OCTOBER 2, 2024 – The U.S. Navy exceeded its Fiscal Year 2024 recruiting goals, contracting 40,978 new recruits by the end of the fiscal year and marking its most significant recruiting achievement in 20 years. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited Millington, Tennessee, today to meet with Navy Recruiting Command leadership, recruiters, and support personnel. During … [Read more...]
Navy Beats 2024 Recruiting Goals
OCTOBER 2, 2024 – Rear Adm. James Waters, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) announced that NRC successfully contracted 40,978 active and 7,612 reserve Sailors to join America’s Navy in fiscal year 2024 (FY24). Our FY24 recruitment goals were 40,600 active and 7,419 reserve Sailors. “This is a tremendous achievement, and it’s all thanks to the relentless dedication, … [Read more...]
Veterans at Forefront of Growing Whiskey Segment
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 - Old Lines Spirits is where American military service meets American Single Malt. Founded by two former Navy pilots, the Baltimore distillery set its bearing on a whiskey segment rising in popularity. An emerging category in the whiskey industry, American Single Malt is currently pending TTB ratification to become the first new spirit in this category in … [Read more...]
Navy’s Unmanned Detect-and-Avoidance Tech Goes Operational
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 - Guardian, the Navy’s new UAS detect-and-avoidance system, will make unmanned training safer and more efficient at its first-ever operational squadron, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2, after its August 2024 installation at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina. Engineers from the Naval Air Warfare Center … [Read more...]
Pacific Partnership Increases Humanitarian Assistance
KOSRAE, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 23, 2024) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Brent DeVore, commander, Joint Region Marianas, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas, speaks at the closing ceremony of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 23, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. NavyÕs largest annual … [Read more...]