WASHINGTON, December 20, 2013 (NNS) - The career path for the interior communications electrician (IC) rating now includes the rank of master chief (E9), and the IC rating's E3 and below Sailors are re-designated from fireman to seaman, according to a NAVADMIN 320/13, released Dec. 19. This formalizes the IC rate's evolution away from its source rate of Electrician's Mate … [Read more...]
Tuition Assistance Availability Temporarily Expanded
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., December 18, 2013 (NNS) - The Center for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD) is temporarily expanding the availability of tuition assistance (TA) for Sailors beginning Dec. 17. CPPD's Virtual Education Center (VEC) will start authorizing command-approved TA requests for classes that have a start date in the second quarter of FY-14, which ends … [Read more...]
AF, Marines, and Navy Take Part in 3-Day Surge During Exercise Forager Fury II
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, December 17, 2013 (AFNS) - Various units from the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps came together to exercise their ability to conduct combat operations across the Pacific by participating in a nonstop operations surge Dec. 10 to Dec. 13 on Guam and the nearby island of Tinian. The surge was part of Exercise Forager Fury II, a Marine Corps … [Read more...]
NIOC Georgia Sailors Deliver Christmas Collect, Deliver Gifts for Local Children
AUGUSTA, Ga., December 16, 2013 (NNS) - Sailors from Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Georgia collected gifts for nearly 300 children this December as part of the command's annual Sailor Santa Program on Fort Gordon, Ga. The toy drive concluded Dec. 12 when Sailors delivered toys, gift cards, and other presents to a local charity, Child Enrichment Incorporated of … [Read more...]
Agriculture, Navy Secretaries Promote U.S. Military Energy Independence with ‘Farm-to-Fleet’
WASHINGTON, December 12, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus today announced the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Navy's joint "Farm-to-Fleet" venture will now make biofuel blends part of regular, operational fuel purchase and use by the military. The announcement incorporates the acquisition of biofuel blends into regular … [Read more...]