JANUARY 17, 2024 - The Defense Department will continue to work closely across agencies and with industry partners as it implements its strategy for strengthening the defense industrial base to meet the future needs of the warfighter, the Pentagon's top industrial base policy official said. Laura D. Taylor-Kale, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, said … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2024
U.S. Naval Community College Updates Partnership
JANUARY 16, 2024 — The U.S. Naval Community College updated its contract with Western Governors University to offer competency-based education associate degree programs January 9, 2023. This new agreement provides active duty enlisted Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen an opportunity to earn a naval-relevant associate degree through a self-paced CBE model. The enhanced … [Read more...]
National Blood Donor Month Highlights Vital Need for Donations
JANUARY 16, 2024 - January is National Blood Donor Month, an observance to encourage people to consider donating blood and platelets, explained Navy Lt. Michelle Wallace, director of the Armed Services Blood Bank Center – National Capital Region, located on Naval Support Activity Bethesda, home to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Wallace explained that because … [Read more...]
DoD Expands Pilot Program to Renew USID Cards Online
JANUARY 16, 2024 - As part of an expansion of a Defense Department pilot program that kicked off in February 2023, most Uniformed Services Identification, or USID, card holders can now renew their cards online and receive them in the mail, instead of having to schedule an appointment at an ID card office. Before this expansion, only sponsors with a common access card could … [Read more...]
Navy Secretary Del Toro Honors 2nd Fleet
JANUARY 16, 2024 - Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro delivered remarks at the U.S. Second Fleet and Joint Forces Command (JCF) Norfolk change of command and change of directorship, Jan 12. Vice Adm. Douglas Perry relieved Vice Adm. Daniel Dwyer as Commander, U.S. Second Fleet and Commander, Joint Forces Command Norfolk in a ceremony aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN … [Read more...]