Seabee, Civic Action Teams: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Author(s) Unknown (1970). Seabee, Civic Action Teams: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Report).

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Abstract: When Seabee Team 13304 landed by LST at Moen Island in the Truk District on June 25, 1969, it marked the beginning of the civic action program in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Similar 13-man teams capable of performing all types of construction have since landed at Ponape and Kusaie islands in the Ponape District, Majuro in the Marshalls, Yap in the Yap Island s District and Rota in the Marianas. Under an agreement between the Secretaries of the Interior and Defense, and at the specific request of the Micronesian people at each location, the Seabee Tea ms ha ve been provided to assist the Micronesians in constructing facilities, roads and utilities required to enhance the economic development an d conditions of health in the TTPI. While construction of such facilities provides tangible evidence of Seabee accomplishments in Micronesia, its major emphasis and greatest potential benefit is the valuable training in construction skills being made available to the people of Micronesia to enable them, eventually, to accomplish essential construction themselves.