USArmy Movie Night: The Fighting Seabees

Day 1,289, 16:22 • Published in USA USA • by bombonato
U.S. Naval Construction Battalions: "Can Do!"

Ctrl+Click the image to hear The Song of the Seabees

Dateline: Wednesday June 1, 2011 (Day 1289)
Location: Port Hueneme, Ventura CA
Reporter: Major George Armstrong "Old Man" Custer



Port Hueneme, along with Point Mugu Naval Air Station and San Nicolas Island, comprise Naval Base Ventura County, and are the home of the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, or Seabees.

On March 27, 166 members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 returned home, after serving over eight months in Afghanistan.
The Seabees left Afghanistan and headed to Germany, then flew straight to Minneapolis and on to Point Mugu.
In Afghanistan, the unit's primary role was constructing forward-operating bases and preparing transportation routes to and from the bases.
"It was an absolutely successful mission," said Tim DeWitt, the battalion's commanding officer. "We were in four different areas in the country and there was a lot of hard work, a lot of it dangerous, but we all made it back."


Ctrl+Click the image to see the Ventura Star's March 28 video slide show.

Tonight the eRep USArmy Public Affairs Office honors these brave soldiers with a program focusing on the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion, culminating in the presentation of a great John Wayne classic war film, The Fighting Seabees.



Because every item on tonight's lineup is hosted at YouTube, I was able to make a playlist which enables access through a single link.

Here's a couple links-- you choose how you want tonight's entertainment delivered to you.

Movie Night: The Fighting Seabees:
The Playlist page. See the list, pick and choose what you want to watch.
The Play All button. Just under three hours of fun and adventure with one click-- Let 'er rip!

Here's tonight's lineup at a glance:

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Private Snafu in Fighting Tools and Popeye the Sailor in The Mighty Navy

Two short clips: Modern era Seabees in Iraq, and WWII Seabees in the Marshall Islands



U.S. Government Office of Strategic Services: Seabees, the Navy's Fighting Construction Men
This 44 minute documentary describes activities of the Seabees during World War II.

Intermission: Get the kids in from the playground and make a snack run!



Our Feature Presentation: John Wayne and Susan Hayward in The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.



Movie Night: The Fighting Seabees:
The Playlist page. See the list, pick and choose what you want to watch.
The Play All button. Just under three hours of fun and adventure with one click-- Let 'er rip!


Send in a suggestion for a movie, and if I run it you get one Q5 tank. Double feature? Two Q5 tanks. Cartoons and Intermissions? More tanks.
Preferably war related for Wednesday, and really bad horror for Friday Fright Night.
Must be readily available on the internet (YouTube, Hulu, Internet Archives, IMDb, etc.) and require no special downloads or memberships.

If you want to join the eUS Military,

The eUS Training Corps is the place to start: Link



Major George Armstrong Custer
Army Public Affairs Senior Officer

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