The Associated Press
Dec 16, 2008
The board of trustees for the Naval Academy is hoping to boost efforts to attract minority students.
The Board of Visitors, which includes members of Congress, is in the process of drafting a letter to Congress pointing out the importance of recruiting top-notch minority candidates through the congressional nomination process.
Over the past year, the academy has approached 23 members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss the academy’s goal of attracting more minorities.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/12/ap_naval_academy_diversity_121508w/
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Blogging from LCS USS FREEDOM
Military Times reporters blog from the front lines all around the world. Currently Navy Times reporter Phil Ewing and photographer Rob Curtis are aboard the littoral combat ship Freedom.
See blog at http://www.militarytimes.com/blogs/notebook/
See blog at http://www.militarytimes.com/blogs/notebook/
Monday, November 3, 2008
12 Coasties being considered for SEAL training
Of the 12 remaining candidates Coast Guard and Navy officials hope to select as many qualified candidates as possible to go through Navy SEAL training by the end of next week, said a Deployable Operations Group spokesman. The move would be a first for the Coast Guard.
Representatives from DOG and Naval Special Warfare Command will screen the remaining 12 applicants Nov. 2-7 at the Naval Diving Salvage Training Center in Panama City, Fla., said Lt. James McLay, spokesman for DOG commander Rear Adm. Thomas Atkin.
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Representatives from DOG and Naval Special Warfare Command will screen the remaining 12 applicants Nov. 2-7 at the Naval Diving Salvage Training Center in Panama City, Fla., said Lt. James McLay, spokesman for DOG commander Rear Adm. Thomas Atkin.
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Medical officer tapped for third star
Staff report
Posted : Thursday Oct 30, 2008 6:52:17 EDT
President Bush has tapped Rear Adm. John Mateczun for a third star while serving as commander, Joint Task Force National Capitol Region Medical, Washington D.C. Mateczun also is a member of the congressionally directed task force on the future of the military health system and has served as the medical adviser to the Joint Chiefs.
Prior to his long Navy career, Mateczun was an enlisted soldier. He was honorably discharged after receiving the Bronze Star Medal in Vietnam. His other awards include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit with two Gold Stars, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/navy_flagofficer_102908w/
Posted : Thursday Oct 30, 2008 6:52:17 EDT
President Bush has tapped Rear Adm. John Mateczun for a third star while serving as commander, Joint Task Force National Capitol Region Medical, Washington D.C. Mateczun also is a member of the congressionally directed task force on the future of the military health system and has served as the medical adviser to the Joint Chiefs.
Prior to his long Navy career, Mateczun was an enlisted soldier. He was honorably discharged after receiving the Bronze Star Medal in Vietnam. His other awards include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit with two Gold Stars, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/navy_flagofficer_102908w/
Fallon to continue Navy focus at Think Tank
Staff report
Posted : Wednesday Oct 29, 2008 6:19:47 EDT
Adm. William Fallon, the former U.S. Central Command commander, will serve as a distinguished fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses and as the Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow at MIT’s Center for International Studies.
"We are so delighted that Adm. Fallon has agreed to join CNA. His experiences at the highest levels of the U.S. military and his expertise on strategic issues will be an essential addition to our research program," said Christine Fox, CNA president, in a recent statement.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/navy_fallon_102808w/
Posted : Wednesday Oct 29, 2008 6:19:47 EDT
Adm. William Fallon, the former U.S. Central Command commander, will serve as a distinguished fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses and as the Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow at MIT’s Center for International Studies.
"We are so delighted that Adm. Fallon has agreed to join CNA. His experiences at the highest levels of the U.S. military and his expertise on strategic issues will be an essential addition to our research program," said Christine Fox, CNA president, in a recent statement.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/navy_fallon_102808w/
VA hires Navy to build claims processing system
BY BOB BREWIN, BBREWIN@GOVEXEC.COM
The Veterans Affairs Department has asked the Navy to develop a computer system to process the complex claims for educational benefits that veterans will file under the new GI bill President Bush signed into law in June.
