APRIL 1, 2024 – Starting March 29, Recruit Training Command (RTC) is updating its basic military training phone call policy for Recruits attending training. This follows a successful test phase implemented by RTC to test the viability of using this method in a future campus-wide employment. Over the past few months RTC has refined its Recruit cell phone Standard Operating … [Read more...]
Navy Cranes Support Baltimore Key Bridge Efforts
PATAPSCO RIVER (March, 29 2024) The Chesapeake, a 1000-ton lift capacity derrick barge, the Ferrell, a 200-ton lift capacity revolving crane barge, and the Oyster Bay, a 150-ton lift capacity crane barge are in Baltimore Harbor. The barges will be used by the Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) to remove submerged portions of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The … [Read more...]
First-Ever Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology
APRIL 1, 2024 - Dr. Aprille Ericsson took the oath-of-office to become the first ever Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology. The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu administered the oath at the Pentagon on Friday. Ericsson comes to the DOD after more than 30 years at NASA, where she most recently led the new business … [Read more...]
Navy Assumes Responsibility of Red Hill Facility
MARCH 29, 2024 – Navy Closure Task Force – Red Hill (NCTF-RH), assumed responsibility of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) from Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) during a transition of authority ceremony held at the Battleship Missouri Memorial, March 28. Since its establishment in November 2023 by the Secretary of Defense, NCTF-RH has shadowed JTF-RH as it … [Read more...]
Guard Recognizes Top Recruiting, Retention Soldiers
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class. Robert Williams, second from left, from the Washington Army National Guard, receives the Recruiting and Retention Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year award from Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, far left, Director of the Army National Guard, at the Director’s Strength Maintenance Awards Conference in Houston, TX, Mar. 14, 2024. The Director’s Strength Maintenance … [Read more...]