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The U.S. Navy is granting service members the opportunity to extend their enlistment amid a government shutdown and lapse in appropriations, according to a Nov. 6 memo from the Navy Pay and Personnel Support Center. Sailors with a soft expiration of active obligated service — a date for separation that was extended past their original one — on Dec. 5 or earlier are allowed to execute a voluntary extension of no more than 30 days.

Sailor Pay During Government Shutdown Updated Nov. 6, 2025

Federal prosecutors have charged another person in connection with the "parking lot scam" targeting Navy Federal Credit Union customers, marking the latest development in a fraud scheme that has victimized hundreds of people in recent years in the Hampton Roads region.

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How much is Taco trump wasting taxpayers money? Two days after passing through the Strait of Gibraltar en route to the Caribbean, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has not moved significantly from a position just west of Morocco in North Africa, the Navy confirmed to us Thursday. The flattop and elements of its strike group were ordered by President Donald Trump to join the ongoing enhanced counter-narcotics mission in the region, but it is unclear if plans have changed.

BREMERTON - The Navy has granted an honorable discharge to a former Naval Base Kitsap command master chief who was convicted last year of attempted child rape. Edward E. Scott, 44, once the local base's highest enlisted man, was arrested after a sting operation in which an officer posed as the mother of young twins in an online forum. Scott was met by police at a Bremerton motel where he had arranged to have sex with what he believed was the mother and both children.

AMMAN/DAMASCUS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The U.S. plans for the presence in the Syrian capital, which have not previously been reported, would be a sign of Syria's strategic realignment with the U.S. following the fall last year of longtime leader Bashar al-Assad, an ally of Iran.

Democrat Mikie Sherrill has been elected as the 57th governor of New Jersey, defeating General Assembly Member Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump. Sherrill is a former Navy pilot and has represented New Jersey's 11th U.S. House district since she was elected in 2018.

“As you all know, because you are all witness to it every single day, the president is in optimal physical health.” ~ White House press secretary Karolying Leavitt

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R 301508Z OCT 25 MID120012170155U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 226/25 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N3N5N7// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N3N5N7// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC//OCT// SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2026-2027 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TOURS WITH INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ENLISTED// REF/A/DOC/SECNAV/15MAY19// AMPN/SECNAVINST 1320.1A, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TOURS WITH INDUSTRY PROGRAM.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the Academic Year (AY) 2026-2027 Secretary of the Navy Tours with Industry (SNTWI) program for Enlisted Sailors, per reference (a). This program is a unique and non-traditional opportunity for exceptional Sailors to work with partnering corporations. SNTWI fellows are immersed in industry to learn and observe corporate processes and best practices. Fellows will be matched with a company based on the fellow's background, experience, and learning objectives. The company will then place the fellow in a position that will best meet the fellow's goals and objectives within their organization. Knowledge gained as a SNTWI fellow will assist in bringing innovative ideas and proven practices back to the Navy. In the past, fellows have been assigned to Amazon, Anduril, Apple, Deloitte, FedEx, In-Q-Tel, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and SMIT Salvage. a. Eligibility: (1) All active duty E6-E9 Sailors. (2) Training and Administration of the Reserves (TAR) Sailors are eligible for the SNTWI program. (3) Sailors must have a minimum of 5 years of service as of 01 September 2026. (4) SNTWI participants must have distinguished themselves by their performance in their fields and have high potential for future leadership positions. Applicants must be within physical readiness standards. (5) Sailors in receipt of orders, or within three years of their projected separation date, are not eligible. b. Program information: Up to ten (10) Enlisted Sailors may be selected for the AY26-27 program. Fellowships will begin in August 2026 following a one-week orientation course at the Pentagon. SNTWI tours are normally 11-12 months in length. c. Reutilization/Service obligation: SNTWI Fellows incur a service obligation that is three times (3x) the number of months of the fellowship. Service obligation begins upon completion of or withdrawal from the program. Individuals who would be unable to complete the service obligation are ineligible to apply. SNTWI fellows will be assigned to a follow-on billet focused on innovation and transformation as soon as possible. 2. Timeline. All AY26-27 applications are due to OPNAV N712 no later than 24 November 2025. a. A selection panel will convene at the Pentagon in December 2025. b. Results will be announced by January 2026. Sailors selected for the program can expect to be matched with a corporation by February 2026. 3. Application process. Send requests for application templates and any questions to the OPNAV N712 POC listed in this NAVADMIN. a. Applications require a Secretary of the Navy Tours With Industry Program Application (NAVPERS 1330/4), a curriculum vitae, biography, and endorsement letters from both your commanding officer and detailer. b. Applicants should submit applications for all programs via encrypted email or DoD SAFE to the OPNAV N712 POC listed in this NAVADMIN. Prior to submission, ensure electronic copies are clear, legible, and properly endorsed. A single PDF containing all documents is preferred, with the following naming convention: Lastname_Firstname_Application. 4. Points of Contact. Contact the POCs listed below for program specific questions: a. OPNAV: Ms. Jennifer Rigdon Teter, N712 Acting Branch Head, 703-692-1934, jennifer.c.rigdonteter.civ@us.navy.mil; LT James Tully, N712 Action Officer, 571-256-4784, james.p.tully8.mil@us.navy.mil; Ms. Hannah Olivieri, N712 Contract Support, 703-693-0450, hannah.g.olivieri.ctr@us.navy.mil. b. For community specific eligibility questions, please contact your detailer. 5. Released by VADM Yvette M. Davids, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans, Strategy, and Warfighting Development, (OPNAV N3N5N7).// BT #0001 NNNN

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Two months after an IT hiccup at the Department of Veterans Affairs left a significant portion of GI Bill recipients without their anticipated payments for school and housing, some advocates have a message for the VA: Turn the GI Bill hotline back on.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun detailed planning for a new mission to send American troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target drug cartels, according to two U.S. officials and two former senior U.S. officials familiar with the effort.

President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has instructed the Defense Department to “prepare for possible action” in Nigeria over the country’s alleged killing of Christians. “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” Trump wrote on social media.

Local health officials are asking the U.S. Navy why they were not warned about elevated radiation levels detected in the city last year.

It'd be cool if that money was used to pay Navy Servicemembers instead... The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster, according to sources and federal contracting documents. Construction on some of the facilities is set to begin as soon as next month, one of the sources familiar with the project told CNN.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for transgender troops who have been banned from the armed forces by the Trump administration to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the military, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.

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The U.S. Navy master-at-arms pleaded not guilty to one count of murder and one count of gross vehicular manslaughter in the death La Mesa Officer Lauren Craven

Members of the military will be paid on Oct. 31 despite a lapse in funding during the ongoing government shutdown, the Pentagon and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed to USA TODAY. To cover $5.3 billion in military pay, OMB said officials have pulled monies from three different financial accounts, including $2.5 billion from a military spending account allocated as part of the Big Bloated Bill.

Defense Health Agency officials have launched an effort to bring back Medicare-eligible Tricare for Life military patients to their treatment facilities, the Pentagon’s top doctor said this week. They are prioritizing bringing back these retirees and their dependents back to 21 military treatment facilities, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, told a Military Officers Association of America conference Oct. 28.

Satellites Show US Warships Positioned for Possible Strikes in Venezuela

The planned attacks, first reported Thursday night by the Wall Street Journal, will seek to destroy military installations used by the drug-trafficking organization the U.S. says is headed by Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and run by top members of his regime.