European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 7, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3seabee units building Fine reputation by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau Petty officer 1st class Paul Tressler stood in a Yard filled with laughing balloon toting children. The glee erupted after Days of hammering sawing and sweating by a special group of . Sailors whose work produced a swing set and Monkey bars near an orphanage in Varna Bulgaria. The orphans lives were changed because of sea bees such As Tressler and his colleagues All from the Public works department at the naval support activity in Naples Italy. A i think the Best part of the whole Deal is that the kids Are going to Benefit a Tressler said. Seabee Are Navy construction specialists trained in carpentry steel work heavy equipment operation and about a dozen related specialities. The Seabee which celebrated its 50th anniversary thursday have participated in nearly every conflict in which . Forces have fought since world War ii. The founding of the Seabee was immortalized in the John Wayne movie the fighting Seabee. The Seabee whose members Are also trained to fight has developed a reputation for Quality construction work after building airfields in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia. This year continues a tradition of projects that help those in and out of the Navy. When members of naval Mobile construction in 40 visited Sidi Slimane a in Morocco last december their goal was to build a Jet engine test stand for the air Force to use during exercises. To do this the Seabee detail deployed to naval station Rota Spain for six months from the naval construction in Center port hueneme Calif., members completed the project ahead of schedule giving the group time to repair the moroccan bases commissary Ana build a stand for a weather station. Some personnel from in 40 later spent feb. 5 and 6 on mount Etna near naval air station Simonella Sicily. Their Mountaintop work was designed to train them in heat conservation Camp site selection and Avalanche awareness in a land that contrasted with the saudi Arabia desert where they spent part of last year. The two Day Mountain expedition introduced the Seabee to subzero temperatures and 10-foot snowdrifts in preparation for this months scheduled deployment to Norway for the teamwork 92 military exercises. Many of those same Seabee served in saudi Arabia during operations desert shield and storm said it. Rame Hemstreet commander of the sea bees Simonella detail. Seabee have also played a key role in providing humanitarian assistance such As during last years operation provide Comfort. About 400 Seabee attached to construction in 133 left Gulfport miss., and later arrived in Northern Iraq last year. There they pitched tents and dug latrines at Navy Petty officer 2nd class James Mcconnell Seabee undergo training in Sicily that introduces them to subzero temperatures and 10-foot snowdrifts. Relief Camps and repaired a runway in Northern Iraq so supplies for the refugees could be flown in. Through the years thousands of people have also benefited from sea bees Community relations projects such As that performed at the bulgarian orphanage. The construction team at the orphanage last August were part of the port visit of the 6th Fleet flagship Belknap to Varna the first visit to Bulgaria by a . Warship since before world War i. Hundreds of american sailors made friends with citizens of a country that until shortly before the guided missile cruisers visit had been ruled by one of the staunchest communist governments in Eastern Europe. In 1942, the father of the Seabee adm. Ben Moreell gave them their latin motto a const Luimus Batimus a which Means a we build we  the sea bees name comes from an abbreviation for a construction battalion a or cd. Over the years the Seabee have also become known for their can do attitude and from their world War ii efforts came the phrase a the difficult we do immediately the impossible takes a Little  and on the sea bees 50th birthday capt. Joseph b. Green jr., commander of the Atlantic Fleet Seabee said the future of the group looked Bright. He said there Are no planned reductions for the Active duty Mobile construction battalions which make up the bulk of the naval construction Force. A was Long As the United states has the requirement for combat forces there will be a requirement for Seabee a Green said. A those forces will need facilities to support them and it is the sea bees Mission to construct those  staff writer Walter Jahncke contributed to this report a a. So s 1 Navy Petty officer 1st Clave Jam Stromar members of naval Mobile construction in 40 hike in an area around mount  plan doubles Bush cuts in Dod budget Washington a the House approved a democratic budget for 1993 on thursday that would double the multimillion Dollar defense Cut president Bush wants and shift most of the Money to social and Job creating programs. The largely party line 215-201 vote came As White House chief of staff Samuel k. Skinner tried to take the offensive in the administrations other economic Battle with Congress a tax Cut legislation. In an interview Skinner lashed out at Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Maine who he said a would rather see the country suffer than have it  Mitchell replied that the White House attack was an Effort to distract attention from its a inaction on the  in the houses first confrontation this year Over the so called peace dividend majority democrats loaded their election year budget with billions More than Bush would spend for Job training Road building and education programs. Senate democrats Hope to write a similar Bill in two weeks. Democrats want to use their $1.5 trillion budget to show that they not Bush Are Best shifting the governments focus away from the defunct soviet Union and toward economic growth and protecting the recessions victims. Lawmakers rejected the presidents spending plan on thursday by a 370-42 vote. A we do want a productive society. But we also want a society that reaches out with compassion to those who can to make it a said House budget committee chairman Leon e. Panetta a Calif. A there Are hungry children in our society. There Are the  but republicans complained that by cutting about twice the $44 billion Bush would trim from the defense budget Over the next five years democrats were risking making . Defences too weak. A i done to want missiles someday coming in at the state of California or any other great state and not have the capability to defend it because if people Are in a soup Kitchen or in a mansion its not going to make any difference a said rep. Randy a a Duke Cunningham a Calif. Bush proposed paring defense spending next year to $291.4 billion $4.8 billion less than the president planned a year ago. He would use the savings to shrink the budget shortfall. But democrats would hold military spending to $287.2 billion. Of the $9 billion they would save from Bush a year old plans they would spend $6.4 billion on Domestic programs and $2.6 billion to reduce the deficit. By a 342-77 vote the House rejected a proposal by the houses 24 Black democrats for an even deeper $21 billion defense Cut. Bush has vowed to kill legislation that shifts defense dollars to Domestic programs. Opposition by gop and conservative democratic lawmakers makes it unclear whether Congress will approve the Transfer. So democrats took the unusual step of including a second option in their budget which was approved by a 224-191 margin. It would also reduce military spending to $287.2 billion but use All $9 billion in savings for deficit reduction. Either Way neither Bush a nor the democrats plans would take much of a bite out of the governments red Ink. Both $1.5 trillion spending plans would leave shortfalls of about $330 billion exceeded Only by this years anticipated $400 billion Gap