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September 30, 2021 - PTU Fitness Suit (mandatory possession date) October 31, 2021 - Enlisted Male/Female Service Dress Whites (mandatory possession date) No mandatory wear date - Optional Physical Training Uniform (Optional wear) No mandatory wear date - Sweat Shirt and Sweat Pants (Optional wear) PTU Fact Sheet

The Arleigh Burke-class vessels are larger, and with weaponry including more than ninety missiles, are also more heavily armed than most previous ships classified as guided missile cruisers.

WASHINGTON — LGBTQ veterans who were kicked out of the military under the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy of the 1990s and 2000s will now be eligible for government benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell forced about 14,000 service members out of the military during the 17 years that the policy was in place. Those troops were given other-than-honorable discharges, making them ineligible for many VA benefits, including health care, disability compensation, home loans and burial benefits.

UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 211204Z SEP 21 MID600051004382U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 206/21 MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N2N6/SEP// SUBJ/2021 ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS OUTSTANDING NAVY UNIT AWARD WINNERS// REF/A/DOC/AOC/30JAN2021// AMPN/REF A IS THE AOC LETTER FOR ANNUAL AWARD NOMINATIONS.// POC/NORTHROP/CTTCM/N2N6WT/TEL: (571)256-8542 /EMAIL: JAMES.E.NORTHROP.MIL(AT)US.NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. Congratulations to USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), Naval Special Warfare Mission Support Center, and Naval Special Warfare Development Group for their selection as the 2021 Association of Old Crows Outstanding Navy Unit Award winners. Their contributions to the Information Operations and Electronic Warfare community are significant and noteworthy. Well done and a hearty congratulations to all, for their outstanding efforts. 2. Released by VADM Jeffrey E. Trussler, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, OPNAV N2N6.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//

The Defense Department soon will begin a three-year rollout of a cloud-based system intended to replace the aging Defense Travel System, which has been beset by costly inefficiency for years. Dubbed MyTravel, the new system will let users book travel and process expense reports online.

NORFOLK, Va. -- Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Ryan L. Crosby, assigned to Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic (EWTGLANT) in Virginia Beach passed away Sept. 19, due to COVID-19 related complications at a local hospital. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and coworkers of Petty Officer Crosby during this extremely difficult time, and we ask that their privacy be respected," said EWTGLANT Commander, Col. Christopher Browning. EWTGLANT Sailors, Marines and civilians are supported by chaplains, mental health specialists, and counselors. Anyone experiencing flu-like symptoms is encouraged to seek medical treatment immediately. For questions related to this release, please contact Lt. Cmdr. Laura Stegherr, Carrier Strike Group Four public affairs officer at 757-341-3467 or laura.k.stegherr.mil@us.navy.mil.

