25 May 2022 Connecticut hero always remembered, inducted into Navy Fire Fighter Hall of Fame WASHINGTON - “Firefighters never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved.” This statement, as made famous by Susan Diane Murphree, holds especially true for a beloved fire fighter inducted into the Navy Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Hall of Fall nearly two...
24 May 2022 App-Building Like a BOSS NORFOLK - NIWC Atlantic and the Department of the Navy (DON)’s Office of Acquisition, Policy and Budget received the “Leverage Data to Drive Advantage” team award on May 23 during the 2022 DON IT Excellence Awards in Norfolk. The event threw a spotlight on a Marine Corps software factory known as...
23 May 2022 Barksdale AFB to Receive New Weapons Generation Facility JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - NAVFAC Southeast awards contract for early site work preparation for a new Weapons Generation Facility at Barksdale Air Force Base...
23 May 2022 Be Brave Enough to Save GULFPORT, Miss. - This Memorial Day Weekend, we remember the Warrior, we remember those we have lost. It has been 19 months since my husband, U.S. Army Reserve Specialist John Meyer, committed suicide. This year the Suicide Prevention DOD message is, “Connect to Protect, Support is Within Reach.” I...
23 May 2022 JAG Corps Announces 2022 In-Service Procurement Program Selectees The Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps In-Service Procurement Program (IPP) Selection Board met to consider 18 highly qualified applicants for Fiscal Year 2022 in March. The board uses a whole-person concept to identify applicants with the greatest potential for successful service as a Navy...
23 May 2022 Small Business Contract Keeps P-8 Poseidon Flying PHILADELPHIA - In May 2020, Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) awarded a five-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity, long-term contract for the P-8A Poseidon Maritime aircraft estimated at $30 million to a small business, S&K Aerospace. In the nearly two years...
20 May 2022 VCNO Visits CIWT to Discuss Ready Relevant Learning PENSACOLA, Fla. - Capt. Marc Ratkus, commander, Center for Information Warfare Training, (CIWT) hosted Adm. Bill Lescher, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, at CIWT to discuss progress made in instantiating the Ready Relevant Learning (RRL) program into information warfare training...
20 May 2022 Navy’s Cyber Chief: Leadership is Key to Integrating Sea Power and Cyber FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. - Future military leaders must be prepared to fight wars, across specialties and in a virtual battlespace to win in today’s dynamic environment said Vice Adm. Ross Myers, commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and U.S. 10th Fleet (FCC/C10F)...
20 May 2022 FY-23 Seaman to Admiral Applications — What's New this Year The Navy's annual call for Seaman to Admiral–21 (STA–21) program applications is now on the streets...
20 May 2022 Navy, Marines Integrate Training to Prepare for High-End Fight DAHLGREN, Va. - Maj. Diogenes Rosa-Garcia, USMC, is the first Marine to complete courses of instruction at Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC) onboard Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren and graduate as an Integrated Air and Missile Defense...