It’s Anchors Away For The Seabees
Men Lauded For Community Service
It was farewells and an end to
duty on Kodiak Island on Thurs
day for 250 men of the U. S. Mobile
Construction Battalion Ten who
have been stationed here since
March of this year.
To most of the men it was a
happy occasion. To others a mixed
feeling o»f joy and just a Little re
gret.
The men joined the other half of
their Battalion who were stationed
at Adak over the same period. The
latter were aboard the U.S.N.S.
Sultan as she came into Women’s
Bay at Kodiak.
The joy evidenced was due to the
men’s departure for Port Hueneme,
Calif., and their homes and loved
ones. There they will spend three
months in training and will again
outfit prior to another duty station,
this time overseas.
The men while here have en
gaged in many and varied jobs.
This composite group had been
readied to take on almost any task
that fell to them. In the ranks of
the Battalion were carpenters, elec
tricians, heavy equipment men,
men of all trades.
Their biggest job during this
tour of duty was the erecting of
pcfle lines on the Naval Station, lay
ing of pipe lines, repairing ware
houses and work at the station com
missary.
The Battalion was in charge of
Crndr. R. L. Divoll, CEZ, USN. His
Executive Officer is Lcdr. J. D.
Cochran, CEC, USN.
According (to Crndr. Divoll, the
main purpose of a battalion going
overseas is to provide the men with
construction, military and disaster
recovery training. “Coincident
ally,” he said, “a substantial mobile
military force has been available
for defense of the 17th Naval Dis
trict.”
Both Divoll and Cochran stated
that Kodiak and Adak are the only
two areas in the 50 states normally
available for the construction train
ing of deployed Pacific Fleet Con
struction Battalions. They said Ko
diak was ideal for the purpose, pro
viding changing weather, rough
terrain, and offered the added ad
vantages of contacts with people
and recreation facilities.
The mixed feeling of joy and re
gret some of the men experienced,
as stated at the beginning, is due
to several factors. Many have en
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joyed the fishing and hunting here,
catching and smoking fish and en
gaging in outdoor pursuits. Others
have been part of a People to Peo
ple program taking active parts in
community endeavors.
Not all can be told about the
many little (and some big) services
these men have performed while
here. One letter from a church
here begins: “Dear Commander: It
gives me pleasure to bring to your
personal attention certain com
mendable actions performed by
military personnel serving under
your command” . . . and ends: “I
feel that you have reason to be
proud of such men under your
command.”
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ficer were indeed proud, and be
cause of the personal interest they
take in the men under them, they
were happy, too, and had these let
ters put in the men’s personnel
jackets.
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a lot of children and was a service
to one of Kodiak’s institutions, was
done at the Kodiak Baptist Mission.
The well pipe alt the Mission was
blocked. Men from the Battalion
cleaned the well to about 250 feet,
installed a pump and one-inch tub
ing, connecting it to the storage
tank, ran lines to the houses, and
installed electrical equipment for
operating the system.
The MCB 10 Special Services de
partment also furnished a large
amount of athletic equipment to
the Mission for the use of the chil
dren.
Besides being craftsmen, with
construction abilities, three of the
men were apparently good talkers
and left with girls from this area as
brides. Husbands now are Plane 1
W. Crawford, who married Dolores
L. Satterlee, Oct. 22; William L.
Allen, who married Kay E. McCall,
Nov. 5; and Edwaird L. Whitney,
whose new bride is Thomasina
Swenson of this city.'
MCB-Ten’s next deployment will
be to the Far East where it will en
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