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The top enlisted sailor wants to boost education and quality of life
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea wants to revamp and expand how the Navy is educating its sailors. The Navy’s Enlisted Leader Development training aims to equip sailors with skills in character development, decision-making, self-awareness and ethics. But the Navy has largely distributed this training away from dedicated schoolhouses and, instead, dispersed it throughout the fleet. -
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Pentagon issues 101 recommendations for suicide prevention to be implemented by end of fiscal 2030
WASHINGTON — Including unit leaders in more suicide prevention training and increasing mental health services are just two of the more than 100 recommendations that the Pentagon said Thursday will be implemented in the next seven years to help address the suicide crisis in the military. “Suicide prevention is a long-term effort. Change will not happen overnight, but we have no time to spare,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote in a memo announcing the initiative. -
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Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Underway from Japan After 11-Day Delay
Carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) got underway on Friday after canceling its departure six times since Sept. 18. Meanwhile, the Navy’s two Ghost Fleet unmanned surface vessel prototypes, which pulled into Yokosuka on Sept. 18, carried out drills on Wednesday with a U.S. Littoral Combat Ship and a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) frigate. Reagan departed at 9.55 a.m. local time according to the Yokosuka city government. The Navy routinely informs the Japanese government of the departures and arrivals of U.S. nuclear-powered carriers at Japanese ports. The government, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then informs the relevant city government, which publishes the information as a matter of public interest. -
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Milley in farewell speech: ‘We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator’
Gen. Mark Milley used his final speech as Joint Chiefs chair on Friday to emphasize that troops take an oath to the Constitution and not to a “wannabe dictator,” days after former President Donald Trump suggested the nation’s top officer should be put to death. -
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Navy to start randomly testing SEALs, special warfare troops for steroids
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November, taking a groundbreaking step that military leaders have long resisted. Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, announced the new program Friday in a message to his force, calling it necessary to protect their health and military readiness. The Navy will be the first to begin random testing, but Army Special Operations Command said it will soon follow suit, although no start date has been set.
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