Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 62 Alumni Group

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Norm...
Just wanted to thank you for your continued efforts on behalf of the Battalion...and thank you also for the 2013 pics, next best thing to being there.

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Hello, my name is Lonnie I was in MBC-62 from 1971 to 1973. I was a BUCN on Diego Garcia from 1972 to 1973. Went to A-School in Port Hueneme, CA. I was there when Bob Hope and Red Foxx came and did the Christmas show. E-mail me if you know me.

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Just letting everyone know that my father, BUCS(Ret) James T. Richmond passed away on 1 October 2013. He was a Chief Builder with NMCB-62 during recommissioning of the battalion in 1966 and did two tours to Vietnam with the battalion. My mother, Patricia Richmond was a member of the Chiefs Wives Club and her name is on the Plaque located at the Seabee Museum in Port Hueneme.

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74-77 A Co. Rota, Diego Garcia twice. was on the water well rig first time and the crane crew the second time on the rock. got out and join the reserves. got my twenty. Now semi-retired.

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Shipmates: The Sea Beacon Jr. Newsletter

Here's an update of things happening on this website and elsewhere

We had two Minutemen join the alumni group during September: Kenny Weston, 68-69, Dong Ha, and Bubba Sokolohorsky, 80-82, Diego Garcia. Alumni Members can log into link 21 on the website to see their contact information and read their bios.

More photos have been posted on website link 2. The photos taken at the August 2013 NSVA Annual Convention and Reunion in Warwick, Rhode Island are on the top. Next are photos taken in May 2013 at the Annual Gulfport, Mississippi reunion. Our friends at Island X-1 Gulfport really do a bang-up job and this year was no exception. Then my friend Ken Penick, 66-68, Hue, Phu Bai, Da Nang who now lives in Newfoundland, Canada and I drove to Battleship Park in Mobile, Alabama on that Sunday and also have posted photos of that excursion. And yes, we did make it back to the Ramada hotel for the Sunday late afternoon and evening party.

While at the May 2013 Banquet Saturday night during the reunion we were all pleasantly surprised when Alice Huffman showed us an original copy of the MCB 62 Wives Club Cook Book, which none of us even knew existed. The exciting story of how Alice came to own the famous MCB 62 Cook Book can be read in her own words in Link 6 on the website; "Minuteman History". By the way, the entire Cook Book is also scanned-into that article. Alice's husband Dan was an EO1 in NMCB 62 from 88 to decommissioning.

Our good friend Commander Jerry Hubbs, CEC, long retired has shared some profound thoughts and words-of-wisdom from a time long ago, remembered by many. Read his wit and wisdom in link 13 on our website, "Seabee History".

Our next reunion will be in Hampton, Virginia, Feb 20 thru 23, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina Hotel. A pretty classy joint. Nice bar, good food, great rooms, reasonable prices. We will be there for the 7th Annual East Coast All Seabee Reunion.
This is the reunion where we hold our annual business meeting and after take lots of pictures so folks will see how young we still look. To see reunion information, go to Link # 1 on our website. That's all the news that is news for now. Signing off.

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Diego deployment 81 Great times, Good memories,Great fishing too. Whats up to all I was with.

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Minutemen Brothers and Sisters,

I regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Linda Smith, beloved wife of Malcolm Smith, EO3, who was in Det Barracuda during the 3rd Vietnam Deployment, March - November 1969.

Linda was a terrific Lady with a super personality who accompanied Malcolm to many of our reunions in Hampton, Virginia and Gulfport, Mississippi. She will be missed by all who knew her.

To view her obituary, go to the Wetzel Funeral Home website listed above or send me an email and I will forward it to you. Alumni Group Members can log in to Link 21 on our website to get Malcolm's address. Non alumni members can send me an email and I will email you his address.

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Minutemen Shipmates, this email just in from the museum store:

The NMCB 62 Challenge Coins are in. Give us a call to order.

Sincerely,
William Shaner
Seabee Museum Store Director
Port Hueneme, CA
805-382-2695

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i was in 62 A co 74 75 remember dave weddle tom wolfe wolfman sweet pea mckeon would love to hear from anyone who remembers me

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served in 62 from 73-77 in B an C Co. Arrived in Guam on New Years eve. 73, WOW, how life changed that night over a screwdriver. Made the mistake of letting them know I could type, an was made Co. clerk in B Co. till we returned to Gulfport. Stayed pressed an shined an some how stayed out of trouble so in turn was able to go on great details. To this day I still have dreams of being in 62 but always missing part of my uniform. I'm looking for Tom Gasparro, (Jasper)from Philly