Civil Engineer Corps

This article is about a U.S. Navy organization. For the Army Corps of Engineers, see United States Army Corps of Engineers.
U.S Navy Civil Engineer Corps
Active 2 March 1867 - Present
Country United States of America
Allegiance United States U.S.
Branch U.S. Navy (Active & Reserve Component)
Type Staff Corps
Nickname(s) Crossed Bananas
Commanders
Chief of Civil Engineers RADM Bret J. Muilenburg, CEC, USN

The Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) is a staff corps of the United States Navy. CEC officers are professional engineers and architects, acquisitions specialists and Seabee Combat Warfare Officers. They are responsible for executing and managing the planning, design, acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of the Navy's shore facilities. The Civil Engineer Corps is under the command of the Chief of Civil Engineers and Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command. As of 4 November 2015, RADM Bret J. Muilenburg relieved RADM Kate L. Gregory, and became the 44th commander of NAVFAC and Chief of Civil Engineers.[1]

CEC ranks range from CWO2 to RADM, though the community is phasing out Chief Warrant Officer ranks in favor of Limited Duty Officers. As of January 2016, the Active-Component of the CEC is composed of 1 RADM, 3 RDML's, 78 CAPT's, 166 CDR's, 280 LCDR's, 478 LT's, 165 LTJG's, and 151 ENS's, distributed world-wide.

History

Civil engineers were employed by the Navy Department as early as 1827, when Mr. Loammi Baldwin was appointed to superintend the construction of dry docks at Boston and Norfolk. Prior to the passage of the Act of 2 March 1867 civil engineers were appointed by the Secretary, but under authority of that act they were to be commissioned by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; they were appropriated for as part of the civil establishment at the several navy yards and stations under the control of the Bureau of Yards and Docks until 1870, when their pay was regulated by section 3 of the Act of 15 July of that year fixing the annual pay of officers of the Navy on the active list, and appropriations for their pay have been made since 1870 under the head of "Pay of the Navy".

The discretionary authority given to the President by the Statute of 3 March 1871, to determine and fix the relative rank of civil engineers was not exercised until the 24th of February 1881, when relative rank was conferred upon them and fixed as follows: One with the relative rank of captain (CAPT), two with that of commander (CDR), three with that of lieutenant-commander (LCDR), and four with that of lieutenant (LT).

The Navy Regulations for 1876 failed to list civil engineers among the staff officers of the Navy, and the uniform regulations for that year did not prescribe a uniform or a corps device for that class of officer. In 1881, after having had relative rank conferred upon them, civil engineers were instructed by Uniform Circular dated 24 August to wear the uniform of officers of the line with whom they had relative rank - omitting the star, which is a distinguishing mark of the line - with the following distinctive marks and devices instead of those worn by other officers:

"The sleeve lace to be on light blue velvet.

"Shoulder straps - border embroidered gold, body light blue cloth and the letters C.E. (Old English) embroidered in silver in the center.

"The same letters to be similarly embroidered on frogs of epaulets."

In 1905, two crossed silver sprigs, each composed of two live oak leaves and an acorn (sometimes called "Crossed Bananas"), was adopted as the insignia of the Civil Engineer Corps in lieu of the Old English letters C.E., and worn on the epaulets, shoulder straps and collar of the service coat. While the pattern of this corps device remained the same, uniform regulations issued in 1919 specified that it was to be embroidered in gold instead of silver and worn on the sleeve of frock, evening dress, and blue service coats, above the gold lace strips, and on shoulder marks for white service coat and overcoat. By these same regulations the light blue cloth worn under the sleeve strips, and worn on the shoulder marks since 1899, was abolished as a distinction of the corps, however is still present in the light blue color of the stripes worn by the enlisted sailors in the construction field in the pay grades of E-3 and below.

In March 2014, RADM Katherine L. Gregory, CEC, USN became the first woman to lead the CEC.[2]

No. Start End Rank In Office Chief Of Civil Engineers Command
1 1842 1846 CAPT Lewis Warrington Bureau of Yards and Docks
2 1846 1849 CAPT Joseph Smith Bureau of Yards and Docks
3 1869 1871 CAPT Daniel Ammen Bureau of Yards and Docks
4 1871 1874 CDRE Christopher R. P. Rodgers Bureau of Yards and Docks
5 1874 1878 CDRE John C. Howell Bureau of Yards and Docks
6 1878 1881 CDRE Richard L. Law Bureau of Yards and Docks
7 1881 1885 CDRE Edward T. Nichols Bureau of Yards and Docks
8 1885 1889 CDRE David B. Harmony Bureau of Yards and Docks
9 1889 1890 CDRE George D. White Bureau of Yards and Docks
10 1890 1894 CDRE Norman H. Farquhar Bureau of Yards and Docks
11 1894 1898 CDRE Edmund O. Matthew Bureau of Yards and Docks
12 April 1898 January 1907 RADM Mordecai T. Endicott Bureau of Yards and Docks
13 January 1907 March 1907 RADM Harry H. Rousseau Bureau of Yards and Docks
14 March 1907 January 1912 RADM Richard C. Hollyday Bureau of Yards and Docks
15 January 1912 January 1916 RADM Homer R. Stanford Bureau of Yards and Docks
16 January 1916 November 1917 RADM Frederic R. Harris Bureau of Yards and Docks
17 January 1918 December 1921 RADM Charles W. Parks Bureau of Yards and Docks
18 December 1921 December 1929 RADM Luther E. Gregory Bureau of Yards and Docks
19 December 1929 December 1933 RADM Archibald L. Parsons Bureau of Yards and Docks
20 December 1933 November 1937 RADM Norman M. Smith Bureau of Yards and Docks
21 December 1937 December 1945 RADM Ben Moreell Bureau of Yards and Docks
22 December 1945 December 1949 RADM John J. Manning Bureau of Yards and Docks
23 December 1949 November 1953 RADM Joseph F. Jelly Bureau of Yards and Docks
24 November 1953 September 1955 RADM John R. Perry Bureau of Yards and Docks
25 November 1955 November 1957 RADM Robert H. Meade Bureau of Yards and Docks
26 December 1957 February 1962 RADM Eugene J. Peltier Bureau of Yards and Docks
27 February 1962 October 1965 RADM Peter Corradi Bureau of Yards and Docks
28 November 1965 August 1969 RADM Alexander C. Husband Naval Facilities Engineering Command
29 August 1969 May 1973 RADM Walter M. Enger Naval Facilities Engineering Command
30 May 1973 May 1977 RADM Albert R. Marschall Naval Facilities Engineering Command
31 May 1977 January 1981 RADM Donald G. Iselin Naval Facilities Engineering Command
32 January 1981 August 1984 RADM William M. Zobel Naval Facilities Engineering Command
33 August 1984 August 1987 RADM John Paul Jones, Jr. Naval Facilities Engineering Command
34 August 1987 October 1989 RADM Benjamin F. Montoya Naval Facilities Engineering Command
35 October 1989 September 1992 RADM David E. Bottorff Naval Facilities Engineering Command
36 18 September 1992 14 September 1995 RADM Jack E. Buffington Naval Facilities Engineering Command
37 15 September 1995 24 September 1998 RADM David J. Nash Naval Facilities Engineering Command
38 25 September 1998 19 October 2000 RADM Louis M. Smith Naval Facilities Engineering Command
39 20 October 2000 23 October 2003 RADM Michael R. Johnson Naval Facilities Engineering Command
40 24 October 2003 26 October 2006 RADM Michael K. Loose Naval Facilities Engineering Command
41 27 October 2006 20 May 2010 RADM Wayne "Greg" Shear Naval Facilities Engineering Command
42 21 May 2010 25 October 2012 RADM Christopher J. Mossey Naval Facilities Engineering Command
43 26 October 2012 3 November 2015 RADM Katherine L. Gregory Naval Facilities Engineering Command
44 4 November 2015 Present RADM Bret J. Muilenburg Naval Facilities Engineering Command

See also

Military engineering of the United States

Notes

  1. ↑ Affairs, This story was written by Don Rochon, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Public. "NAVFAC, Civil Engineer Corps holds Change of Command". www.navy.mil. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Gregory Named to Lead NAVFAC, First Woman to Hold the Post". June 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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