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Navy Sea Bees?

Well, my father thanks you JohnCU.
He's sitting right next to me now. Both of us are drinking looking up video's on the internet.

Drrrrinking since 9am yesterday.
Any questions, post away :beer:
 
In general, the Sea Bees of today are held to a much higher standard than those of the 1960s. Back then they were known for being rowdy, and roughing up the local population while on pass. Today, however, the Sea Bees have taken on a kinder, gentler approach to bar hopping and womanizing. This change is due in part to the work of ADM Gary Barkholder. Barkholder was a lieutenant JG in the mid to late 60s and was appalled by the conduct of his fellow officers and sailors.

When he was promoted to admiral in 1984, he drew upon his experiences during the 60s and instituted a "change of culture" amongst the Sea Bees. At first, the changes shocked and angered the then rowdy crowd of sailors, but soon they began to see the wisdom behind Barkholder's policies. Though many of the older, more hardened chiefs saw this as a "pussification" of the Navy, many of the younger sailors did not, and it is through them that the new Sea Bees were cultivated.

Gone are the days of drunken brawls, and taking high school girls virginity, the Sea Bees now teach DARE and abstinence programs at local schools and colleges. In some areas the Sea Bees even erected large sand castles for children to play in. Where they were once only seen as a menace, today the Sea Bees are seen as a valuable asset to the small costal towns they are stationed in.
 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Well, my father thanks you JohnCU.
He's sitting right next to me now. Both of us are drinking looking up video's on the internet.

Drrrrinking since 9am yesterday.
Any questions, post away :beer:
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Is your father straight or gay like you?

 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Well, my father thanks you JohnCU.
He's sitting right next to me now. Both of us are drinking looking up video's on the internet.

Drrrrinking since 9am yesterday.
Any questions, post away :beer:
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Is your father straight or gay like you?
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He says: Straight enough drunk at 63 to kick your pussy ass!

 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
General thoughts about this?

How do the Sea Bees differ today than from the 60's?
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The Construction Battalions started in WWII.

They were very brave men that helped win the war in the Pacific. They weren't even allowed to carry weapons at first.

I have no idea if they are still around.
 
I knew quite a few Seabees in Vietnam...good bunch of people. That's where I learned to run my first crane...helping them steal...I mean appropriate stuff from another quartermaster's warehouse...😀
 
My father was a Seabee in Vietnam, stationed in Da Nang for a few years, even had his helicopter shot down. My brother is now in the Seabees, it's quite a bit different from back then though. Back in my father's day they focused entirely on building troop related structures first, and then civilian buildings (churches, schools, etc.). These days they have the Seabees go all over building homes and drilling wells and whatnot, my brother went to Guatemala and built roads and wells for 6 months. He hasn't even stepped foot in Iraq or Afghanistan, but he did spend time in Guam, Saudi Arabia, and at a few other bases, doing upkeep on airstrips and whatnot.
 
Originally posted by: Sphexi
My father was a Seabee in Vietnam, stationed in Da Nang for a few years, even had his helicopter shot down. My brother is now in the Seabees, it's quite a bit different from back then though. Back in my father's day they focused entirely on building troop related structures first, and then civilian buildings (churches, schools, etc.). These days they have the Seabees go all over building homes and drilling wells and whatnot, my brother went to Guatemala and built roads and wells for 6 months. He hasn't even stepped foot in Iraq or Afghanistan, but he did spend time in Guam, Saudi Arabia, and at a few other bases, doing upkeep on airstrips and whatnot.
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Hell, it's entirely possible that your dad and I were there at the same time.

I was in/around Da Nang from 10/70 until late July 72...then off to Okinawa for a month or so before returning to the world.
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
. . . before returning to the world.
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Haven't heard that expression for the USA for years and years and years . . . takes me back, in a bittersweet way.
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Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: Sphexi
My father was a Seabee in Vietnam, stationed in Da Nang for a few years, even had his helicopter shot down. My brother is now in the Seabees, it's quite a bit different from back then though. Back in my father's day they focused entirely on building troop related structures first, and then civilian buildings (churches, schools, etc.). These days they have the Seabees go all over building homes and drilling wells and whatnot, my brother went to Guatemala and built roads and wells for 6 months. He hasn't even stepped foot in Iraq or Afghanistan, but he did spend time in Guam, Saudi Arabia, and at a few other bases, doing upkeep on airstrips and whatnot.
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Hell, it's entirely possible that your dad and I were there at the same time.

I was in/around Da Nang from 10/70 until late July 72...then off to Okinawa for a month or so before returning to the world.
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I think my dad was there more in the late 60s, I'd have to check though. He was in communications with the Sea bees, also ran some of the bigger equipment.

What theflyingpig was saying makes sense now though, I remember when I was 12 I found a box of slides from when he was over there, more than half were at parties with dancing girls and whatnot, he also said once that he had a girlfriend in Da Nang, but I thought he had already met my mom by then.
 
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