Comment on this article in The Forum.In an Oct. 17 letter sent to the House and Senate VA committees, and obtained by Nextgov, VA Secretary James Peake wrote that the agency has hired the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in Charleston, S.C., to build a system to process educational benefits for veteran as outlined in the 2008 GI bill. The bill, called the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, was part of the 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act that provided veterans with expanded educational benefits. For example, the bill hikes payments for tuition from $1,300 a month to a payment that is pegged at the highest tuition at a public university in a veteran's state of residence, which for Massachusetts would be $10,232. The bill includes monthly living expenses of $1,100 to $1,200.
In July, VA planned to develop a procurement for the new system through the Office of Personnel Management's Training and Management Assistance contract, said Keith Pedigo, assistant deputy undersecretary at the Office of Policy and Program Management at the Veterans Benefits Administration. He testified at a hearing of the House VA committee on Sept. 24.
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The Veterans Affairs Department has asked the Navy to develop a computer system to process the complex claims for educational benefits that veterans will file under the new GI bill President Bush signed into law in June.
Comment on this article in The Forum.In an Oct. 17 letter sent to the House and Senate VA committees, and obtained by Nextgov, VA Secretary James Peake wrote that the agency has hired the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in Charleston, S.C., to build a system to process educational benefits for veteran as outlined in the 2008 GI bill. The bill, called the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, was part of the 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act that provided veterans with expanded educational benefits. For example, the bill hikes payments for tuition from $1,300 a month to a payment that is pegged at the highest tuition at a public university in a veteran's state of residence, which for Massachusetts would be $10,232. The bill includes monthly living expenses of $1,100 to $1,200.
In July, VA planned to develop a procurement for the new system through the Office of Personnel Management's Training and Management Assistance contract, said Keith Pedigo, assistant deputy undersecretary at the Office of Policy and Program Management at the Veterans Benefits Administration. He testified at a hearing of the House VA committee on Sept. 24.
Full story: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081029_2928.php?zone=NGpopular <http://gove-media.com/portal/wts/ccmcfOaQe8aqo8-L7EnkbQ6Mivd>
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Navy drafting Naval Operations Concept
By Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Oct 22, 2008 9:52:16 EDT
Deploying U.S. naval forces must be more flexible, able to split up and re-form in different combinations as situations require. The fleet still needs 11 aircraft carriers to meet its missions but more amphibious ships are required to support new missions. The number of formal and informal maritime partnerships will continue to grow. Even when mine-hunting Littoral Combat Ships come into service, a gap will remain in the Navy’s ability to combat the undersea threat. Ballistic missile defense is increasingly seen as a basic naval capability.
Those are some of the issues addressed in a working draft of the Naval Operations Concept (NOC) 2008, another in a series of documents meant to describe how, when and where U.S. naval forces will prevent conflict and prevail in war.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/defense_noc_102108/
Posted : Wednesday Oct 22, 2008 9:52:16 EDT
Deploying U.S. naval forces must be more flexible, able to split up and re-form in different combinations as situations require. The fleet still needs 11 aircraft carriers to meet its missions but more amphibious ships are required to support new missions. The number of formal and informal maritime partnerships will continue to grow. Even when mine-hunting Littoral Combat Ships come into service, a gap will remain in the Navy’s ability to combat the undersea threat. Ballistic missile defense is increasingly seen as a basic naval capability.
