This one was tons of fun to work with. I really invested
my heart and soul into utter fuzziness of the bee. Enjoy.
A Seabee is a member of the Navy Construction Battalion(CB). The word "Seabee" comes from initials "CB". The
Seabees have a history of building bases, bulldozing and paving thousands of
miles of roadway and airstrips, and accomplishing a myriad of other
construction projects in a wide variety of military theaters dating back to
World War II.
Frank J. Iafrate, a civilian plan file clerk at Naval Air
Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, was the artist who designed the original
Seabee logo ("Fighting 'Bee") in early 1942. The logo has remained in
use, unchanged. In late 1942, after designing the logo, he enlisted in the
Seabees.
As always, the above insignia are available on a limited
number of selected quality products via my “Military Insignia” galleries at Zazzle. You may simply follow the direct links in the article to navigate to
the corresponding galleries
I will also make my insignia designs available free of
charge to any military units and personnel, for any non-profit/non-commercial
and charitable causes, benefiting troops and their families. In addition, I
would make my designs available free of charge to any military branches,
formations and units for any non-commercial internal duty-specific purposes,
such as unit-related web design, training materials or presentations, as I did
on many occasions in the past.
The above information provided in part by Wikipedia, The
Institute of Heraldry, Global Security, and the official websites of the corresponding
units and formations.
