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First female US Naval Academy superintendent nominated
Rear Adm. Yvette Davids, who is now director of the Navy’s Learning to Action Drive Team, is a 1989 graduate of the academy.
By Diana Stancy
Seaman to Admiral-21 applications open
Sailors selected for the program will keep their current paygrade while collecting a paycheck and attending undergraduate courses full-time, along with receiving a $10,000 annual tuition stipend.
By Diana Stancy
More sailors undergoing a forced rating conversion can now separate early
Sailors 36 months out from the end of their contractual obligations are now eligible to separate early.
By Diana Stancy
Navy fires CO of Fleet Readiness Centers
Rear Adm. Trent Demoss was relieved “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command," but the Navy provided few details.
By Diana Stancy
Navy bans ‘faddish,’ ‘eccentric’ and other subjective terms from grooming regs
Terms that could easily be misinterpreted, like "faddish" and "good taste," will be removed from grooming and appearance policies.
By Diana Stancy
Bidens pay tribute at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
March 29 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, which commemorates the date in 1973 when the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam was disestablished.
Navy creates one Seabee rating for E-9s as service aims to facilitate promotion opportunities
The change is slated to take effect on March 15.
By Diana Stancy
Commanding officers to get more involved in SAIL program
Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life procedures will be modified to require commanding officers to verify that sailors who have voiced suicidal thoughts or exhibited suicidal behavior contact s SAIL case manager.
By Diana Stancy
Navy unveils 57 recommendations from Task Force One Navy to promote diversity, inclusion in the Fleet
The report’s recommendations reflect the culmination of nearly 300 listening sessions with active duty and reserve sailors, along with almost 1,000 online surveys.
By Diana Stancy
A nation of draft dodgers
Is it a “volunteer” system when you pay someone to “volunteer," asks the author of this commentary.
By Dennis Laich
Navy delays resuming physical fitness assessments — again
Rather than restart in March, the Navy is now planning to complete one PFA cycle in 2021 starting in July.
By Diana Stancy