Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic launched a new, enhanced Customer Service Center (CSC) responding to facilities-related issues with a ribbon cutting marking its ceremonial opening May 1...

Commissioning a ship entails many traditions and customs, one of which is choosing the ship's sponsor. The sponsor is a female chosen by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), whom is usually chosen due to her affiliation with the ship...

Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) attended a Mustang Officer panel at Huntington Hall, April 18...

Navy Medicine West (NMW) staff marked the first anniversary of the Navy Medicine Civilian Corps with a cake-cutting ceremony, April 30...

The updates to MAP are based on recommendations from senior enlisted leaders throughout the Fleet and include: *Commands can use MAP E-4 quotas to advance E-1 to E-3 Sailors. *E-6 time-in rate requirement (TIR) is now one year. However, nuclear trained Sailors must still complete at least two years...

The Navy released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP) plan, May 2, in NAVADMIN 109/18, increasing quotas and expanding commanding officers' ability to recognize and advance top performing Sailors...

Prescribed Sea Tours (PST) for first-term Sailors assigned to FDNF sea duty billets will be up to a maximum of 48 months accompanied by dependents and 48 months unaccompanied. If a Sailor's dependents are not given command sponsorship, a maximum of 24 months unaccompanied orders will be issued.This...

In 2015, then-second year apprentice Adam Fahy teamed up with the Rapid Prototype Center (RPC) to create the Fahy Frame, a rotating breaker stand used to flip 540-pound breakers...

Fourteen Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 Construction Civic Action Detail (CCAD) Marshall Islands landed on Carlson Island to begin the construction of their second water catchment project April 17, 2018...

New plank owners were created as Navy Information Operations Command San Diego transitioned into Information Warfare Training Group (IWTG) San Diego, the change marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at Naval Air Station San Diego April 4, 2018...