JULY 20, 2015, INDIAN OCEAN (NNS) - A large part of Sailor's career is training, learning the skills necessary to operate the Navy's vast array of equipment safely and correctly. Depending on rate, this process could take anywhere from one month to three years. The journey to reach your first ship in the Navy, commonly referred to as "The Fleet" among Sailors, can be long … [Read more...]

JULY 16, 2015, NORFOLK (NNS) - Reserve information professional (IP) officers participated in a weeklong training surge at Information Dominance Corps (IDCRC) Region Mid-Atlantic in preparation for earning the Information Dominance Warfare Officer (IDWO) qualification, June 23-28. The IDWO qualification designation signifies that a Sailor has achieved a level of proficiency … [Read more...]

July 15, 2015, WASHINGTON (NNS) - Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) now have the only Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) device in use in the Department of Defense (DoD)capable of analyzing materials at the atomic level for the development of next-generation alloys and semi-conducting materials. The NRL Materials Science and Technology Division, has … [Read more...]

JULY 15, 2015, SANTA PAULA, Calif. (NNS) - Local civic, reserve and active duty military leaders toured the National Disaster Search and Rescue Dog Foundation's (SDF) National Training Center (NTC) to see first-hand the naval construction efforts there, July 9. SDF was founded in 1996 to help strengthen disaster response capabilities by training rescued dogs and then … [Read more...]

JULY 14, 2015, PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) - The Navy Advancement Center (NAC) announced a new service July 13, allowing Sailors to request to receive profile sheet updates via email. The move by the Naval Education Training and Personnel Development Technology Center's (NETPDTC) information technology department, is geared toward reaching out to Sailors. "This is another example … [Read more...]