Talk:Seabee

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Another REALLY MESSED UP PAGE which causes the whole thing to run into the right margin. We are encountering more and more of these where tables are being used. -- Zoe

Could you produce a screenshot of this and upload it? I and not experiencing trouble when I downsize my browser window. --mav

Now it looks fine. Was the table changed? -- Zoe

Seabee information

This entry is a good one, but it is more of a Press Release. While it has good general information summarizing the Seabees, it lacks depth. Heck, there isn't even a link to the IMDB entry on The Fighting Seabees ;-)

I was wondering if there are any other current or former Seabees (such as myself) who would like to help work on a new entry. I was thinking of expanding a bit on the history (maybe doing a separate entry on the CEC), going over the ratings (SW, BU, EA, CE, UT, EO, CM), and the current state of the Seabees.

Despite what the current article states, Seabees have units other than NMCBs and PHIBCBs. Naval Construction Force Support Units (NCFSU) are another type of unit, plus Seabees are also involved in the First Lieutenant's office on many (if not all) US Navy bases and Underwater Construction Teams (UCT).

Anyone interested?

References to individual stories, maybe even just links to outside websites that have some, might be especially useful. They make it easy to get a feel for the sort of work the Seabees do. Durahan

A lot of this page is taken verbatim from the Seabee website for the Navy CEC

Renamed

to singular from plural, following Wikipedia naming policy —Morven 23:54, Aug 17, 2004 (UTC)

contradiction

Is it just me or do the statements supported by references one and two directly contradict each other? 24.150.45.19 (talk) 07:44, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't just you, but I fixed it. Smartguy777 (talk) 06:49, 27 May 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Trivia

Richard Karn the actor who played Al Borland on Home Improvement was A Seabee too.He was a BU3(Builder Third Class)in the 70's stationed at CBC Port Hueneme, Calif.He was in NMCB 3 or 5 cannot remember which.Butch Tavares of the 70's disco/soul group Tavares was also a Seabee and also a BU3 in either NMCB 3 or 5 from 72 until 76.

Two merchandise links - which is the official one?

Link http://www.shop.seabeesmuseum.com/main.sc seems to be correct, since it's the same site as the museum, but today a merchandise link was added to http://www.seabeemuseumstore.org/shop/homepage.php as well. Which is the official site? --CliffC (talk) 20:20, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Popular culture

I've tagged the "In popular culture" section because none of the claims are referenced, and because none of them seem to meet the requirements outlined in the tag. If those requirements aren't met within a reasonable period, I'm thinking of deleting the whole section. Lou Sander (talk) 15:11, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

service

do seabees typically serve on ships or are they land based?

Today they are land based. In the 1940s and 1950s they traveled by ship and were actually stationed on atemporary landling field ship.

Latin Translation

The root verb Construo means "to pile; to load up; to build". Construimus means "we build [it or them] up". Pugno means merely "to fight; to do battle". Batuo, on the other hand, translated literally means "to pound, beat, or strike"; it can also mean to hit with a weapon, like a baculus (club or mace). The verb implies beating somebody bloody, smashing something to bits with your bare hands, or beating it with a stick. Batuimus therefore means "we beat [it or them] down". Hotspur23 (talk)

Uniforms

Does anyone have information about uniform regs for Seabees? I have recently seen them in the NWU and a woodland variant (not MARPAT colors) out of NCBC Gulfport, though they participated in the area Veterans' day parade with the whole contingent in BDUs. Noderaser (talk) 23:57, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation

I moved the article under the current name and created a disambiguation page. It might take a while until I fix all redirects and such. Help is always welcome. Tupsumato (talk) 21:42, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The request to rename this article to Seabee has been carried out.

If the page title has consensus, be sure to close this discussion using {{subst:RM top|'''page moved'''.}} and {{subst:RM bottom}} and remove the {{Requested move/dated|…}} tag, or replace it with the {{subst:Requested move/end|…}} tag.

Seabee → Seabee (disambiguation); Seabee (United States Navy) → Seabee – The U.S. Navy Seabees are the clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for the "Seabee" term; the move to the disambiguated name was undiscussed and unneeded based on WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and WP:COMMONNAME. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 05:15, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]