AUGUST 17, 2021 – Navy recruiting experienced many challenges this past year and a half while operating under a pandemic. Recruiters needed to be flexible, which meant having the right tools, at the right place, at the right time. As one answer to that need, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, Rear Adm. Dennis Velez, as part of his second year priorities, called for the release … [Read more...]
New Website For Navy And Marine Corps Electronic Health Assessments
AUGUST 11, 2021 - Accessing and completing a Periodic Health Assessment (PHA) or any Deployment Related Health Assessment (DRHA) is now easier with two websites combined into one. The new electronic Health Assessment (eHA) website consolidates the PHA and all DRHAs, including the Pre-deployment Health Assessment (Pre-DHA), Post-deployment Health Assessment (PDHA), … [Read more...]
Navy Uses Underwater ROV Technology for Inspections
AUGUST 10, 2021 - Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Strategic Framework is a tool to communicate the shipyard’s mission and vision statements, and shows how initiatives executed across the command tie together with why NNSY exists—to deliver warships. In order to bridge the gap between mission and vision, NNSY has identified four critical focus areas—our pillars. These pillars are the … [Read more...]
Navy’s First TH-73A “Thrasher” Arrives at NAS Whiting Field
AUGUST 9, 2021 - The first operational TH-73A “Thrasher” training helicopter landed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field in Milton, Aug. 6. The helicopter will be assigned to Training Air Wing (TW) 5 and will replace Chief of Naval Air Training’s (CNATRA) TH-57B/C Sea Ranger as the undergraduate training helicopter for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. The … [Read more...]
Marines and Sailors Island Hopping
AUGUST 6, 2021 - Marines and Sailors with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing participate in an island hopping campaign as part of advanced naval base training during Exercise Summer Fury 21. With assets positioned across the West Coast, both on land and at sea, 3rd MAW tested components of expeditionary advanced base operations in preparation for future maritime conflicts in the … [Read more...]