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Camp Lejeune - Seabee Training Records

Veterans who served at Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River for at least 30 cumulative days from August 1953 through December 1987—and their family members—can get health care benefits. Many Seabees, especially those stationed at CBC Davisville or CBC Gulfport, may have trained at Camp Lejeune during this time period.

In an effort to better serve the Seabee community, the US Navy Seabee Museum is consolidating all materials held in our archive related to Seabee training at Camp Lejeune. Some of these materials are already digitized and links are listed by unit and years below. The archival staff is working to digitize additional materials and add them as completed. Only battalions homeported at Davisville or Gulfport and some reserve units may have trained at Camp Lejeune. Those units are listed below but the list may expand as we locate materials. Please email NHHC-USNSMreference@us.navy.mil,  if you need specific materials not already digitized.

For additional materials related to your deployment, view the Seabee Museum’s Find my Seabee Records webpage with more detailed information on researching our online content.

Please contact the VA directly for additional information related to filing a claim regarding exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. 

NOTE: Please contact Navy Judge Advocate General's office for claims forms and directions on how to file.

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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1

1949-1959 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1959-60-61 NMCB One Cruisebook 

1963 - NMCB One Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1964 - NMCB One Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1966 - NMCB One Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1966 - NMCB One Command History

1967 - NMCB One Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1967 - NMCB One Training Booklet

1968 - NMCB One Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1969 - NMCB One Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1969 - NMCB One Command History

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4

1951-1958 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1959 - no records located

1960-61 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1962 - NMCB 4 Camp Lejeune Combat Training - archival materials

1963 - Did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1964 - NMCB 4 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1965 - NMCB 4 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

Transferred to Port Hueneme in 1965 

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 6

1951-1958 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1959 - NMCB 6 Camp Lejeune Action Report

1960-61 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1962 - NMCB 6 Camp Lejeune archival materials

1963-64 - no records located

1965 - NMCB 6 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1966 - NMCB 6 Camp Lejeune Operation Order Rifle Company

1967 - NMCB 6 Camp Lejeune Operation Order Rifle Company

1967 - NMCB 6 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1968 - NMCB 6 Camp Lejeune Operation Order Rifle/Weapons Company

1968 - NMCB 6 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1969 - NMCB 6 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

Decommissioned 19 November 1969

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7

1951-59 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1960 - no documentation located (use command history)

1961 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1962 - no documentation located (use command history)

1963 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1964 - NMCB 7 Camp Lejeune Operations Order

1966 - NMCB 7 Camp Lejeune Operations Order

1967 - NMCB 7 Camp Lejeune Operations Order

1968 - NMCB 7 Camp Lejeune Operations Order

1969 - NMCB 7 Camp Lejeune archival materials

Decommissioned 31 August 1970

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 8

1951-1955 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

Disestablished in June 1955

Recommissioned in Nov 1960

1961 -  NMCB 8 Camp Lejeune archival materials

1962 - did not deploy to Camp Lejeune

1963 - no records located

1964-65 - NMCB 8 Camp Lejeune archival materials

Transferred to Port Hueneme in 1965 

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 12

1968 - NMCB 12 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

Deactivated 14 May 1969

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 21

1975 - NMCB 21 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 22

1968 - NMCB 22 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

Deactivated 28 March 1969

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26

1968 - NMCB 26 Cruisebook for Camp Lejeune training

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40

1966 - NMCB 40 Camp Lejeune Operation Order (Mar)

1966 - NMCB 40 Camp Lejeune Operation Order (May)

1967 - NMCB 40 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1968 - NMCB 40 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1969 - NMCB 40 Command History

1970 - no records located

1971 - NMCB 40 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1972-74 - no records located

Transferred to Port Hueneme in 1974

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 53

1967 - NMCB 53 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1968 - NMCB 53 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1969 - NMCB 53 Completion report for training

Decommissioned 19 December 1969

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 58

1966 - NMCB 58 Camp Lejeune Operation Order (May)

1966 - NMCB 58 Camp Lejeune Operation Order (August)

1967 - NMCB 58 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1968 - NMCB 58 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

Decommissioned 17 November 1969

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 62

1966 - NMCB 62 Command History Supplement

1966 - NMCB 62 newsletters

1966 - NMCB 62 Operation Order 5-67

1966 - NMCB 62 Operation Order 8-67

1966 - NMCB 62 Operation Order 14-67

1966 - NMCB 62 Camp Lejeune Operation Order 

1967 - NMCB 62 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1968 - NMCB 62 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1970 - NMCB 62 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1971-1972 NMCB 62 Camp Lejeune archival material

Decommissioned 28 July 1989

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 71

1966 - NMCB 71 Camp Lejeune Operation Order (Sep)

1966 - NMCB 71 Camp Lejeune Operation Order (Oct)

1966 - NMCB 71 Camp Lejeune Operation Order (Dec)

1968 - NMCB 71 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1968 - NMCB 71 newsletters

1969 - NMCB 71 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1970 - NMCB 71 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1971 - NMCB 71 Camp Lejeune archival materials

1972 - NMCB 71 Camp Lejeune Operation Order Rifle Company

Decommissioned 1 July 1975

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74

1967 - NMCB 74 Camp Lejeune Operation Order - this is for NMCB 121 Rifle Co but they deployed to Camp Lejeune with NMCB 74. It gives the dates for when NMCB 74 was at Camp Lejeune. 

1967 - NMCB 74 Command History

1968 - NMCB 74 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1968-69 - NMCB 74 Command History

1969 - NMCB 74 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1969-70 - NMCB 74 Command History

1970 - NMCB 74 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1970-71 - NMCB 74 Command History

1971 (May-Dec) - NMCB 74 Command History

1972 - NMCB 74 Camp Lejeune Homeport Deployment Order

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 121

1967 - NMCB 121 archival materials

1967 - NMCB 121 Camp Lejeune Operation Order - Rifle/Weapons Company

1967 - NMCB 121 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1968 - NMCB 121 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

1969 - NMCB 121 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

Decommissioned 31 August 1970

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 128

1967 - NMCB 128 newsletter

1967 - NMCB 128 Camp Lejeune Operation Order (May)

1967 - NMCB 128 Camp Lejeune Operation Order (Jul)

1968  - NMCB 128 Camp Lejeune Operation Order

Decommissioned 17 November 1969

 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133

1966 - NMCB 133 Camp Lejeune Operation Report (Sep)

1966 - NMCB 133 Camp Lejeune Operation Report (Oct)

1967 - NMCB 133 Camp Lejeune Operation Report

1969 - NMCB 133 Camp Lejeune Operation Report

1970 - NMCB 133 Camp Lejeune Operation Report

1971-1972 - NMCB 133 Monthly Operation Reports 

1971 - NMCB 133 Welcome Aboard manual