Those are some of the issues addressed in a working draft of the Naval Operations Concept (NOC) 2008, another in a series of documents meant to describe how, when and where U.S. naval forces will prevent conflict and prevail in war.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/defense_noc_102108/
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
NavCivGuide: A Handbook for Civilians in the United States Navy
Just as Thomas Cutler's The Bluejacket's Manual serves as the standard introduction and continuing reference guide for American sailors, this new handbook provides a basic reference guide for civilians working for the U.S. Navy. It will acquaint them with the Navy's world of acronyms, n-codes, uniforms, and customs. The author explains that a big step toward fitting in has always been learning how to "talk the talk and walk the walk," and this guide provides new employees and veteran workers alike with the words and steps needed to succeed in the Navy. Among its special features are sections on using military salutations properly, reading naval uniforms, understanding the culture of the Department of Defense, and an introduction to ships and airplanes.Thomas J. Cutler, Lt. Cmdr., USN (Ret.), is also the author of A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy, The Battle of Leyte Gulf, and among other books, and is the recipient of the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Crew confusion for LCS
Questions remain as Navy unveils surface warfare module
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jul 20, 2008 9:34:20 EDT
DAHLGREN, Va. — In a ceremony here July 11, with all the trappings of a trade show — exhibit booths, computer demos and take-home tchotchkes — the Navy unveiled the surface warfare package for its littoral combat ship, the second of three "plug-in" modules for the new generation of multi-purpose vessels.
But even as acquisition officials and defense contractors reeled off details about how the advanced new sensors and weapons will work, they had little new information about another key component of the warship: its crew. This is despite the fact that both LCS 1 and 2 could be commissioned as early as this year.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/navy_lcs_manning_072008w/
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jul 20, 2008 9:34:20 EDT
DAHLGREN, Va. — In a ceremony here July 11, with all the trappings of a trade show — exhibit booths, computer demos and take-home tchotchkes — the Navy unveiled the surface warfare package for its littoral combat ship, the second of three "plug-in" modules for the new generation of multi-purpose vessels.
But even as acquisition officials and defense contractors reeled off details about how the advanced new sensors and weapons will work, they had little new information about another key component of the warship: its crew. This is despite the fact that both LCS 1 and 2 could be commissioned as early as this year.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/navy_lcs_manning_072008w/
SWOs to get training before hitting the water
New course to focus on fundamentals, self-assessment
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jul 20, 2008 11:06:15 EDT
After years of sending brand-new surface warfare ensigns straight to ships after graduation — rather than sending them to school first — the Navy is set to bring the schoolhouse to the waterfront.
Starting Aug. 4, the first ensigns are scheduled to report for a new introductory course after top commanders deemed ensigns were not "adequately prepared" to join the fleet after commissioning.
The new four-week course, managed by the Atlantic and Pacific afloat training groups, adds formal training for surface warfare officers who had been going straight to their first ships.
Naval Surface Force commander Vice Adm. D.C. Curtis called for the introductory course in early June, in a message that said "a large percentage of our newly reporting ensigns are not adequately prepared" to do their jobs when they report aboard their first ships.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/navy_swos_071808w/
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jul 20, 2008 11:06:15 EDT
After years of sending brand-new surface warfare ensigns straight to ships after graduation — rather than sending them to school first — the Navy is set to bring the schoolhouse to the waterfront.
Starting Aug. 4, the first ensigns are scheduled to report for a new introductory course after top commanders deemed ensigns were not "adequately prepared" to join the fleet after commissioning.
The new four-week course, managed by the Atlantic and Pacific afloat training groups, adds formal training for surface warfare officers who had been going straight to their first ships.
Naval Surface Force commander Vice Adm. D.C. Curtis called for the introductory course in early June, in a message that said "a large percentage of our newly reporting ensigns are not adequately prepared" to do their jobs when they report aboard their first ships.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/navy_swos_071808w/
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Navy puts brakes on NASCAR sponsorship
By Mark D. Faram - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jul 11, 2008 15:18:12 EDT
Navy officials have decided to pull the plug on their support for a NASCAR racing team after seven seasons and concentrate instead on other types of advertising products.
The decision on whether to go ahead with another year of the $7.5 million sponsorship was due on July 1.
"This won’t impact the remaining portion of this season; we’ll see it through," said Capt. Jack Hanzlik, spokesman for the Navy’s chief of personnel in Arlington, Va. "It is also no reflection on JR Motorsports as we have been very pleased with our relationship and the team’s performance — we just think it’s time to look at other advertising options."