SAN DIEGO — The Navy is conducting a deep-sea search for the remains of five sailors and the wreckage of a Navy helicopter that hit the deck of an aircraft carrier off the San Diego coast on Aug. 31 and plunged into the Pacific Ocean. The Navy launched the search Wednesday, bring in sailors from its command that is specialized in undersea searches and salvage. They will be using the ship Dominator, which uses a sonar scanner.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Selected Reserve (SELRES) Sailors assigned to various Navy Reserve units across the United States recently concluded testing efforts of a pilot program for eNavFit, the Navy’s new performance evaluation interface, scheduled to replace NAVFIT98A. Reserve Component (RC) testing of the program, which began earlier this summer, aimed to examine the functionality and compatibility of the new web-based interface on various CAC-enabled computers both in and outside of traditional work environments. “Their feedback is critical,” said Performance Evaluation Training Task Force Officer in Charge Cmdr. Kristie Colpo. “Having our Reserve Shipmates test and evaluate eNavFit has significantly contributed to our development efforts because they often work from home.” Navy Reserve units involved in the test pilot program included Navy Reserve Navy Recruiting District Detachment Houston (NR NRD Det. Houston), Navy Reserve Special Operations Command North (NR SOCNORTH), and U.S. Fleet Forces Maritime Air Operations Detachment-Fort Dix (US FFMAO Fort Dix). Based on the feedback from the Reserve pilot testing, eNavFit is expected to available for full Reserve Force following the official NAVADMIN announcement in the coming weeks. “eNavFit 2.0 is a solid improvement over our existing system. If I can jump in and start using it, today’s Sailors will learn to use this system pretty quickly,” said Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander, NPC. “This is the type of system that changes our Sailors’ lives and improves outcomes by streamlining the evaluation process.” “The easy access of it is what stood out to me the most. It’s very user-friendly,” said Chief Yeoman Veronica Chavez, a Reserve Sailor attached to NR SOCNORTH who served as the testing pilot program liaison between her unit and Navy Personnel Command. “The new program addresses technical issues we were experiencing before, like accessing databases, importing and exporting. Everybody here liked it and is excited for its official release.” In addition to eNavFit’s expansion of NAVFIT98A’s capabilities, the new web-based interface enables users to digitally sign, validate, and electronically submit performance evaluations and fitness reports to the Performance Evaluation Division (PERS-32) for entry into Sailors’ Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) records. “It has great potential,” said Navy Reserve Navy Talent Acquistion Group (NR NTAG) Officer in Charge Cmdr. JoAnn Friesz, attached to NR NRD Det. Houston. “There were still a few minor glitches we discovered and communicated back to be resolved, but overall I like the fact that we’ll be able to work on FITREPs and EVALs without having to extract databases. Having the new eNAVFIT program on BOL [Bupers Online] makes life much easier.” The eNavFit rollout is part of a series of Performance Evaluation Transformation and Talent Management (PET-TM) programs and initiatives designed to better train, develop, and retain top talent. PET-TM is a suite of talent management enhancements that are designed for more frequent and meaningful Sailor development conversations, systematic mid-term counseling for recurring workplace performance feedback, and more efficient and effective Sailor performance evaluation tools and processes. A revision to the BUPERSINST 1610.10 instruction that includes a greater refocus on mid-term counseling is scheduled for release alongside eNavFit, and a new development initiative called MyNavy Coaching, designed to create the conditions for Sailors to develop and grow, will follow in 2022. The Active Duty pilot for eNavFit is scheduled to run through Fall 2021, and open for full active duty use in December of this year.

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Berlin police have 'probable identity' for woman accused of assaulting U.S. Navy sailor

Late in August, the Navy SEAL Teams went through a significant restructuring, with two units being disestablished and consolidated into a new one. Naval Special Warfare Group 3 and Naval Special Warfare Group 10 were deactivated and their "headquarters, missions, functions, and tasks" combined in the new Naval Special Warfare Group 8.

Nearly two months after a Navy petty officer died in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, the sea service is remaining largely mum regarding what happened. Command officials said Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 1st Class Robin Nicole Collins, 26, died July 18 while on duty.

Entrance fees for the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and standard amenity recreation fees for the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sites are waived for current Military Service-members and their dependents, Veterans and Gold Star Families. They now have free access to approximately 2,000 public locations spread out across more than 400 million acres of public lands, which host activities to fit any lifestyle, from serene to high octane, including hiking, fishing, paddling, biking, hunting, stargazing, camping, and much more.

Aug/ Sept 2021 DANTES Information Bulletin

15 September 2021: For clarification to NAVADMIN 129/21, the following is provided: - Terminal Leave: At the discretion of the CO, members on terminal leave are not required to participate in the Navy’s PFA cycle. However, member’s with approved terminal leave which starts after the command’s PFA cycle are required to participate in the Navy’s official PFA. Once member is on terminal leave, CFLs must place member in a transfer status in PRIMS. - DOD Skill-Bridge: Members who have been approved to participate in Skill-Bridge are not required to participate in the Navy’s official PFA once they have departed, transferred or already TAD from the command for Skill-Bridge assignment. However, members who are approved to attend Skill-Bridge and still at the command during the command’s PFA cycle are required to participate in the Navy’s official PFA cycle. Once a member is at Skill-Bridge and the command has determined the member will not return, the CFL must place the member in a transfer status in PRIMS. For more information on Skill-Bridge, please go to the website: https://dodskillbridge.usalearning.gov/program-overview.htm

From Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lex Barlow MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Navy Personnel Command (NPC) is launching a series of Performance Evaluation Transformation and Talent Management (PET-TM) programs and initiatives designed to better train, develop, and retain top talent. PET-TM is a suite of talent management enhancements that are designed for more frequent and meaningful Sailor development conversations, systematic mid-term counseling for recurring workplace performance feedback, and more efficient and effective Sailor performance evaluation tools and processes. The new programs and initiatives include eNavFit 2.0 which upgrades NavFit98A to a fully web enabled system that also works with disconnected operations, a revision to the BUPERSINST 1610.10 instruction to refocus mid-term counseling, and a new development initiative called MyNavy Coaching to create the conditions for Sailors to develop and grow. One significant development in performance management modernization is the introduction of eNavFit 2.0, a web-based interface accessible through BUPERS Online (BOL) and NPC Document Services for online EVAL and FITREP submission. eNavFit 2.0 just concluded the Reserve Forces pilot program and will open for full Reserve Force use in late Oct. 2021. The active duty pilot is scheduled to run through fall 2021 and open for full active duty use in Jan. 2022. "eNavFit 2.0 is solid improvement over our existing system. If I can jump in and start using it, today's Sailors will learn to use this system pretty quickly," said Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander, NPC. “This is the type of system that changes our Sailors’ lives and improves outcomes by streamlining the evaluation process.” eNavFit 2.0 enables Sailors and commands with internet access to initiate, route, digitally sign, and submit performance evaluations online to the Sailor’s Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). For those disconnected from the internet, eNavFit 2.0 allows performance evaluations to be completed and routed offline, digitally signed, and then uploaded for OMPF submission via a downloadable document manager or printed for a wet signature then mailed to NPC. “The goal of eNavFit is to consolidate the functionality of the current NAVFIT98A, CPO EVALS, and Flag FITREP system, as well as the PERS-32 processing actions, into a uniform solution for all members of the Navy,” said Capt. Michael Schwerin, Navy Personnel Command special assistant for Talent Management. “This new system takes an incremental approach to transformation. We’re building an online system that allows for better data integration and disconnected operations while building the foundation for our next generation system.” Both the online and offline versions of eNavFit 2.0 include built-in quality control rules that reduce errors, result in fewer rejected reports, and reduce administrative burdens on commands. eNavFit 2.0 also lays the foundation for the incremental development of the next generation system, eNavFit 3.0, which is planned to integrate improved traits and values statements and expanded performance development options. From a policy perspective, Performance Evaluation Transformation (PET) will begin in late 2021 with the release of BUPERSINST 1610.10F - a revised Navy Performance Evaluation System instruction. As part of this implementation, mid-term counseling is being refocused to ensure all personnel know that it is mandatory and that everyone will receive it. Additional resources will also be made available to facilitate the counseling session. These resources include: training material to ensure the supervisor and member know their roles in preparing for the performance counseling session; a checklist for ease to ensure supervisors are following the steps to conduct effective performance counseling; guidance on the five key steps for the supervisor to follow during the performance counseling session; information on the three core skills of coaching; and introducing the use of the Military Individual Development Plan to track and guide development after having performance conversations. Several of the key policy changes include updates to Chapter 18 pertaining to mid-term counseling and coaching, introduction of eNavFit 2.0, and a change among the Reserve Component where the Unit Mobilization Unit Identification Code (UMUIC) reporting senior will be responsible for writing a Reservist's performance evaluations vice the Training Unit Identification Code (TRUIC) reporting senior. The final PET-TM initiative that is scheduled to roll out to the Navy in late 2021 or early 2022 is MyNavy Coaching - a development initiative focused on the use of coach-like behaviors that serve as a communication tool designed to motivate Sailors to invest in their development and enhance their performance through personal and professional goal setting and constructive feedback. “The MyNavy Coaching initiative is a CNP-led effort to build and sustain a coaching culture within the Navy with the goal not to make every Sailor a coach but to make our sailors more coach-like by using the core skills of active listening, empathy, and asking powerful questions,” said Lt. Cmdr. Erica Harris, scientific research advisor, MyNavy Coaching team.. “Coaching is a communication skill that creates the conditions for growth for every member of the Navy to build relationships that requires not just learning but practice that will empower our sailors to take accountability and ownership of their development, leading to better performance outcomes.” MyNavy Coaching utilizes a peer-to-peer coaching approach to build a coach-like developmental culture in the Navy where everyone is responsible for development, not just supervisors or leaders. The approach is being scaled for all sailors, regardless of rank and consists of implementing MyNavy Coaching content within leadership schools, accession points, support to commands, and existing customers and processes. While these changes in performance appraisal and Sailor development will be implemented in the near term, PET-TM is already addressing enhancements for the future. In partnership with the Naval Postgraduate School, two studies will begin in Fiscal Year 2022 exploring future performance evaluation system and policy enhancements. These future system enhancements will be key elements of eNavFit 3.0 and the Navy’s future performance evaluation system

