Zelienople Native Exemplifies “We Build, We Fight” Legacy of U.S. Navy Seabees

“We Build, We Fight” has been the motto of the U. S. Navy’s Construction Force, known as the “Seabees,” for more than 75 years. Lt. j.g. Sarah Fyda, a 2011 Quigley Catholic High School graduate and native of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, builds and fights around the world as a member of naval construction battalion center located in Gulfport, Mississippi. Fyda is serving as a Navy company commander, who is responsible for leading the builders and steelworkers who do the vertical construction projects, such as tank pivot pads, timber towers and bunkers.