20 October 2020 Navy Updates Sailor of the Year Program to Add Focus on Talent Management Based on recommendations from a Navy working group of top senior enlisted leaders throughout the Fleet, the Navy announced today that it is updating its Sailor of Year (SOY) program, to better align with Sailor 2025 initiatives.The most significant change is the number of SOYs meritoriously advanced...
19 October 2020 USS Zumwalt Successfully Completes First Standard Missile Shot The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) successfully executed the first live fire test of the MK 57 Vertical Launching System with a Standard Missile (SM-2) on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu, Oct. 13. ...
16 October 2020 Clothing, Textile Research Facility Pivots 3D Knitting Research to Face Covering Development The Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility has begun a study and evaluation of 3D knitted face coverings...
16 October 2020 USS Winston S. Churchill Renders Aid to Iranian Mariners in Distress While Operating Under Combined Maritime Forces While operating under Combined Maritime Forces Oct. 15, the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) provided assistance to a motor vessel in distress in the Arabian Sea...
15 October 2020 US, French Navy Chiefs Discuss Maritime Security and Cooperation Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Gilday spoke with the Chief of the French Navy, Adm. Pierre Vandier, Oct. 15...
14 October 2020 USS Barry Transits Taiwan Strait PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The Arleigh-Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Oct. 14 (local time) in accordance with international law.The ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open...
14 October 2020 Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer Named ‘Honorary Naval Aviators’ Film producer Jerry Bruckheimer and actor Tom Cruise became the U.S. Navy’s 35th and 36th Honorary Naval Aviators, respectively, during a brief Sept. 24 ceremony at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles...
14 October 2020 Naval Research Lab Space Research Group to Validate Satellite Interoperability Naval Research Laboratory’s work helps the Space Development Agency ensure future satellites have the capability to work together, delivering time-critical information in diverse global environments...
14 October 2020 Naval Exchange Service Command to Release Public Health Commissioned Corps' First PT Uniform The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) is scheduled to debut a physical training uniform (PTU) tailored specifically for the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) in December 2020. This PTU will be the first official physical training uniform for the USPHS...
13 October 2020 Secretary Names Future Destroyer, Attack Submarine Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced Oct. 13 that a future Guided-missile destroyer and Virginia-class attack submarine will be named USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137) and USS Barb (SSN 804)...