15 July 2020 U.S. 4th Fleet and Ecuador Navy Plan UNITAS 2020 U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet and Ecuadorian maritime planners held a virtual Initial Planning Conference (IPC) July 14-17 in support of the upcoming UNITAS LXI exercise, which will occur in November in Ecuador...
15 July 2020 Navy to Disestablish FTS Culinary Specialist Rating The Navy will disestablish the Culinary Specialist (CS) rating in the Reserve Full-Time Support (FTS) community and will offer affected Sailors a variety of options for continued service under a rebalancing initiative underway within the FTS community...
15 July 2020 Navy College Virtual Education Center Marks 10-year Anniversary During July 2020, the Navy College Virtual Education Center (NCVEC) marked its 10-year anniversary of assisting Sailors with virtual education counseling and tuition assistance support all over the world...
15 July 2020 Adaptability and Resilience: EMF-M's Historic Stateside Deployment Supporting COVID-19 On March 30, 2020, EMF-M answered the nation's call and did what no expeditionary hospital had done previously-deploy to five stateside locations simultaneously, in support of a pandemic response...
15 July 2020 Ford Sailors Celebrate Birthday of Ship's Namesake Sailors aboard the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), paused to reflect on the legacy of the ship's namesake, the 38th President of the United States, the honorable Gerald R. Ford Jr., on his birthday July 14 as the ship got underway for her fourth Independent...
15 July 2020 NRL, BSEE Advance Technology Readiness of Low-Emission Burner System NRL engineers and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) advance a low-emission burner system to clean up emulsified crude oil, including fuel spills from old ships, reducing the Navy's carbon footprint...
14 July 2020 Navy Civilian Awarded for Providing Stability to Sailors, Families Somalia Allen, personal finance manager at Naval Base Kitsap's Fleet and Family Support Center, was born in Guam and first came to Washington State following her dad's permanent change of station...
14 July 2020 Navy Awards Contact for Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle Prototype The Navy on July 13, 2020 awarded a $34,999,948 to L3 Technologies, Inc. for the development of a single Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) prototype, with options to procure up to eight additional MUSVs. The award follows a full and open competitive procurement process...
14 July 2020 NSWC Dahlgren Division and Germanna Community College Leaders Partner to Impact Business Management and STEM Education Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and Germanna Community College signed an Educational Partnership Agreement, officials from both organizations announced on July 9...
14 July 2020 On-The-Roof-Gang: The Nucleus of Present Cryptology When it comes to cryptology, with five different ratings in the Navy alone, it is well known that there are many different subtypes in the field. The advances made in the community are largely due to a group of senior enlisted, self-taught Sailors that came to be known as the...