22 July 2016 Sailors Graduate First USN-JMSDF NCO Leadership Continuum Twenty Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy (USN) sailors graduated the first Bilateral Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Leadership Continuum held at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, July 21...
24 June 2016 Navy COOL Outlines Path for Sailors to Become Merchant Mariners Navy Credentialing Opportunities On-line (COOL) announced the release of the "Blueprint to Mariner" guide, June 23...
06 June 2016 'Through Endurance We Conquer' Salt spray smashed into us on the foc'sle of the sailing cutter and soaked us to the skin despite our foul weather gear. I was so cold that my shaking fingers could barely close around the small metal ring but finally I got the snap shackle through and shouted completion to my crewmates. They heaved...
04 April 2016 September 2016 E4-E6 Advancement Cycle Announced The September 2016 Navywide enlisted examinations (Cycle 232) testing dates for active duty, full time support and canvasser recruiter Sailors who are advancement eligible to the paygrades of E4-E6 have been announced in Naval Administrative Message (NAVADMIN) 083/16, released April 4...
01 April 2016 Always Anchored I sat down in the hallway of my building to think about how I would write this piece. I wanted to write something that didn't evoke images of "Hooyah" or knife-hands. I wanted something that would showcase the true meaning of wearing those anchors.Interestingly, at that very moment, a civilian...
14 March 2016 Navy Advancement Center Adds Exam Bibliographies to Navy COOL Website Sailors preparing for advancement examinations can now access their bibliographies (BIBs) without the need for a Common Access Card (CAC), as the Navy Advancement Center added the active duty and Reserve BIBs to the Navy Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) website March 14...
23 November 2015 Six NSWC PCD Logisticians Awarded by NAVSEA Eleven Naval Sea Systems Command personnel received a team excellence award in a ceremony held at the Washington Navy Yard Oct. 27. Six of those 11 awardees are from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD)...
20 November 2015 Command Employees Earn 14 NAVSEA Excellence Awards Fourteen Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) employees took home Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) technical excellence awards in October...
20 November 2015 NSWC PCD Employee Earns NAVSEA Excellence Award A Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division engineer earned high accolades from inside the Washington Navy Yard Oct. 27, 2015 for engineering support to a $21 million program...
16 November 2015 Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Kicks Off Annual Exercise with JMSDF to Increase Readiness Sailors and units with the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (RRCSG) along with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) began their Annual Exercise (AE) 16, Nov. 16...