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USS Chosin Rescues Three Yemeni Fishermen in the Gulf of Aden
USS Chosin (CG 65), the Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 flagship, rescued three stranded Yemeni fishermen in the Gulf of Aden Nov. 17.
According to the fishermen, they were left stranded in the...
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M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Receives Valor Award
The captain of M/V Maersk Alabama received the inaugural National Maritime Valor Award from the Nauticus National Maritime Center Nov. 19 at the Nauticus in Norfolk, Va.
The ceremony held Thu... M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Thanks Bainbridge Crew
M/V Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips thanked the captain and crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) for his rescue from Somali pirates in April during a ceremony held on the... LCS 2 Completes Acceptance Trials
The future USS Independence (LCS 2) successfully completed acceptance trials this week, after completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and S... Navy Seeks 100 Percent Participation in Electronic Service Records
As the Navy moves forward with plans to eliminate the enlisted field service record more than 130,000 Sailors need to establish a self-service account that will allow them to access to their new digit... Blue Ridge Wraps Up Fall Deployment
More than 1,200 Sailors and Marines from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), embarked 7th Fleet staff, and Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 19, completing a t... Nimitz Squadrons Join Dubai Air Show
Two squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 joined hundreds of civilian and military exhibitors Nov. 15 at the International Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Two F/A-18E Super Horne... Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group Enters 5th Fleet
After transiting the western Pacific Ocean, the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) entered the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations this week to relieve the Bataan ARG.
While deploye... M/V Maersk-Alabama Repels Suspected Pirate Attack
Four suspected pirates in a skiff came within 300 yards of M/V Maersk-Alabama and used small arms weapons in an attempt to board the ship.
The security team embarked aboard Maersk-Alabama re...
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Chief of Naval Personnel News
Fiscal Year 2010 Seaman to Admiral Results Released
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy has selected 226 enlisted Sailors to join its officer ranks through the Seaman to Admiral (STA-21) program and are named in NAVADMIN 329/09.
Seventy-three alternates were also chosen for consideration for the program in the event that ...
Navy Exceeds Fiscal Year 2009 Re-enlistment Goals
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy achieved 108 percent of its re-enlistment goals for fiscal year (FY) 2009, in addition to decreasing attrition rates due to "strong command and deckplate leadership," according to a Navy message released Nov. 2.
More than 30,000 Sailor ...
Navy Working Uniform Roll-out Accelerated
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy Exchange Command is accelerating its distribution schedule of the Navy Working Uniform (NWU), due to sufficient inventory of the most in-demand sizes, as early as next week, according to NAVADMIN 328/09.
Beginning Nov. 16, NWU component ...
SECNAV Designates November as Warrior Care Month
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- In ALNAV 069/09, released Oct. 30 to all Navy and Marine Corps personnel, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)designated November 2009 as Warrior Care Month.
Throughout November, the Navy and Marine Corps will focus its attention on one of the Dep ...
CNO Honors 2009 Stockdale Leadership Award Winners
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The chief of naval operations presented the Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale Leadership Award to service members Nov. 3 at a ceremony in the Pentagon Hall of Heroes, a room paying tribute to those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor.
Adm. ...
Navy Retains More Than 97 Percent from Senior Enlisted Continuation Board
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- More than 97 percent of candidates reviewed by the Navy's Senior Enlisted Continuation Board were selected to continue naval service according to a Navy message released Oct. 30.
"The overwhelming continuance of our senior enlisted demonstra ...
Rules for Permanent Makeup Released
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- An updated Navy cosmetics policy effective Nov. 1 defines requirements for female Sailors who wish to undergo permanent cosmetic procedures.
Female Sailors may get permanent eyebrows, eyeliner, lipstick or lip liner starting Nov. 1, but onl ...
OPNAV Sailors of the Quarter Representatives of the Fleet
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) honored its third quarter's 2009 'Sailor of the Quarter' winners at a ceremony held in the Pentagon Oct. 19.
Three titles were awarded during the ceremony to recognize the top Sailors amon ...
Stop Loss Payment Application Window Opens
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Department of Defense announced Oct. 21 the implementation of plans to issue retroactive stop loss special pay to compensate active duty, Reserve component, former and retired service members who, at any time between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, ...
Detailers to Field Applications for Break from Active Duty
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Responding to a need for greater flexibility, the chief of naval personnel revised a pilot program allowing Sailors to take a break of up to three years from active duty, by authorizing the review of applications on a rolling basis in place of an ann ...
MCPON Releases Continuation Board Podcast
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(SS/SW) Rick D. West released a podcast Sept. 14 focusing on the upcoming senior enlisted continuation board.
Announced in January by NAVADMIN 030/009, the fiscal year (FY) 2010 E7-E9 Senior Enli ...
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Ford Keel Laid for Future Carrier, Class
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- A keel-laying ceremony for the Navy's first Ford-class aircraft carrier, Gerald R. Ford, (CVN 78) was held at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. Nov. 14.
The ceremony celebrated not only the building of a new class of ship, bu...
Sailors, Soldiers on Nimitz Work to Avoid Civilian Casualties
USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS) -- Two Soldiers working deep inside aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) serve as liaisons between the aviators of Carrier Air Wing 11 and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
Army Maj. Johnnie Gallegos and Army Sgt. 1st Class Percy ...
Navy Personnel Command Moving Sailors Despite Budget Constraints
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- Navy Personnel Command (NPC) has released Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders to keep the fleet moving, despite the lack of a fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget, Navy officials announced Nov. 16.
"Until the National Defense Appropriations Bil...
Navy Public Health Center Web Site Offers Flu-Related Info
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (NNS) -- The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) in Portsmouth, Va., manages a comprehensive influenza Web site that offers up-to-date guidance about influenza infection.
The site provides situational awareness and responses to the co...
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