28 April 2022 NEXCOM Provides Critical Assistance in Times of Crisis The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) serves as a strategic asset around the globe for the U.S. Navy’s crisis response...
28 April 2022 Pearle Vision Centers now open at more NEX locations The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) recently opened new Pearle Vision Centers at NEX Little Creek and NEX Norfolk, Va. With these two openings, there are now 10 Pearle Vision Centers providing a much needed service to NEX customers...
26 April 2022 Flag Officer Announcement Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations:...
22 April 2022 Secretary of the Navy Issues Updated Acquisition Policy Instruction WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, recently signed SECNAV Instruction 5000.2G...
22 April 2022 Navy Sailors, Civilians Clean Up Sporting Hill Road on Earth Day Sailors and civilians assigned to Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC) removed trash and debris from a two-mile stretch of road in Mechanicsburg as part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) state-wide Adopt A Highway program, April 22...
20 April 2022 NRL Conducts Successful Terrestrial Microwave Power Beaming Demonstration A team of researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory recently demonstrated the feasibility of terrestrial microwave power beaming by transmitting 1.6 kilowatts of power over 1 kilometer (km) at the U.S. Army Research Field in Blossom Point, Md., the most significant power beaming...
20 April 2022 $10 million earned, $7 million saved by NEXt Level Rewards members Over $10 million in rewards were earned by NEX customers through the NEXt Level Rewards program since its launch in April 2021. Rewards members also saved an additional $7 million by redeeming benefits such as birthday coupons, $10 sign up bonuses and special scratch off cards...
20 April 2022 Service Member Killed During Training Event On Sunday, April 17, Lt. j.g. Aaron Fowler, age 29, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One, died while participating in a training evolution with the Marine Corps at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kanehoe Bay. Fowler became unresponsive during the training and was pronounced deceased...
19 April 2022 CNO Visits Bath Iron Works, Meets with Sailors and Maine Congressional Leaders Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Bath, Maine, April 18, where he met with congressional leaders from Maine to visit General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW)...
15 April 2022 Fleet Readiness Center East Commander Relieved Due To Loss of Confidence Rear Adm. Joseph Hornbuckle, Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers (COMFRC), relieved Col. Thomas Atkinson, Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) commander, of his duties, April 15, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command...