![]() ![]() ![]() The first 60 battalions had an average age of 37. Men were given advanced rank/pay based upon experience making the Seabees the highest paid group in the U.S. It was later found that several past 60 had managed to get in. To obtain these tradesmen, military age was waived to age 50. Put it in uniform to build anything, anywhere under any conditions and get the Marine Corps to train it. The solution: tap the vast pool of skilled labor in the U.S. Moreell the need for developing advance bases to project American power. The onset of hostilities clarified to Radm. Naval Construction Battalions were first conceived at Bureau of Yards and Docks (BuDocks) in the 1930s. What needed to be done was build staging bases to take the war to the enemy, across both oceans, and create the construction force to do the work. Rear Admiral Moreell completely understood the issues. The logistics of a two theater war were daunting to conceive. When World War II broke out the United States Naval Construction Battalions ( Seabees) did not exist. ![]() 3rd Marine Division, 2nd Raider's sign on Bougainville ![]()
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