29 July 2015 Navy Announces Command Senior Chief Rating NAVADMIN 177/15 released July 29 establishes the Command Senior Chief (CMDCS) rating to provide earlier leadership opportunity for senior enlisted...
29 July 2015 Navy Admiral Meets With Wounded Veterans Foundation Rear Adm. Timothy Gallaudet, commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, met with the leadership of The Wyakin Warrior Foundation at Boise State University, July 27...
29 July 2015 Navy Chaplains Offer Support at Memorial Everyone's eyes stayed focused on the overflowing ring of gifts and trinkets placed on the grassy island in the middle of the strip mall parking lot. Some knelt to get a better look at writings, while others stood still with distant faces. The circle of visitors remained generally unbroken but when...
29 July 2015 USNS Rappahannock Assists Distressed Boat in Pacific The Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) rendered assistance to a distressed sailing boat, while on a routine mission in the western Pacific Ocean, July 25...
28 July 2015 Randall Smith Laid to Rest Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Randall Smith, a victim of the shooting at Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Chattanooga July 16 which also took the lives of four Marines, was laid to rest at the Chattanooga National Cemetery July 28...
28 July 2015 Kearsarge, 26th MEU Successfully Complete NEO Exercise Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) exercise while underway during composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), July 23...
28 July 2015 US Naval Hospital Rota Holds Assumption of Command U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, held an assumption of command ceremony in the hospital courtyard, July 24...
27 July 2015 LGBT Pride Month Inaugural Speaker - "Honoring Diversity Solves Problems and Creates Innovative Products" Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) recognized Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month with guest speaker Amanda Simpson Army Office of Energy Initiatives executive director, July 24...
27 July 2015 New Chiefs' Names to be Released Next Week Names of Sailors selected to advance to chief by the fiscal year 2016 E-7 selection board are scheduled to be posted to commands' BUPERS Online (BOL) accounts Wednesday, Aug. 5, with public release via NAVADMIN Thursday, Aug. 6 at 11:00 a.m. eastern time...
27 July 2015 Navy Medicine Ambassadors Raise Awareness at Fargo Navy Week Navy Medicine personnel traveled to Fargo to raise awareness about Navy Medicine's mission during Fargo Navy Week July 20-21...