22 November 2022 Why Billet-Based Advancements? Why Now? The Navy announced changes to the enlisted advancement system in NAVADMIN 261/22. The message announced a fundamental shift in how enlisted sailors will be advanced, using a billet-based advancement system, beginning with Active Duty Senior Chief Petty Officers who are eligible to participate in the...
21 November 2022 Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Arkansas (SSN 800) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Senior Navy leaders, members of Congress, and shipbuilders gathered at Newport News Shipyard (NNSY) today to attend a keel-laying ceremony for the future Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas (SSN 800), Nov. 19...
21 November 2022 Visionary Leaders Drive the Mission: Navy SSP Employee Receives 2022 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award WASHINGTON – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday recognized Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) service member Capt. Adam J. Thomas as one of two recipients of the 2022 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award during a ceremony in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon Thursday,...
08 November 2022 Families Join USS Wyoming Crew; Experience Life Aboard Ballistic-Missile Submarine KINGS BAY, Ga. - The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming Blue Crew (SSBN 742) temporarily gained 39 crew members, when family and friends embarked aboard the submarine for a tiger cruise, Oct. 21...
08 November 2022 Sailors Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal After Saving a Man’s Life Onboard NSA Naples NAPLES, Italy - Three Sailors assigned to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples received on Oct. 25, 2022 for saving a man’s life on Sept. 8, 2022...
04 November 2022 Submarine Staff Talks between U.S. and Republic of Singapore Navy Highlight Interoperability in Indo-Pacific region SANTA RITA, Guam - Rear Adm. Rick Seif, commander, Submarine Group (CSG) 7/Task Force (CTF) 54/CTF 74, held a series of theater security cooperation (TSC) engagements at Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam as part of the fourth submarine staff talks with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) submarine...
03 November 2022 From Salt and Sand: 60 Years of Navy SEALs SEAL Team 1 welcomed frogmen of the past and present to celebrate 60 years of rich SEAL history in a ceremony at Silver Strand Training Complex on Oct. 29...
01 November 2022 Key West Visits Republic of Korea during Indo-Pacific Deployment BUSAN, Republic of Korea – The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Key West (SSN 722) arrived at Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK), for a scheduled port visit as part of its deployment to the Indo-Pacific, Oct. 31...
31 October 2022 See Yourself in Cyber: Adopting the Navy’s Cyber Ready Initiative As the Navy concludes its Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign, spending the month highlighting cybersecurity best practices while in the office, teleworking, underway, or off the clock, it begs the question: How can we, as individuals, keep year-round emphasis on cybersecurity in support of the...
26 October 2022 C7F and CSG 7 Staffs Tour Oceanographic Survey Ship, USNS Mary Sears, in Yokosuka YOKOSUKA, Japan – Staff assigned to Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet’s Meteorology and Oceanography cell and from Submarine Group (CSG) 7/Task Force (CTF) 74 toured Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS 65) in Yokosuka, Japan,...