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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Department of Health and Navy are investigating after about 30 gallons of a fuel and water mixture was released from a maintenance line connected to a tank at the Red Hill fuel storage facility.
The Navy said the release happened during a “maintenance activity” just after 12 p.m., and said that all leaked liquids were recovered with one of their sumps.
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For those applying for the FY-24 LDO & CWO program
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There’s no doubt that serving in the military comes with some pretty good benefits and there’s a way to hang on to most of them, earn some extra cash and keep working towards a Navy retirement by serving part-time.
Personnel officials released NAVADMIN 084/22 on March 31 with the specific purpose of educating all Navy Career Counselors and command leaders on the details of the Active Component to Selected Reserve Program (AC2SELRES).Reservists who drill part-time are Selected Reservists, or SELRES, and AC2SELRES will take enlisted Sailors straight into the Reserve without any break in service. No visit to a recruiter is needed because the Navy handles transferring you into the Reserve much like transferring to another command.
The Selected Reserve (SELRES) has most of the same benefits their active component shipmates do, such as access to the commissary and exchange services, and on-base Morale, Welfare, and Recreation facilities.
A significant benefit is qualifying for 180 days of premium-free Tricare Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP) medical coverage. However, this benefit is only available to those who transition directly from the active component to the Reserve.
After that, you keep going with Tricare by enrolling in Reserve Select medical and Tricare Dental programs. Both are premium-based and are available to qualified SELRES members and their eligible family members at prices you will be hard to find in the private sector.
If you just came off of a deployment on active duty and the potential of a quick deployment in the Reserves worries you, it shouldn’t. If you ask for it, current policy allows for up to two years of deferment from mobilization from the date of separation from active duty.
AC2SELRES Sailors may also qualify for an affiliation bonus, Post-9/11 GI Bill transferability opportunities, and the Montgomery GI Bill – Selected Reserve.
Most Sailors start out applying for in-rate reserve opportunities first, but if you are willing to try something new and qualify, you could cross-rate into a new or related career field. Approval, however, is contingent on the Sailor’s qualifications and if manning levels in the new rating allow for the switch.
Sailors selected for rating conversion get counseling on the details their conversion requires, such as required block learning, school completion deadlines, Navy Wide Advancement Exam requirements, drilling obligations, and the eligibility for and obligations of financial incentives.
Those wanting to browse possibilities should contact their Command Career Counselor, who can review community health considerations in the SELRES with interested Sailors.
Sailors must meet all eligibility requirements outlined in MILPERSMAN Article 1306-1501, Enlisted Active Component To Reserve Component (AC2SELRES/AC2FTS) Transition Procedures.
Sailors interested in reenlisting into the Reserve apply through the Career Waypoints-Reenlistment module starting at 10-months before their end of service date but no later than 90 days before getting out.
Those waiting until 90 days before their service expiration can still affiliate in the Reserve, but the handling of their applications goes through their Command Career Counselor.
The Navy Reserve is hiring and in fiscal years 2022-23, there are enough openings for a majority of transitioning Sailors to have an opportunity to find a billet.
Sailors approved for transition into the Reserve are then contacted by the Navy’s Career Transition Office (CTO) at Navy Personnel Command.
The CTO introduces the Sailor to their assigned Navy Reserve Center (NRC). After that, the Sailor coordinates with the NRC to schedule their first drill weekend, complete onboarding requirements, and attend command indoctrination once orders are received.
The CTO website has more information at: https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Transition/.
Complete details and procedures, including points of contact, are available in the NAVADMIN or from your Career Counselor.
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Seaman Danyelle Luckey “didn’t die in combat or any military operation. She died from gross negligence of the medical providers on the ship she served, the USS Ronald Reagan,” said her father, Derrick Luckey.
Danyelle Luckey died from sepsis on Oct. 10, 2016. The 23-year-old had been on the ship for two weeks, and had been going back and forth to medical from Oct. 3 to Oct. 9 with worsening symptoms. “Her death was very preventable. She died in excruciating pain, instead of being properly treated,” Derrick Luckey told lawmakers during a hearing about patient safety and the quality of care in the military medical system.
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The Navy has stopped separating sailors for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds after a federal judge granted class-action certification in the case of Navy SEALs suing Department of Defense officials over the vaccine mandate, defense officials told USNI News on Wednesday.
Judge Reed O’Connor Monday granted the class action in the case of 26 Navy SEALs and other members of the special warfare community who are suing Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other Department of Defense officials to prevent being separated over the refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19 due to their religious beliefs. O’Connor also granted the preliminary injunction for the class action, extending the Navy’s inability to separate any sailors who were denied religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate.