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/navy_nascar_recruiting_071108w/
Posted : Friday Jul 11, 2008 15:18:12 EDT
Navy officials have decided to pull the plug on their support for a NASCAR racing team after seven seasons and concentrate instead on other types of advertising products.
The decision on whether to go ahead with another year of the $7.5 million sponsorship was due on July 1.
"This won’t impact the remaining portion of this season; we’ll see it through," said Capt. Jack Hanzlik, spokesman for the Navy’s chief of personnel in Arlington, Va. "It is also no reflection on JR Motorsports as we have been very pleased with our relationship and the team’s performance — we just think it’s time to look at other advertising options."
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/navy_nascar_recruiting_071108w/
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Surgical teams bring care closer to front
By Chris Amos - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jul 1, 2008 8:43:32 EDT
More and more surgical units — doctors, nurses and corpsmen — will be deploying to the front lines in the coming months after trials showed dramatic decreases in combat deaths since the units were first fielded four years ago, according to the Navy’s top doctor.
Since the Korean War, the Navy has not normally placed doctors in front-line units. Instead, corpsmen have stabilized troops, who were then evacuated to mobile hospitals farther from the action to receive care from physicians.
That system, based on getting patients to a trauma surgeon within the "golden hour," led to dramatic decreases in mortality within a generation. Shock-trauma platoons on the front lines are the next step in the evolution of military trauma care, said Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam Robinson.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/06/navy_shocktrauma_063008w/
Posted : Tuesday Jul 1, 2008 8:43:32 EDT
More and more surgical units — doctors, nurses and corpsmen — will be deploying to the front lines in the coming months after trials showed dramatic decreases in combat deaths since the units were first fielded four years ago, according to the Navy’s top doctor.
Since the Korean War, the Navy has not normally placed doctors in front-line units. Instead, corpsmen have stabilized troops, who were then evacuated to mobile hospitals farther from the action to receive care from physicians.
That system, based on getting patients to a trauma surgeon within the "golden hour," led to dramatic decreases in mortality within a generation. Shock-trauma platoons on the front lines are the next step in the evolution of military trauma care, said Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam Robinson.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/06/navy_shocktrauma_063008w/
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Cartoon is Navy’s envoy to anxious Japan
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer Posted : Monday Jun 16, 2008 7:17:30 EDT
Damage Controlman 3rd Class Jack O’Hara is a bumbler. On his first sea tour aboard the carrier George Washington, O’Hara is seasick, gets lost, gets chewed out for showing up late to his work center, kills his shins on the knee-knockers, and, when he runs to the wrong space during a general quarters drill, a supervisor tells him he’s just been "killed." He has to play a corpse for the rest of the evolution.
But O’Hara isn’t just any novice sailor on his first deployment. He’s the Navy’s fictional ambassador to the people of Japan, starring in a Japanese-style comic book, known as "manga," designed to introduce the nuclear-powered George Washington to an uneasy nation that until now has hosted only conventionally powered carriers.
Ready for life after NMCI?
Few specifics so far for next-generation intranet system
By Antonie Boessenkool - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jun 18, 2008 12:41:05
When the Navy’s $9.9 billion contract for its sprawling Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program expires in a little over two years, there will be changes.
Whether they will be the kind of changes that will make sailors and Marines — fed up with years of error messages and piles of other user problems — dance for joy remains to be seen. As for the Next Generation Enterprise Network, the follow-on to NMCI, Robert Carey, the Navy Department’s chief information officer, wouldn’t comment on when the Navy would put out a request for proposals.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/06/navy_nmci_061608w/
By Antonie Boessenkool - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jun 18, 2008 12:41:05
When the Navy’s $9.9 billion contract for its sprawling Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program expires in a little over two years, there will be changes.
Whether they will be the kind of changes that will make sailors and Marines — fed up with years of error messages and piles of other user problems — dance for joy remains to be seen. As for the Next Generation Enterprise Network, the follow-on to NMCI, Robert Carey, the Navy Department’s chief information officer, wouldn’t comment on when the Navy would put out a request for proposals.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/06/navy_nmci_061608w/
Mercy wins hearts amid danger in Philippines
By Jim Gomez - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jun 16, 2008 8:18:46 EDT
CALBAYOG, Philippines — A mayor waited five years in vain for Filipino politicians to make good on a promise to build a badly needed health clinic in this far-flung city. U.S. Navy Seabees helped local troops construct it — in 30 days.
