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Part of "Seabees Team" in Vietnam Get New Leader

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UNITED STATES NAVY
CONSTRUCTION BA TT ALIONS

SEABEES IN ACTION
"CONSTRUIMUS, BATUIMUS - We BUILD, WE FIGHT "

"CAN DO!"

THIRD NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE
APO SAN FRANCISCO, 96214
Release No. 36-.67 (45)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
''SEABEE TEAMSr IN VIETNAM GET NEW LEADER

Lieutenant Commander A.S. Poole CEC, USN, is now Officer in Charge
of the Navy's Construction Battalion Pacific Detachment, at Saigon,
South Vietnam.
Lieutenant Commander Poole, of Roanoke, Va., will be charged with
administering and coordinating the operations of the eight Seabee
Teams presently deployed in .Vietnam.
These teams, composed of 13 volunteers (one officer, 11 constructionmen and a hospital corpsman) are hand-picked from the Navy's Mobile
Construction Battalions.
They are sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development
and are de~igaed to help the Vietnamese by building and teaching more
effective methods of construction, sanitation and health care.
1967 marks the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Navy Seabees; the 100th
of the Navy Civil Engineer Corps whose officers lead the Seabees in action;
and the 125th of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (formerly
Bureau of Yards and Docks).
-30(DEAR EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would
appreciate a tear sheet mailed to:)
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
U.S. NAVY SEABEES
Yards and Docks Annex ZB-35
Washington, D.C.

DEPARTMENT

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THE NAVY • NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND • WASHINGTON, D. C. 20390