After Santa Rosa Island, our next outing was a walk from the RV campground on base to the Seabee Museum next door to the base. From June 1980 to December 1983, I was the 20th Naval Construction Regiment Supply Officer and made two trips out to Port Hueneme from Gulfport, MS.
Much of what we saw at the museum
(as well as on base) is familiar to me and brings back a lot of memories. Troop formations with their "782" gear looks just as it did back then. I don't recall details of the base from back then. However, it's clear that when they took Point Mugu from NAVAIR in the early 2000s, they put most of their money into this base rather than Point Mugu (just as we expected). They did a good
job with that money, though. Too bad aircraft can't land here!
But I digress. The museum does an outstanding job telling the history of the construction battalions. Wish they'd had this at CBC Gulfport when I was there! It'd been real helpful to a young supply officer being around the Seabees for the first time. If you're in
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| Sample of wood pipe |
the area, take time to stop by. You don't have to enter the base to enter the museum and there's no entrance fee. Plan on a couple of hours.
Later, David
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| Doesn't this guy look a lot like John Wayne? |
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| ...and did! |
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| The Rates |
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| Miniature of Seabee memorial |
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