The Seabees, the Navy’s construction units, arrived weeks ahead of the hospital ship USNS Mercy, which visited impoverished Calbayog for the second time Saturday after treating thousands of people for free in 1987.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/06/ap_mercy_philippines_061508/
Posted : Monday Jun 16, 2008 8:18:46 EDT
CALBAYOG, Philippines — A mayor waited five years in vain for Filipino politicians to make good on a promise to build a badly needed health clinic in this far-flung city. U.S. Navy Seabees helped local troops construct it — in 30 days.
The Seabees, the Navy’s construction units, arrived weeks ahead of the hospital ship USNS Mercy, which visited impoverished Calbayog for the second time Saturday after treating thousands of people for free in 1987.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/06/ap_mercy_philippines_061508/
Friday, May 23, 2008
22,516 sailors moving up to E-4, E-5 and E-6
By Mark D. Faram
Tuesday May 20, 2008
The Navy will announce the advancement of 21,739 active-duty sailors to the ranks of E-4, E-5 and E-6 this week. Another 777 will move up in the full-time support community’s petty officer ranks.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_activequotas_051908w/
Tuesday May 20, 2008
The Navy will announce the advancement of 21,739 active-duty sailors to the ranks of E-4, E-5 and E-6 this week. Another 777 will move up in the full-time support community’s petty officer ranks.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_activequotas_051908w/
Statement of John G. Cotton Chief United States Navy Reserve
Committee on Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
May 14, 2008
Excerpt
“Whether supporting combat operations in Iraq or Afghanistan, providing Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief at home or abroad or supporting daily Navy missions at every Fleet and COCOM, Navy Reservists provide integrated operational support while continuing to maintain the RC's role as a Strategic Baseline. As demonstrated through force generation, deployment and redeployment, it is clear that RC forces meet two significant needs of our Navy. First, Reservists deliver a strategic capability and capacity in support of major combat operations, and second, they provide operational augmentation to meet predictable and periodic routine military missions. By continuing to fully develop ARI, our Navy has institutionalized an Operational Navy Reserve. The Navy simply cannot meet all Fleet and GWOT requirements without the many contributions of its Reserve Force.”
http://appropriations.senate.gov/Hearings/2008_05_14_-Defense-_Testimony_of_Vice_Admiral_Cotton_at_the_May_14th_Hearing_on_the_FY_2009_Guard_and_Reserve_Budget.pdf?CFID=30334872&CFTOKEN=50009343
May 14, 2008
Excerpt
“Whether supporting combat operations in Iraq or Afghanistan, providing Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief at home or abroad or supporting daily Navy missions at every Fleet and COCOM, Navy Reservists provide integrated operational support while continuing to maintain the RC's role as a Strategic Baseline. As demonstrated through force generation, deployment and redeployment, it is clear that RC forces meet two significant needs of our Navy. First, Reservists deliver a strategic capability and capacity in support of major combat operations, and second, they provide operational augmentation to meet predictable and periodic routine military missions. By continuing to fully develop ARI, our Navy has institutionalized an Operational Navy Reserve. The Navy simply cannot meet all Fleet and GWOT requirements without the many contributions of its Reserve Force.”
http://appropriations.senate.gov/Hearings/2008_05_14_-Defense-_Testimony_of_Vice_Admiral_Cotton_at_the_May_14th_Hearing_on_the_FY_2009_Guard_and_Reserve_Budget.pdf?CFID=30334872&CFTOKEN=50009343
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Ship honors SEAL who received Medal of Honor
By Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer
Posted : Friday May 9, 2008 8:36:24 EDT
The last Arleigh Burke-class destroyer will bear the name of a Navy SEAL awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan.
