JANUARY 4, 2021 - The Navy has modernized the way Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen can pay back tuition assistance (TA) debts beginning in January 2021. The new program provides service members with the option to pay their debt on a mobile device or computer using a debit card, electronic funds transfer (EFT) or via a PayPal account. Credit cards will not be accepted … [Read more...]
Task Force 67 Rises to the Challenge
DECEMBER 31, 2020 - Based in Sigonella, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 67 is responsible for command and tactical control of deployed maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) squadrons along with several rotary aircraft units throughout the European and African areas of responsibility (AOR). “2020 has been a challenge, but CTF 67 has risen to that challenge,” noted … [Read more...]
Sailors Receive Presidential Christmas Video Call
DECEMBER 28, 2020 - Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 8, received a video teleconference call (VTC) from President Donald Trump while forward deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Dec. 25. Sailors and officers accompanied Cdr. Jeremy Lyon, commanding officer of VP-8, on a VTC with the President, including Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Lauren … [Read more...]
Sailors Honor Fallen Heroes on National Wreaths Across America Day
DECEMBER 24, 2020 - Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) Second Class Petty Officer Association (SCPOA) hosted a volunteer event for National Wreaths Across America Day on Dec. 19. Volunteers laid wreaths at fallen veterans’ grave sites at Captain Ted Conaway Memorial Naval Cemetery on Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads-Portsmouth Annex. “In support of Wreaths … [Read more...]
USS Port Royal Seizes Suspected Narcotics
DECEMBER 22, 2020 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73), deployed to U.S. Fifth Fleet and operating in support of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), interdicted a shipment of more than 1100 lbs. (521 kg) of suspected narcotics from a dhow in the international waters of the North Arabian Sea Dec. 18. Twenty-three bags of narcotics were discovered and tested, … [Read more...]