Editing Seabee (section)

== International terrorism ==
The Cold war did not end until 1991 and [[9/11]] was further off yet, but SW2 [[Robert Stethem]] was executed by the Lebanese [[Shia Islam|Shia]] militia [[Hezbollah]] when they hijacked [[TWA Flight 847]] in 1985. Stethem was a [[Navy diver (United States Navy)|diver]] in UCT 1. The Navy named {{USS|Stethem|DDG-63}} in his honor. On 24 August 2010, during a shipboard ceremony, Stethem was posthumously honored to the rank of [[Steelworker (United States Navy)|Master Chief Constructionman (CUCM)]] by the [[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy]] and given the [[Prisoner of War Medal]].

===Persian Gulf War===
[[File:A member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 stands watch while other Seabees uses a bulldozers to prepare an area for camp during Operation Desert Storm. Exact Date Shot Unkno - DPLA - 65396919dda05883162b3002734439b3.jpeg|thumb|Seabees do base site prep during Operation Desert Storm.]]
Over 5,000 Seabees served in the [[Gulf War]]. In August 1990 the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) was assigned NMCBs 4, 5, 7, and 40.<ref name="NHHC-CB1">[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/seabee-history0/desert-shield-desert-storm.html Seabee History: After Vietnam, Apr 2015, NHHC, Official USN web site]</ref> The first Seabees in theater were a Det from ABC 1, followed by a Det from ACB 2<ref name="NHHC-CB1"/> and then CBUs 411 and 415.<ref name="NHHC-CB1"/> Mid September Air-Dets from the four battalions deployed to construct air fields for Marine Air Groups (MAG) 11, 13, 16, and 25 of the [[3rd Marine Air Wing]].<ref name="NHHC-CB1"/> NMCB 7 was the first Battalion to arrive. Camp Nomad was a NMBC-74 project at Ras Al Mishab for [[MAG 26]]. Camps were constructed for both the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions as well as Hq complexes for MEF I and II.<ref name="NHHC-CB1"/> In [[Saudi Arabia]], Seabees built numerous camps, galleys, [[runways]], aprons, [[helicopter|helo]] zones, plus two 500-bed Fleet Hospitals near [[Jubail|Al-Jubayl]]. The 3rd NCR was activated to provide a command echelon. NMCBs 24 and 74 also deployed in support of the Marines.<ref name="NHHC-CB1"/>

===Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War on Terror===
{{multiple image
 | align     = right
 | header    =
 | header_align = center
 | width     = 175
 | image1    = US Navy 041208-N-4614W-001 U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Three (NMCB-23), secure a severely damaged school in Fallujah, Iraq.jpg
 | caption1  = Seabees from (NMCB-23), secure a severely damaged school in Fallujah, Iraq
 | image2    =
Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee 110529-A-WA427-032.jpg
 | caption2  = Navy Seabees, assigned to (NMCB-26) board UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters during Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee in Afghanistan.
}}

Seabees deployed in both initial invasions of the [[War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)|Afghanistan War]] and [[War in Iraq|Iraq War]]. All active and reserve NMCBs and NCRs were deployed to building to work on civil [[infrastructure]].<ref name="NHHC-CB2">[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/us-navy-operation-enduring-freedom-2001-2002.html Seabee History: The US Navy in Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001–2002: 18 Aug. 2017, NHHC, Official U.S. Navy web site]</ref> One of the most visible tasks assigned to the NCF was the removal of statues of [[Saddam Hussein]] in [[Baghdad]].

In Afghanistan, the Seabees' main task was the construction of multiple [[forward operating base]]s. NMCB 133 deployed to FOB [[Camp Rhino]] and help build [[Kandahar Airfield]] where a detention facility was constructed as well.<ref name="NHHC-CB2"/>

Since 2002, Seabees have provided civic action support in the Philippines,<ref name="NHHC-CB2"/> most notably near [[Abu Sayyaf]]'s jungle training area in the southern Philippines. Seabees work with Army, Marines, and Air Force under the Joint Special Operations Task Force - Philippines.<ref name="NHHC-CB2"/>

Seabees have supported the [[War on Terror]] ever since the invasion with numerous deployments over the years.