WASHINGTON - Command Master Chief of USS Chung Hoon (DDG-93), Josephine Tauoa, was selected as the 2021 Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Delbert D. Black Leadership Award July 6.

Four Department of the Navy (DoN) employees at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) won 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) from the US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine.

Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach has again been selected as the winner of the Commander, Navy Region Southwest Installation Excellence Award for Small Installations, as announced Oct. 27.

The Navy annually recognizes one aircraft carrier and one amphibious ship with its attached air wing (CVW) and Marine expeditionary unit (MEU), respectively, with the Admiral Flatley Memorial Award for Aviation Safety. This year’s recipients are USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with CVW 9 and USS Boxer