17 May 2023 Impressive Impact: ONR Program Officer Celebrated for Career Achievements ARLINGTON, Va. - The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) has awarded its most prestigious accolade — the Harold E. Saunders Award for Lifetime Achievement — to Kelly Cooper, a program officer in the Office of Naval Research (ONR)’s Sea Warfare and Weapons Department, for...
15 May 2023 Father of Naval Special Warfare Posthumously Awarded the Charles P. Gallagher Leadership Medallion CINCINNATI - Capt. Phil Bucklew, known as the “father” of Naval Special Warfare (NSW) and a Xavier University alumnus, was posthumously awarded the Charles P. Gallagher Leadership Medallion by the university, May 12...
11 May 2023 NETC Names Sailor of the Year for 2022 PENSACOLA, Fla. - Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) announced its fiscal year 2022 Sailor of the Year (SOY), Navy Diver 1st Class Chase S. McCain, May 11 at the National Naval Aviation Museum on board Naval Air Station Pensacola...
08 May 2023 Commander, Navy Installations Command Announces the 2022 Sailor of the Year WASHINGTON - Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) named Hull Technician 1st Class Panfilo M. Bascar III as the 2022 CNIC Sailor of the Year during a ceremony at the National Naval Museum on May 4...
05 May 2023 NAVFAC Atlantic Sea Sailor of the Year NAPLES, Italy - Construction Electrician 1st Class Randy Kinser, from Lakeland, Florida, assigned to Public Works Department (PWD) Bahrain, was named Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic Sea Sailor of the Year for the fiscal year of 2022...
03 May 2023 ‘Keep Asking Questions’: High School STEM Researchers Celebrated at NJSHS VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - This year’s National JSHS event was hosted by the Department of the Navy, facilitated by the Naval STEM Coordination Office, which is located at the Office of Naval Research (ONR)...
17 April 2023 Prize-Winning Prose: Naval STEM Launches New Version of Naval Horizons Essay Contest ARLINGTON, Va. - The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) program has gone live with the newest iteration of its Naval Horizons student essay contest for high school and college students...
11 April 2023 NMFP Names Yokosuka Hospital Corpsman as Senior Sailor of the Year SASEBO, Japan - A hospital corpsman from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Yokosuka, Japan, was named Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) Senior Sailor of the Year (SSOY) 2022 at the NMFP headquarters, Naval Base San Diego, during a competition between 13 of the top Sailors...
22 March 2023 NSW Units Receive Inaugural Battle "E" CORONADO, Calif. - Rear Adm. Keith B. Davids, commander, Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) announced the winners of NSW’s inaugural Battle Efficiency (“E”) award Jan. 19...
07 March 2023 George H.W. Bush Officer Earns Shiphandler of the Year Honor MEDITERRANEAN SEA- Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Whelan, assistant navigation officer aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), was recently named Shiphandler of the Year by Naval Air Force, Atlantic. The award recognizes the dedicated professionals skilled at maintaining position...