Editing Seabee (section)

===Korean War===
[[File:Yo Do Island ACB 1 refueling Corsairs.jpg|thumb|Yo Do Island airfield constructed behind enemy lines by ACB 1. It was credited with saving 60 aviators. Seabees in photo are refueling Corsairs on 15 July 1952.<ref>[http://www.seabeecook.com/history/korea/crippled_chick.htm Operation Crippled Chick, ACB 1 Builds Emergency Airstrip Behind Enemy Lines, By Steve Karoly, The Seabeecook]</ref><ref name="SERT5">[https://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/files/2016/04/2003_2.pdf SERT, Seabee Engineer Reconnaissance Team, Andrew G. Wright, Engineering News-Record, Seabee Magazine Special Commemorative Double Issue 2003, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Attn:  SEABEE Online (Code PA), Washington Navy Yard, DC, p. 69.]</ref> (USN)]]
[[Image:NAS Cubi Point and NS Subic Bay.jpg|thumb|[[Naval Air Station Cubi Point]] left, [[U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay]] right. Seabees leveled a mountain that civilian contractors said could not be done. (USN)]]
[[File:NMCB 5 CCAD.jpg|thumb|[[Suspension bridge]] built by NMCB 5 CCAD in Timor-Leste 2015 (Seabee Museum)]]

The outbreak of the [[Korean War]] led to a call-up of 10,000 from the Seabee Reserve. Seabees landed at [[Battle of Inchon|Inchon]] during the assault, installing causeways dealing with enormous tides and enemy fire. Their actions there and elsewheres underscored the necessity of having CBs. During that war the authorized size of a CB was 550 men. When the truce was declared there was no CB demobilization as there had been at the end of World War II.

During the Korea, the U.S. realized the need of an air station in the region. [[Naval Air Station Cubi Point|Cubi Point]] in the Philippines was selected. Civilian contractors were approached for bids. After seeing the [[Zambales Mountains]] and the maze of jungle, they claimed it could not be done. The Navy then turned to the Seabees. The first to arrive was CBD 1802 to do the surveying. [[Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Three|MCB 3]] arrived on 2 October 1951 to get the project going and was joined by MCB 5 in November. Over the next five years, MCBs 2, 7, 9, 11 and CBD 1803 all contributed to the effort. They leveled a mountain to make way for a nearly {{convert|2|mi|km|adj=mid|long}} runway. NAS Cubi Point turned out to be one of the largest earth-moving projects in the world, equivalent to the construction of the [[Panama Canal]]. Seabees there moved {{convert|20|e6cuyd|e6m3|abbr=off}} of dry fill plus another 15 million that was [[hydraulic fill]]. The $100&nbsp;million facility (${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|100000000|1956|r=-8}}}} in {{inflation-year|US}} dollars) was commissioned on 25 July 1956, and comprised an air station and an adjacent pier that was capable of docking the Navy's largest carriers.

'''Seabee Teams'''
The World War II precursor to Seabee teams was the PT Advance base Detachment of the 113th CB. Each man was cross-trained in at least three trades with some qualified as corpsmen and divers.<ref>[https://www.seabees93.net/LINK-NCB%20113-PT.htm The Forgotten Fifty Five, NCB93: 113RD Seabees detachment assigned to PT Squadrons, Seabees93.net]</ref> During Vietnam the requirement of being skilled in three trades was continued.<ref name="NAM"/> The first Seabees referred to as "Seabee Teams" were CBDs 1802 and 1803.<ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/UnitListPages/CBD-Post-WWII/CBD%201802.pdf Construction Battalion Detachments 1802, 1803, NHHC, Seabee Museum, Port Hueneme Ca]</ref> They were followed by Detachments Able and Baker. The [[U.S. State Department]] learned of the teams and concluded they could have a [[Cold War]] purpose. They could be U.S. "Good Will Ambassadors" to third world countries to counter the spread of [[Communism]], a military version of the [[Peace Corps]]. These 13-man teams would construct schools, drill wells or build clinics creating a positive image for the U.S. They were utilized by the [[United States Agency for International Development]] and were in S.E. Asia by the mid-1950s. Then in the early sixties, the [[U.S. Army Special Forces]] were being sent into rural areas of South Vietnam to develop a self-defense force to counter the Communist threat and making use of the Seabee teams at these same places made sense<ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/seabee-history0/vietnam.html "Seabee History: South east Asia", Naval History and Heritage Command Online reading room, published 16 Apr 2015]</ref> to the [[CIA]]. To start, twelve "Seabee teams, with Secret Clearances, were sent with the Army's Special Forces in the CIA funded [[Civilian Irregular Defense Group program]] (CIDG)"<ref>Seabee Teams in Vietnam 1963–69, Thomas A. Johnson, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010, {{ISBN|9781461192107}}</ref><ref name="CBTEAM">[https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZXwbHcoDOkC&pg=SA4-PA17 Commander Naval Construction Battalion U.S. Pacific Fleet, Tân Sơn Nhất, Republic of Vietnam, Completion Report 1963–1972.]</ref> in the years 1963–1965. By 1965 the U.S. Army had enough engineers in theater to end Seabee involvement with Special Forces. At first teams were called Seabee Technical Assistance Teams (STAT) and were restricted to two in theater at a time. Teams after STAT 1104 were renamed Seabee Teams and by 1969 there were 17 in theater.<ref name="CBTEAM"/> As a military force Seabee Teams received many awards for heroism.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZXwbHcoDOkC&pg=SA4-PA17 Commander Naval Construction Battalion U.S. Pacific Fleet, Tân Sơn Nhất, Republic of Vietnam, Completion Report 1963–1972. p. 4-7 /4-12 ]</ref> Teams were sent to other nations as well. The Royal Thai government requested STATs in 1963 and ever since the Seabees have continued to deploy teams.

'''Construction Civic Action Details''' or CCAD<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/2018/01/04/civic-action-team-building-friendships/|title=Civic Action Team: Building Friendships|access-date=7 August 2019|archive-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807093328/https://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/2018/01/04/civic-action-team-building-friendships/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
CCADs or "See-Kads" are larger civic action units of 20–25 Seabees<ref>[http://themilitaryengineer.com/index.php/tme-articles/tme-magazine-online/item/504-building-an-enduring-presence "Building and Enduring Presence"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120904/http://themilitaryengineer.com/index.php/tme-articles/tme-magazine-online/item/504-building-an-enduring-presence |date=19 January 2018 }}, The Military Engineer, [[LTJG]] Frances Hunter & Lt. James A. Harder (NMCB 11), Nov–Dec 2017, Society of American Military Engineers, Alexandria, VA</ref> with the same purpose as Seabee Teams. The CCAD designation is not found in the record prior to 2013.