On Tuesday MCPON (Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy) and I visited Japan where we attended the outbound dignified transfer of our seven fallen shipmates and spent time with [USS] Fitzgerald Sailors and families.

We are all deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our fellow shipmates as a result of Friday's collision between USS Fitzgerald and a commercial container ship, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families.

The Navy announced Tuesday in NAVADMIN 133/17, the official release of the DoD Blended Retirement System (BRS) Comparison Calculator on the Military Compensation BRS web page, and reminded Sailors to take the mandatory BRS Opt-In course on Navy eLearning.

Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) announced its June Civilian of the Month in Virginia Beach, June 1.

"There is no room in our Navy for this toxic behavior," said Chief of Naval Personnel, Vice Adm. Robert Burke. "This new policy shows that we are committed to eradicating this behavior from our force."1) Anyone found to have violated the regulation is now subject to mandatory administrative

The chiefs of staff for the Republic of Korea's army and air force and the ROK chief of naval operations visited aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at sea, March 20.

The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations released the Leader Development Framework Jan. 25.

The following reports the results of Special and General Courts-Martial tried and completed within the United States Navy in December 2016. The cases are listed by the Navy Region in which they were tried.

From Portland, Maine, to Spokane, Washington, America's Navy will sail into 15 cities across the country in 2017 as part of the Navy Week outreach program.

Navy Personnel Command Customer Service Center opened a live chat option on the Navy Personnel Command website Jan. 3.