KILLERBEES COINS beep stickers

As Seabee battalions deployed from place to place, the incoming and outgoing battalions would perform a turnover program of facilities and equipment, more commonly known as a BEEP to the Seabees. During a BEEP (Battalion Equipment Evaluation Program) all the equipment is subjected to a thorough inspection and once complete, the incoming battalion takes ownership of the equipment and places a red diamond shaped sticker with the battalion’s number on the front and rear of the equipment. During the deployments, when the Seabees would leave base to go on liberty or leave they would often place their battalion’s BEEP stickers on various objects and places in town as a way to show who was in town and to have some harmless fun. It was not uncommon to see various BEEP stickers in restaurants, pubs, and air ports as well as on statues and military objects and even sometimes on the bumper of visiting dignitaries’ cars.