DECEMBER 10, 2019 - The Navy announced updates to uniform policy and uniform design improvement in NAVADMIN 282/19, Dec. 9. Navy uniform policies are the result of fleet feedback, command sponsored requests and direction from Navy leadership. Navy uniform policy updates directly support Sailor 2025 goals of attracting and retaining the very best Sailors by finding greater … [Read more...]
20,000 Attend PCU John F. Kennedy Christening
DECEMBER 9, 2019 - With more than 20,000 attendees, President John F. Kennedy’s daughter, the Honorable Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, officially christened Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) during a Huntington-Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) division ceremony in Newport News, Dec. 7. Kennedy thanked the … [Read more...]
Navy Osprey Pilot Earns Wings of Gold
DECEMBER 9, 2019 - The U.S. Navy’s first new accession CMV-22B Osprey pilot graduated from flight school after earning his naval aviator designation at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi Dec. 6. Lt. j.g. Caleb Nicholson completed flight training with Training Air Wing (TRAWING) 4 and received his Wings of Gold during a ceremony at the Catalina Club on base. He … [Read more...]
Admiral Gilday Releases Guidance to the Fleet
DECEMBER 6, 2019 - Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday released his initial guidance to the fleet, Dec. 4. The guidance was issued via a fragmentary order (FRAGO) and is intended to simplify, prioritize and build on the foundation of “A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority 2.0,” issued by – then CNO – Adm. John Richardson in December 2018. “Mission one … [Read more...]
Army-Navy Uniform Tells Story of Army Division
DECEMBER 5, 2019 - When the players on the Army West Point football team take the field on December 14, 2019, they do so for more than themselves. They represent the U.S. Military Academy and the generations of graduates who make up the Long Gray Line. They play for the U.S. Army and those who have fought and died protecting America. And each week during the season, they … [Read more...]