17 April 2018 A Successful Failure: The Apollo 13 Mission Sometimes it may seem difficult to find victory in defeat, or success in failure. The Apollo 13 mission in 1970 was a historic example of exactly how such a thing is possible. Classified as a "successful failure" by NASA , the mission displayed the human ability to fight against all odds...
17 April 2018 Sexual Assault Prevention and Response: Keeping Your Shipmate Safe According to the Department of Justice, sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. It is a sensitive subject that should be handled with the utmost care and respect...
17 April 2018 Career Waypoints Announced in Naval Administrative Message (NAVADMIN) 086/18, the policy change enables commands to order substitute Navy-Wide Advancement Exams (NWAE) for their Sailors in a CWAY-DFA status. Late exam orders for these Sailors under Exam Cycle 239 (March 2018) can only be ordered until April 20. The...
16 April 2018 Information Warfare Commands Assemble at Sea-Air-Space Expo to Meet with Industry Recognizing that the pace of technological change is faster than ever, and that the competition for world influence is increasing each day, the Navy's key information warfare, or IW, commands congregated during the 2018 Sea-Air-Space (SAS) Exposition...
16 April 2018 April is Military Children's Health Month Military children are exposed to many difficulties non-military children often do not have to face such as deployments, combat injured parents and frequent military...
16 April 2018 Area Students Empowered Thanks To NAVSUP Volunteers NAVSUP Sailors and civilian employees have volunteered their time to impart real world knowledge to students who are enrolled in schools throughout Central Pennsylvania since the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year...
16 April 2018 The Gunslinger Never Left An F/A-18E Super Hornet lets out a burst of exhaust, rippling and shimmering like the hot Middle Eastern air it once flew through. But when it lands, the jet, belonging to the Gunslingers of VFA-105, touches down not on their "home air field", CVN 69, but at Naval Air Station Oceana...
16 April 2018 Navy Chief Charts Course to Develop 'World-Class' Leaders "World-class leadership is our Navy's decisive advantage over our adversaries," Richardson said. "Our operational and warfighting success depends on developing leaders who learn and adapt to achieve maximum possible performance. Opening a College of Leadership and Ethics and providing a...
13 April 2018 RADM Peters: Budget Increase Means More Aircraft, Better Systems for Naval Aviators The program executive officer (PEO) overseeing more than half of Naval Aviation's aircraft inventory is putting recent budget increases to good use, dramatically increasing the number of aircraft it will buy in fiscal 2018 and beyond...
13 April 2018 NRL Meteorologist Presents New Wildfire Climate Research to Global Scientists Last year was a record year for wildfires across the globe, and their impact on the atmosphere remains highly uncertain. Thanks to new research from expert scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, the world is gaining more insight into what drives these massive and escalating events...