Navy Relocation Assistance, Detailing, PCS Orders & Assignments
Bupers and NPC forum with topics such as detailing, assignments, travel, lodging, shipment of house-hold goods, negotiating & getting your PCS orders and related Navy items.
On Aug. 7, 2026, Rear. Adm. Kevin Brown, commander of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP), relieved Capt. Mathew Loe as commanding officer of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Lemoore due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.
Based on Sailor feedback, female Sailors can now purchase newly designed Service Khaki slacks with back pockets and modern fit sizing. Slacks will be available for purchase or try-on at NEX Norfolk, NEX Oceana and NEX Arlington, Virginia; NEX Great Lakes, Illinois; NEX Jacksonville and NEX Pensacola, Aviation Plaza, Florida; NEX San Diego; NEX Kitsap-Bangor, Washington; NEX Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and NEX Bethesda, Maryland, as well as online at myNavyExchange.com.
Sailors who have spent at least a year on medical shaving waivers could be considered for separation from the Navy as early as next month under a new facial hair policy, the service confirmed to Stars and Stripes.
Read more at: https://okinawa.stripes.com/community-news/separation-reviews-sailors-shaving-waivers.html1
Source - Stars and Stripes