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Selection boards’ 2017 season begins today
The 2017 Selection board season is officially open today as the selected reserve and reserve full-time support boards start their deliberations in Millington, Tennesse, on March 6.
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Junior sailors (still) needed: Sea duty extensions deadline moved to year’s end
The Navy is extending incentives for getting junior sailors to volunteer for more time at sea. The offer comes as the service faces a growing manning shortage in sea-duty billets that threatens near-term readiness.
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Trump vows to build ’12-carrier Navy’ during visit to USS Gerald R. Ford
President Donald Trump told sailors and shipboard workers aboard the yet-to-be commissioned aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford that he would rebuild the U.S. Navy and give the service the all the resources it needs to fight and win — to include more aircraft carriers.
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Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest
It was not a good time for the carrier Kitty Hawk as it steamed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam in October 1972. The ship already had been deployed for eight months, and was on track to spend a record number of days at sea with a grueling pace of flight operations to support…
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Navy identifies sailor killed at Oceana
Navy officials released the identity of a sailor shot inside a hangar on Feb. 24 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, after he crashed his vehicle through the base’s back gate. He later died from those wounds.
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Navy gives fleet commanders more control over who gets training — and when
The biggest challenge — and potential risk — for the Navy’s new training program is that the fleet owns it and operational commanders will have a big say in what training sailors get and when.
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Get to the fleet faster — Big changes coming to A schools
The Navy is pulling the trigger on radical changes to the way it trains the entire enlisted force. Sailors will get to the fleet far sooner — and with far less preparation — than with traditional A schools. After that, additional training will be spread over a sailor’s career, coming in blocks given each time…
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Navy Launches beta sailor portal — first step to single login site seeks sailor feedback
Navy personnel officials officially kicked off a beta test of a new web portal that’s being developed to give sailors a single place to find all their personnel, training and education information.
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Sea duty extension: Who can apply and how?
Sailors wanting to apply for sea duty extensions under this program must meet some minimum requirements.
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Sea duty shortages: Why the Navy is offering rare extensions for thousands of first-term sailors
Navy officials are asking roughly 6,000 first-term sailors to extend their enlistments at sea in an effort to stave off a looming manpower shortage that will begin to hit the fleet this year.
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Selection boards’ 2017 season begins today
The 2017 Selection board season is officially open today as the selected reserve and reserve full-time support boards start their deliberations in Millington, Tennesse, on March 6.
-
Junior sailors (still) needed: Sea duty extensions deadline moved to year’s end
The Navy is extending incentives for getting junior sailors to volunteer for more time at sea. The offer comes as the service faces a growing manning shortage in sea-duty billets that threatens near-term readiness.
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Trump vows to build ’12-carrier Navy’ during visit to USS Gerald R. Ford
President Donald Trump told sailors and shipboard workers aboard the yet-to-be commissioned aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford that he would rebuild the U.S. Navy and give the service the all the resources it needs to fight and win — to include more aircraft carriers.
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Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest
It was not a good time for the carrier Kitty Hawk as it steamed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam in October 1972. The ship already had been deployed for eight months, and was on track to spend a record number of days at sea with a grueling pace of flight operations to support…
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Navy identifies sailor killed at Oceana
Navy officials released the identity of a sailor shot inside a hangar on Feb. 24 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, after he crashed his vehicle through the base’s back gate. He later died from those wounds.
-
Navy gives fleet commanders more control over who gets training — and when
The biggest challenge — and potential risk — for the Navy’s new training program is that the fleet owns it and operational commanders will have a big say in what training sailors get and when.
-
Get to the fleet faster — Big changes coming to A schools
The Navy is pulling the trigger on radical changes to the way it trains the entire enlisted force. Sailors will get to the fleet far sooner — and with far less preparation — than with traditional A schools. After that, additional training will be spread over a sailor’s career, coming in blocks given each time…
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Navy Launches beta sailor portal — first step to single login site seeks sailor feedback
Navy personnel officials officially kicked off a beta test of a new web portal that’s being developed to give sailors a single place to find all their personnel, training and education information.
-
Sea duty extension: Who can apply and how?
Sailors wanting to apply for sea duty extensions under this program must meet some minimum requirements.
-
Sea duty shortages: Why the Navy is offering rare extensions for thousands of first-term sailors
Navy officials are asking roughly 6,000 first-term sailors to extend their enlistments at sea in an effort to stave off a looming manpower shortage that will begin to hit the fleet this year.
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Selection boards’ 2017 season begins today
The 2017 Selection board season is officially open today as the selected reserve and reserve full-time support boards start their deliberations in Millington, Tennesse, on March 6.
-
Junior sailors (still) needed: Sea duty extensions deadline moved to year’s end
The Navy is extending incentives for getting junior sailors to volunteer for more time at sea. The offer comes as the service faces a growing manning shortage in sea-duty billets that threatens near-term readiness.
-
Trump vows to build ’12-carrier Navy’ during visit to USS Gerald R. Ford
President Donald Trump told sailors and shipboard workers aboard the yet-to-be commissioned aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford that he would rebuild the U.S. Navy and give the service the all the resources it needs to fight and win — to include more aircraft carriers.
-
Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest
It was not a good time for the carrier Kitty Hawk as it steamed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam in October 1972. The ship already had been deployed for eight months, and was on track to spend a record number of days at sea with a grueling pace of flight operations to support…
-
Navy identifies sailor killed at Oceana
Navy officials released the identity of a sailor shot inside a hangar on Feb. 24 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, after he crashed his vehicle through the base’s back gate. He later died from those wounds.
-
Navy gives fleet commanders more control over who gets training — and when
The biggest challenge — and potential risk — for the Navy’s new training program is that the fleet owns it and operational commanders will have a big say in what training sailors get and when.
-
Get to the fleet faster — Big changes coming to A schools
The Navy is pulling the trigger on radical changes to the way it trains the entire enlisted force. Sailors will get to the fleet far sooner — and with far less preparation — than with traditional A schools. After that, additional training will be spread over a sailor’s career, coming in blocks given each time…
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Navy Launches beta sailor portal — first step to single login site seeks sailor feedback
Navy personnel officials officially kicked off a beta test of a new web portal that’s being developed to give sailors a single place to find all their personnel, training and education information.
-
Sea duty extension: Who can apply and how?
Sailors wanting to apply for sea duty extensions under this program must meet some minimum requirements.
-
Sea duty shortages: Why the Navy is offering rare extensions for thousands of first-term sailors
Navy officials are asking roughly 6,000 first-term sailors to extend their enlistments at sea in an effort to stave off a looming manpower shortage that will begin to hit the fleet this year.
