Missourians talk funny !...Just like those in NJ ! :D :D :D Love you guys ! Seabee
1971 M151A2 MUTT , M416 trailer
NMCB 62, Delta Co.,BU2, Gulfport, MS Home Port
VFW 3838, American Legion 63
Seabee Association of America LM , NMCB 62 Assoc.
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Unread post by old dodge guy » March 6th, 2017, 9:00 pm

:D
Still crazy after all these years.
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