01 February 2017 CIWT Announces Civilians of the Quarter Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) announced its 2016 fourth quarter Civilians of the Quarter (CoQs), Feb.1...
01 February 2017 Naval War College Launches Institute for Future Warfare Studies U.S. Naval War College (NWC) President Rear Adm. Jeffrey Harley opened the Institute for Future Warfare Studies (IFWS), Feb. 1, as a new research and study department of the school aimed at understanding how armed conflict may evolve in the future and how the U.S. can better prepare for it...
01 February 2017 The Virtues of Navy Nursing Compassion, courage, humility, perseverance -- these are a few of the characteristics our favorite fictional superheroes are thought to exemplify. In the real world, they are the virtues embodied by a Navy nurse...
01 February 2017 Enhancing Public Awareness of the Navy through Music For Navy recruiters, reaching out to potential recruits in non-coastal areas can be particularly challenging...
01 February 2017 Navy Establishes Four New Ratings The Navy announced Wednesday the establishment of four new ratings for active duty Sailors, yeoman submarine (YNS), logistics specialist submarine (LSS), culinary specialist submarine (CSS) and fire controlman Aegis (FCA) in NAVADMIN 021/17...
31 January 2017 Sound Off! The Navy, Hearing Protection, Mobile Devices Noise is an unavoidable fact of life on U.S. Navy vessels and during naval operations. Jets roar as they take off and land. Engine room machinery churns in an ear-splitting cacophony of sound. Weapons fire deafening rounds...
31 January 2017 Operation Deep Freeze: Cargo Handling, Not for the Faint of Heart Sailors assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1 have commenced cargo-handling operations at McMurdo Station in Antarctica in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation...
31 January 2017 BRS Opt-in Course Now On-Line Tuesday, the Navy released NAVADMIN 020/17 announcing the release and availability of the Blended Retirement System (BRS) Opt-In course...
31 January 2017 Operational Health Support Unit Bremerton Sailor Honored the Present, Connected to her Past The recent presidential inauguration provided an Operational Health Support Unit (OHSU) Bremerton Sailor more than just the opportunity to take part in the current history of her country...
31 January 2017 NHRC Researcher Studies Impact of Operational Postures on Low Back Pain Recent research from Naval Health Research Center's warfighter performance department found the sitting position was associated with high rates of low back pain (LBP) and disc degeneration among U.S. service members who participated in the study...