03 February 2016 MARSOC Navy Corpsman to Receive Silver Star Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro N. Salabarria, a Navy corpsman with 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Raider Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, will be awarded the Silver Star Medal for his heroic actions during 2014 deployment to Afghanistan...
03 February 2016 NAS Patuxent River FFSC, VA host G.I. Bill workshop Service members, veterans and their families were able to get a head start on preparing for college during a G.I. Bill workshop hosted by Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River Fleet and Family Support Center, Jan. 28...
03 February 2016 PFA Changes Take Effect; Shift Focus to Fitness The Navy's overhaul of the Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) took effect Jan. 1 and will result in notable changes to Cycle 1 of the 2016 PFA...
03 February 2016 Military Apprenticeships Celebrate 40 Years January 2016 marked the 40th year of the United Services Military Apprenticeship Program, providing sea-service military members with certifications documenting their skills through the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)...
03 February 2016 Navy Medicine Hosts Inaugural Women's Health Summit U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) hosted its first Women's Health Summit, Jan. 25-28...
03 February 2016 USS San Jacinto Underway on Time After Storm Thanks to MARMC Support Sailors and civilians at Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center's (MARMC) Production Department made emergency weekend repairs to USS San Jacinto (CG 56) during Winter Storm Jonas that allowed it to head to sea as scheduled from Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 25...
03 February 2016 NAVFAC Southeast Awards $9.5 million to a Small Business NAVFAC Southeast awarded a $9.5 million task order Jan. 26, to PentaCon LLC, a Catoosa, Oklahoma, small business for construction of Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School Applied Instruction Facility at Construction Battalion Center, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi...
03 February 2016 USS Bataan Completes Sea Trials Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) completed sea trials Feb. 1 after conducting major shipyard maintenance over the past 12 months...
03 February 2016 USNS Choctaw County Enters 5th Fleet Auxiliary, Expeditionary Fast Transport ship USNSChoctaw County (T-EPF 2) arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) Feb. 3, the first ship of its platform to be forward deployed to the region following a routine transit of the Suez Canal...
03 February 2016 TSC Great Lakes Management Technician Selected as Civilian of the Year Awards ceremony? She set it up. Advancement exam? She made sure you were ready to take it. All hands message update about changes in policy? You guessed it, she sent that e-mail. Sharetta McGhee has a hand in nearly every administrative duty for Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes...