August 22, 2014, VIRGINIA BEACH, Va (NNS) - Effective immediately, commanding officers and officers-in-charge may approve waivers to the one-year requirement that Sailors must be on board their first permanent duty station (PDS) to be eligible for Tuition Assistance (TA) according to NAVADMIN 190/14 released Aug. 21. In addition to command triad waiver approval, Sailors … [Read more...]
Buffalo Sailors Donate Blood to Armed Services Blood Program
August 22, 2014, PEARL HARBOR (NNS) - The crew of Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Buffalo (SSN 715), their family and friends came out in numbers to support the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP), Aug. 20, at a blood drive held adjacent to the submarine piers aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The turnout for this blood drive, the sixth in the last 18 months … [Read more...]
Cybercom Defending Networks and Nation
August 19, 2014, FORT MEADE, Md. (NNS) - U.S. Cyber Command continues to expand its capabilities and capacity, Navy Adm. Mike Rogers said Aug. 14. The Cybercom commander was speaking during an interview at the NSA headquarters building here. Rogers is also director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service. "The decision to create [Cybercom] … [Read more...]
Navy Announces FY-15 Senior Enlisted Continuation Board
August 15, 2014, MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) - The fiscal year 2015 (FY-15) performance-based Senior Enlisted Continuation board will convene Oct. 27 according to a Navy message released Aug. 14. "There are no quotas for this board; it is strictly a performance-based board," said Navy Personnel Command (NPC) Force Master Chief (SW/AW/EXW) Leland E. Moore. The board will look at … [Read more...]
NAVFAC EXWC Awards Modular Floating Boat Dock
August 14, 2014, HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) - The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) awarded Jet Dock Systems, Inc. a contract for modular floating boat docks July 31. The amount awarded to Jet Dock Systems, Inc. is $143, 644.81 for one 50 ft. modular, floating, drive-on docking systems for the Maritime Prepositioning Force Utility Boat … [Read more...]