In August 1942 the future members of Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) 26 arrived at Camp Allen, Virginia.

The Seabees at Naval Base Guadalcanal built gun mounts and emplacements, tunnels, 6,000 feet of railroad, multiple docks, over 35 miles of primary roadway, 10 bridges and two radio stations with 150-foot transmitter towers.

Maintaining the critical flow of fuel to the war effort, NCB 26 received and dispensed over 34 million gallons of gasoline.

Chief Carpenters mates James D. Eaton and Howard W. Swan "..left their foxhole while the attack was still in progress to help organize and direct a fire fighting party which extiguished the flames which were illuminating the camp and thereby increasing the probability of a second attack with greater damage to life and property."

[1] Late in the war the Japanese made a last ditch thrust towards Alaska, threatening critical American Bases at Sitka.

For exemplary performance Reserve Naval Mobile Construction Battalion TWENTY-SIX was awarded the Best of Type (Battle 'E') in 1986.

Nonetheless, NMCB 26 completed training evolutions with great names like 'Sea Dragon' 'Green Stinger' and 'Sharp Wedge'.

We left our imprint of workmanship in places like Guam, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Alabama, Sigonella and Naples, Italy, Crete, the Seabee Museum in Gulfport, Camp Lejeune NC and Rota, Spain, to name a few.

Humanitarian projects involving the digging of water wells for rural inhabitants of Guatemala, Panama and Belize in Central America were completed.

NMCB26 itself was notified in January 1991 of plans to activate it towards the end of the fiscal year, but the early, successful military resolution of the Middle Eastern crisis removed the need for NMCB26's.recall.

The Seabees of TWO SIX had grown accustomed to the constant change of life in the NCF, but the new millennium brought more than anyone anticipated.

NMCB 26 also provided construction project support in Columbus, New Mexico, Naval Weapons Station Charleston, Nogales, Arizona, Croatia and Germany.

In FY 2001, CDR Dariano became the CO, with LCDR Terry Hart serving as XO and EQCM Dan Miller as Command Master Chief.

CDR Daniel Stehly, CEC was the commanding officer of NMCB 26 with CMDCM Richard Abernathy.

Im 2005 the battalion was turned over to CDR Joe Leahy, who continued readiness training and sending detachments on construction efforts around the world in Croatia and Germany.

NMCB 26 Seabees completed construction projects in Kuwait, Afghanistan, Bahrain, and the Gulf Oil Platforms.

NMCB 26 closed out the decade with continuing their training and readiness and completing projects within the US at Columbus, New Mexico, Naval Weapons Station Charleston, and Nogales, Arizona.

In 2008 the Command fell under the control of CDR Phil Spalding who continued the FRTP cycle ensuring all Seabees were ready for any mission assigned.

The imprint on the world, while measurable in man-hours and material quantities, is immeasurable in the benefit and contribution to our country and humanity.