Crazy lady alert! A video on TikTok showing a woman shrieking and cursing at a man in a Berlin pizzeria has prompted a criminal investigation, with police saying the victim was a Navy sailor attacked for no apparent reason. At one point, the woman appears to slap the man — who is off camera — and yelling “this is disgusting” while flinging his cap to the ground.

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. - The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program completed its first aerial refueling of an F-35C Lightning II aircraft by the Boeing-owned MQ-25 test asset, known as T1, as part of the Navy’s broader initiative to field unmanned systems that transform and enhance the fleet’s capability, capacity and lethality. The integrated Navy and Boeing MQ-25 team, in coordination with the F-35 program, conducted the refueling flight Sept. 13 near MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. “Every T1 flight with another Type/Model/Series aircraft gets us one step closer to rapidly delivering a fully mission-capable MQ-25 to the fleet,” said Capt. Chad Reed, the Navy’s PMA-268 program manager. “Stingray’s unmatched refueling capability is going to increase the Navy’s power projection and provide operational flexibility to the carrier strike group commanders.” This event marked the third refueling flight for the T1 test aircraft. During the three-hour flight, a Navy F-35C pilot from Air Test Wing and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) approached T1, performed formation evaluations, wake surveys, drogue tracking and plugged with the MQ-25 test asset at 225 knots calibrated airspeed (KCAS) and altitude of 10,000 feet. From the ground control station, an air vehicle operator then initiated the fuel transfer from T1’s aerial refueling store to the F-35C. Once operational, MQ-25 will refuel every receiver-capable carrier-based aircraft. Each unique aircraft platform will have a different aerodynamic interaction in the wake of MQ-25. Conducting refueling test missions with various aircraft allows the program to analyze data and determine if any adjustments to guidance and control are required. Earlier this summer, the program completed unmanned refueling missions with an F/A-18 Super Hornet and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. Each aircraft platform is aerodynamically unique so how they respond in the wake of a tanker is different. Flying different aircraft behind the MQ-25 lets us assess how they will interact, Reed said. Following this flight, T1 will enter into a modification period to integrate the deck handling system in preparation for a shipboard demonstration this winter. To date, T1 has conducted 36 flights, providing the program with valuable information on aerodynamics, propulsion, guidance and control in advance of the MQ-25 engineering and manufacturing development aircraft deliveries. The MQ-25 will be the first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft and will provide critical aerial refueling and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to support the Air Wing of the Future - a mix of fourth and fifth-generation aircraft, manned and unmanned platforms, and netted sensors and weapons. Along with organic tanking, the MQ-25 will pave the way for manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T) of carrier-based aircraft that will extend the strike range and enhance maneuverability. As unmanned tanking capacity increases, the manned tanker requirement decreases, promoting additional service life and capacity available for manned strike-fighter missions.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A retired Navy officer and former faculty member at the Navy War College in Newport, Rhode Island, has been sentenced to serve life in prison for sexually abusing a child for years. U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered retired Lt. Cmdr. Ronald Zenga, a former helicopter pilot, to serve the rest of his natural life in federal prison during sentencing Friday in Providence federal court, WPRI-TV reports.

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Two U.S. service members assigned to a U.S. Navy base in Sicily were killed Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash, U.S. Navy officials said. The announcement was made through a post to the Naval Air Station Sigonella Facebook page. The post did not include any details about the crash or identify the service members involved.

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FY-22 Cycle 250 Active Duty E-7 Quotas Includes percentage and comparison of past Cycle 246 to the current Cycle 250