Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap earned his reputation as one of history's great military commanders on May 7, 1954, when 16,000 French soldiers surrendered to him at Dien Bien Phu after a 57-day siege. The ...

In November of 1966, Petty Officer 3rd Class Leroy Henderson and his Seabees platoon, along with a unit of U.S. Marines, were in between a rock and hard place near Phu Bai, South Vietnam.

Fifty-five miles north of Saigon, at a critical road junction in Phuoc Long Province, 11 American Green Berets were settling into what should have been a routine advisory mission. Detachment A-342, ...

Nathan visits a Navy Seabees base; all about trailer hitches; repaint galvanized railing. Nathan Gilbert travels to a Mississippi Navy Seabees base, where he learned carpentry as part of his naval ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) - Nearly 800 people were arrested in the first national demonstration against the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The rally began on Oct. 21, 1967, at the Lincoln Memorial with ...

One of their mottos, “We Build, We Fight” lays out exactly what they bring to the table in U.S. military warfighting and defense. If you want to know about the seven different ratings of the Navy ...

The Navy is turning out in force starting Monday for Navy Week in Wichita Falls, but the seafaring military branch already has a home in the city. The Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering ...

In this two-part series, former U.S. Navy Seabee Mel Pierson talks about his combat duty during the Vietnam war, and his struggles with alcohol addiction after he left the service. Read more about ...

Seabees often work long hours and must be able to build and repair this infrastructure quickly, under harsh conditions, and during wartime. The Seabees were formally established on March 5, 1942, to ...

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. — Cheers erupted as Vietnam War veterans were celebrated for their service during the Army & Air Force Exchange Service Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Pinning Ceremony March 28.

YOUNGSTOWN — Debbie Aziz didn’t know U.S. Marine Corps staff Sgt. Vincent M. Tomalka, but that didn’t deter her from coming to honor him and 99 other fallen comrades. “I joined the American Legion on ...

Jared Anton, a member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, reunites with family as the battalion returns home from deployment on Thursday, March 13, 2025, to Naval Construction Battalion Center ...