28 October 2016 Navy Increases Reenlistment Opportunities Today, the Navy announced that it is increasing reenlistment opportunities for Sailors in over manned active component occupation to apply for reenlistment into the same reserve component Full Time Support rating, according to NAVADMIN 243/16...
28 October 2016 Alaska Sea Service Scholarship Announced The eligibility requirements for Alaska Sea Services Scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year were announced by the Navy League and Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) Oct. 28...
28 October 2016 Nimitz Sailors Volunteer During San Diego Port Visit Sailors assigned to USS Nimitz (CVN 68) volunteered their time to help in the San Diego community during the ship's recent port visit to Naval Air station North Island...
28 October 2016 CNMOC Updates Defense, Industry Leaders at Unmanned Systems Defense 2016 Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet, commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, updated defense and industry leaders on his command's unmanned systems strategy at Unmanned Systems Defense 2016, Oct. 25...
28 October 2016 Makin Island ARG, 11th MEU conduct Sustainment Training in Hawaii The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted amphibious sustainment training on Oahu and the island of Hawaii, Oct. 19-23, after departing Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 14, for a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility...
28 October 2016 U.S. Marine Corps, Constellation, P&G collaborate to achieve Navy's first 'Net Zero' energy military base NAVFAC awarded a $170 million energy savings performance contract for an energy conservation and distributed generation project that will enable the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Ga., to reduce energy use, increase energy security, and meet energy demands from renewable sources...
28 October 2016 NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic graduates emerging leaders Twenty-nine Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic (MIDLANT) members were publicly recognized and congratulated, Sept. 23, for successfully completing the 2016 NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Emerging Leadership Program (ELP) at Naval Station Norfolk...
28 October 2016 San Diego Sailor Joins Royal Navy for Exercise Joint Caterer A NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) San Diego Sailor augmented the Royal Navy's culinary experts to compete in Exercise Joint Caterer from Oct. 11-13 in Shrivenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom (UK)...
28 October 2016 The Long Road Home: The aircraft carrier John C. Stennis (CVN 74) had just returned from a deployment in 2009. "It had been eight months. We got back and I was on a motorcycle. I was riding with my favorite motorcycle partner and I ended up in an accident. I tried to ride like I had ridden eight months ago - certain...
28 October 2016 Naval Medical Center San Diego Performs First Cataract Surgery of its Kind at a DoD Facility Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) debuted its latest advancement in patient care, Oct. 24, when ophthalmologists performed their first Femtosecond Laser-assisted Cataract Surgery (FLACS) - the first ever performed at a military medical facility...