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Are dining facilities wasting money because troops don’t eat there?
Little is known about how often troops are passing up their dining facilities to pay for meals elsewhere out of their own pocket.
By Karen Jowers
Congrats! Reserve and FTS chief selects announced
Annually, the reserve E-7 selections set the stage for the initiation season of chiefs. Next month, the active duty list of chief selects will be published.
By Mark D. Faram
‘Not as thin as he thinks’ — drunk Royal Navy pilot gets stuck in chimney during mess night game
“The guy got stuck and ended up pissing and puking all over himself while stuck upside down.”
By Jon Simkins
Five names to watch as Trump searches for his next defense secretary
With Patrick Shanahan out of the process, who will the president tap to lead the Pentagon?
Why making chief in the Navy Reserve got tougher this year
The Navy has released this year's quotas for Selected Reserve and Reserve Full-Time Support chief petty officers.
By Mark D. Faram
What you need to know about this year’s CPO initiation
MCPON-issued CPO initiation guidance might never occur again.
By Mark D. Faram
Retirement Board will send 120 CPOs home this year — the details you need to know
The Navy's Fiscal Year 2019 Senior Enlisted Continuation Board's results have been released.
By Mark D. Faram
A warship doomed by ‘confusion, indecision, and ultimately panic’ on the bridge
A secret Navy report looks at the ways leaders could have averted the deadly destroyer Fitzgerald collision.
Here’s what the mess served Navy shipmates on Christmas Days of the past
From fruit with mayonnaise dressing to turkey with tartar sauce, check out these Xmas menus from underway vessels of yesteryear.
Navy leaders to junior enlisted: Sound off!
As the Pentagon tries to build a 355-ship Navy in an era of great power competition at sea, leaders know they need to recruit, train and retain the best sailors, and part of that means fostering a environment up and down the rank structure where troops want to stay, both for their careers and for their family’s welfare.
By Mark D. Faram
Navy chief sentenced for beating up kid at youth soccer game
The chief who charged into a youth soccer game and beat up a 14-year-old boy pleaded no contest and was found guilty of assault and battery.
By Jon Simkins