Masonry Magazine October 1968 Page. 19
Navy Seabees Seek Best Builders
The current U. S. Navy Seabee "Top Rates to Top Men!" Direct Procurement Petty Officer Recruitment program already has enlisted 3,094 Seabees and is still open to America's finest constructionmen!
The Direct Procurement program provides an outstanding opportunity for skilled men to fulfill their military obligation while gaining increased experience in their trade.
Qualified volunteer civilian construction workers, regardless of race, creed, or national origin, can join the Seabees with advanced rates.
Volunteers sign up at any Navy recruiting office for a Seabee 30-month tour of duty. At that time, they directly are given Petty Officer ratings, based on their qualifications.
The current drive for skilled construction volunteers is the result of build-up in Seabee forces in Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, the famed Seabees are playing a critical role in support of the combat Marines. Seabee accomplishments are becoming legendary as they lay "instant" airstrips, build roads, drill wells, construct buildings and waterfront facilities, and operate and maintain complex construction and transportation equipment.
Any man who has been a civilian construction man apprentice for 24 months, or has 24 months of experience, can enlist in the Seabees as a Petty Officer 3rd Class.
A constructionman with 48 months training and experience (normally, a journeyman) can be a Petty Officer 2nd Class.
A more senior worker can be a Petty Officer 1st Class, if he has seven years experience some of it at the Foreman or Master level.
Workers with still greater experience can be rated as Chief Petty Officers.
All candidates must be under 40 years of age.
The Seabee volunteer by-passes the usual "boot camp" that a regular Navy recruit attends. Instead the Seabee goes directly to the Construction Battalion Center at Gulfport, Mississippi. There, he attends a special school, where he learns about the Navy and his responsibilities as a Navy Petty Officer.
After a month at Gulfport, the new Seabee Petty Officer is given leave before reporting for duty to one of the Navy's three huge Construction Battalion Centers at Gulfport (Mississippi), Davisville (Rhode Island), or Port Hueneme (California).
At the Construction Battalion Center, he receives further training and is assigned to a Construction Battalion. His Battalion spends about eight months on a construction job overseas; returns to its home base for six months of further training and out-fitting; then, deploys overseas for another eight-months tour of duty.
A Seabee works in his construction specialty; he gets 30 days paid leave each year; and his opportunities for promotion are excellent!
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