The Michael Murphy, DDG 112, honors Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who led a four-man team searching for a key Taliban leader in mountains near Asadabad, Afghanistan. On June 28, 2005, the team came under fire from a much larger enemy force with superior tactical position. According to the Navy, Murphy, although mortally wounded by enemy fire, knowingly left his position of cover to get a clear signal in order to communicate with his headquarters. While being shot at repeatedly, Murphy calmly provided his unit’s location and requested immediate support for his element. He returned to his cover position to continue the fight until finally succumbing to his wounds.
Navy Secretary Donald Winter announced the selection of Murphy’s name for DDG 112 at a May 7 ceremony in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
Murphy’s hometown of Patchogue, N.Y., dedicated a park in to Murphy. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Park contains a black granite wall dedicated to the men lost in Operation Red Wing, with each member’s name inscribed. A black granite stone embedded in the plaza bears the picture of Murphy and his Medal of Honor.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_destroyermurphy_050708w/
Posted : Friday May 9, 2008 8:36:24 EDT
The last Arleigh Burke-class destroyer will bear the name of a Navy SEAL awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan.
The Michael Murphy, DDG 112, honors Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who led a four-man team searching for a key Taliban leader in mountains near Asadabad, Afghanistan. On June 28, 2005, the team came under fire from a much larger enemy force with superior tactical position. According to the Navy, Murphy, although mortally wounded by enemy fire, knowingly left his position of cover to get a clear signal in order to communicate with his headquarters. While being shot at repeatedly, Murphy calmly provided his unit’s location and requested immediate support for his element. He returned to his cover position to continue the fight until finally succumbing to his wounds.
Navy Secretary Donald Winter announced the selection of Murphy’s name for DDG 112 at a May 7 ceremony in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
Murphy’s hometown of Patchogue, N.Y., dedicated a park in to Murphy. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Park contains a black granite wall dedicated to the men lost in Operation Red Wing, with each member’s name inscribed. A black granite stone embedded in the plaza bears the picture of Murphy and his Medal of Honor.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_destroyermurphy_050708w/
U.S. Navy Photo Illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jay Chu
Navy changes course on IT outsourcing
By Bob Brewin bbrewin@govexec.com
May 8, 2008
The Navy, which had outsourced the management and defense of its most crucial network to industry, plans to bring that function back in-house, saying it now views such information technology functions as a "warfighting imperative," requiring the service's managers to supervise the systems.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080508_1459.php
May 8, 2008
The Navy, which had outsourced the management and defense of its most crucial network to industry, plans to bring that function back in-house, saying it now views such information technology functions as a "warfighting imperative," requiring the service's managers to supervise the systems.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080508_1459.php
Navy seeks new servicewide ‘ethos’
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday May 8, 2008 9:38:03 EDT
The Navy has a creed, knows what being a "shipmate" means and now is looking for an "ethos."
A Navy-wide message sent Monday invited sailors and civilians throughout the service to comment on a draft statement and submit suggestions to help define the "distinguishing character, culture, or guiding beliefs" of the sea service. The message was signed by Vice Adm. John Harvey, director of the Navy Staff.
"The purpose of the Navy ethos statement is to communicate and emphasize the fundamental principles and values we would expect to be shared by all who serve within the Navy team, military and civilian alike, no matter what community, command, specialty, or position each of us are associated with," Harvey wrote.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_ethos_survey_050608w/
Posted : Thursday May 8, 2008 9:38:03 EDT
The Navy has a creed, knows what being a "shipmate" means and now is looking for an "ethos."
A Navy-wide message sent Monday invited sailors and civilians throughout the service to comment on a draft statement and submit suggestions to help define the "distinguishing character, culture, or guiding beliefs" of the sea service. The message was signed by Vice Adm. John Harvey, director of the Navy Staff.
"The purpose of the Navy ethos statement is to communicate and emphasize the fundamental principles and values we would expect to be shared by all who serve within the Navy team, military and civilian alike, no matter what community, command, specialty, or position each of us are associated with," Harvey wrote.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_ethos_survey_050608w/
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