19 March 2020 Recruit, Officer Graduation Ceremonies Canceled Till Further Notice Effective immediately, the U.S. Navy is suspending all Recruit Training Command (RTC), in Great Lakes, IL, and Officer Training Command (OTC), in Newport RI, formal, large-scale graduation ceremonies until further notice...
19 March 2020 Cause Mapping Course Allows Staff to Map Safer Solutions The Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center and Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN) Mishap Investigations Team cohosted a Cause Mapping course March 3-5. Cause Mapping is a systems approach to cause analysis to provide a visualization of cause and effect relationships...
19 March 2020 IWTC Virginia Beach Sailors Donate Blood to Save Lives A brightly decorated and custom recreational vehicle (RV) arrived at Layton Hall on Dam Neck Annex, and instead of a family arriving for a leisurely vacation, a team of military and civilian personnel from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth showed up to support the Armed Services Blood Drive...
19 March 2020 Navy Postpones Selection Boards Efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus has led the Navy's top personnel officer to suspend all selection boards until further notice as announced in NAVADMIN 072/20 on March 18...
19 March 2020 Ike, Truman Conduct Dual Carrier, Joint Air Wing Ops in Arabian Sea USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) began dual carrier strike group and joint air wing operations with a B-52 Bomber from U.S. Air Forces Central Command in the Arabian Sea March 18, 2020...
18 March 2020 Navy Authorizes COs to Relax Some Grooming Standards if Necessary The Navy has given commanding officers discretion to temporarily relax grooming standards for men's and women's hair length, but only if those COs believe the move is necessary to maintain proper social distancing guidelines and limit Sailor exposure to the coronavirus...
18 March 2020 CPRW-11 Welcomes 58th Commodore The Navy's Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing (CPRW) Eleven held a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, March 12...
18 March 2020 Separating From the Navy? Consider Joining 105 Years of Citizen Sailors as a Navy Reservist The Navy Reserve can provide flexibility and benefits that compliment civilian goals. Since its inception the Navy Reserve has been a vital resource to the U.S. Navy...
18 March 2020 NCIS: Beware of Coronavirus-Themed Scams The novel coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity for malicious actors to conduct online scams to collect sensitive information, steal money via fake donation websites, spread false information, and deliver malware to victims...
18 March 2020 Second Sailor assigned to USS Boxer (LHD 4) Tests Positive for COVID-19 On March 17, 2020, a Sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)...