18 September 2017 An Opportunity of a Lifetime If there's one thing running through Brooklyn, New York, native Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Oronde Vassell's mind, it's the opportunity to get back what he lost in 2015. One thing is for certain, whether it's in his boots or his spikes, he's honored to represent his country...
18 September 2017 Beat the Heat ...With Science! Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) are participating in a research study to beat the heat with science!...
18 September 2017 Changes to CMS-ID Mean More Opportunities at Negotiation Sailors' negotiation timeframes in CMS-ID are being extended by three months allowing earlier applications for advertised billets. This longer timeframe also means Sailors will have more billets available from which to choose. "These changes further enhance NPC's commitment to meeting Fleet...
18 September 2017 Fire, Fire, Fire! It was a typical Monday morning aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The ship's executive officer had just come over the ship's internal announcement system telling the crew to "Fire it up!" and man their cleaning stations for the daily cleaning routine...
18 September 2017 Safe Haven: Rhode Island "Captain, we will be receiving USNS Yuma (T-EPF 8) 1300, and USS Shamal (PC 13) 1200 today alongside for safe haven. All service shops have been informed and pier preps are completed."...
16 September 2017 NFAAS Working for Sailors The Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS) has been an essential tool for mustering and documenting needs during the recent hurricane evacuations in the Southeast region...
15 September 2017 New York Native Mitschermen and DESRON 2 Staff Remember Sept. 11 "On Sept. 11, 2001, at 8:45 A.M. on a clear Tuesday morning, American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City," a chief selects solemnly spoke over the ship's 1MC...
14 September 2017 'How To Prepare Evacuation Claims' Training Scheduled at NAS Jacksonville Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida, is hosting "how to prepare travel claim evacuation training to streamline the liquidation process " to command pay and personnel administrators (CPPAs) affected by the recent hurricanes...
14 September 2017 Navy Warfare Development Command Publishes Operational Logistics in a Contested Maritime Environment Concept The Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) has published a new concept paper which addresses the transformation of the current shore-based logistics model into a distributed, agile, and maneuverable force, able to sustain combat operations at sea in highly contested environments...