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PASS TO OFFICE CODES:
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
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MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/CNO/DEC//
SUBJ/CCDA INTERIM GUIDANCE REGARDING MEMBERS REQUESTING RELIGIOUS
ACCOMMODATION FROM COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS//
REF/A/MSG/CNO/311913ZAUG21//
REF/B/MSG/CNO/132050ZOCT21//
REF/C/MSG/CNO/152239ZNOV21//
REF/D/MSG/CNO/151203ZDEC21//
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REF/J/DOC/BUPERINST 1730.11A/16MAR20//
REF/K/DOC/OPNAV/15AUG20//
REF/L/MSG/CNO/152351ZJAN22//
NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 190/21, 2021-2022 NAVY MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION
AND REPORTING POLICY.
REF B IS NAVADMIN 225/21, COVID-19 CONSOLIDATED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY (CCDA).
REF C IS NAVADMIN 256/21, CCDA GUIDANCE TO COMMANDERS.
REF D IS NAVADMIN 283/21, CCDA EXECUTION GUIDANCE TO COMMANDERS.
REF E IS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEFENSE MEMO MANDATING CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019
VACCINATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SERVICE MEMBERS.
REF F IS ALNAV 062/21, 2021-2022 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY MANDATORY COVID-19
VACCINATION POLICY.
REF G IS MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, NAVMED P-117, ARTICLE 15-
105(3)(n)(9).
REF H IS TRIDENT ORDER NUMBER 12, MANDATORY VACCINATION FOR COVID-19.
REF I IS U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS ORDER ON
MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND CLASS-WIDE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION.
REF J IS BUPERSINST 1730.11A, STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE
ACCOMMODATION OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES.
REF K IS MILPERSMAN 1730-020, IMMUNIZATION EXEMPTIONS FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
REF L IS NAVADMIN 07/22, U.S. NAVY COVID-19 STANDARDIZED OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
5.0.
RMKS/1. Purpose. To provide interim guidance regarding the actions directed
in references (A) through (H) for Navy service members who requested
religious accommodation from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement and who
were certified by the U.S. District Court order in reference (I) as members
of a class action in the case of U.S. Navy SEALS 1-26, et al., versus
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, III, et al..
2. Policy. To ensure immediate compliance with the court order in reference
(I), this NAVADMIN suspends separation processing and adverse administrative
consequences of COVID-19 vaccine refusal for Navy service members who
submitted requests for religious accommodation from the COVID-19 vaccine
requirement. IAW a recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Navy may
continue to consider the unvaccinated status of Navy service members when
making deployment, assignment, and other operational decisions.
3. Applicability. This NAVADMIN applies only to Navy service members who
submitted requests for religious accommodation from the COVID-19 vaccine
requirement IAW references (J) and (K). Adverse administrative consequences
and separation processing described in references (A) through (H) continue to
apply for personnel who did not submit requests for religious accommodation.
4. Action. All adverse administrative consequences of refusing the vaccine,
described in references (A) through (H), including involuntary administrative
separation, are hereby suspended for personnel who submitted religious
accommodation requests IAW references (J) and (K), pending further guidance.
4.a. In cases where commands have received formal direction to involuntarily
separate members within ten days based on misconduct (vaccine refusal) and
those members have not yet separated, DD-214s shall not be issued and members
are directed to remain on active duty, pending additional guidance. Commands
must communicate with the servicing Personnel Support Detachment or
equivalent in order to halt processing. Additionally, commands shall inform
Navy Personnel Command PERS-832 (enlisted), PERS-834 (officers), or PERS-913
(SELRES) in cases where service members awaiting separation still desire to
separate.
4.b. Voluntary resignation, retirement, regular service expiration (EAOS),
or other involuntary separations on bases other than misconduct for vaccine
refusal may continue. Members who submitted requests for religious
accommodation may cancel or amend previous voluntary retirement requests or
requests to transfer to the Fleet Reserve. Time is of the essence for
updated requests.
4.c. Additional guidance for other adverse administrative consequences
described in references (A) through (D) will be provided at a later date.
5. The Navy may continue to consider the unvaccinated status of Navy service
members when making deployment, assignment, and other operational decisions.
Navy service members who are not vaccinated, regardless of exemption status,
may be temporarily or permanently reassigned based on mission requirements
IAW previous guidance. Reference (L) (series) regarding the assignment of
unvaccinated personnel to operational or deployable units continues to apply.
6. All unvaccinated Navy service members remain subject to screening testing
against COVID-19, where required.
7. If in doubt as to how to adjudicate issues related to separation of a
Navy service member consistent with this interim guidance, Commanders should
seek guidance from their chain of command, their staff judge advocate, and/or
the CCDA before acting. Commands without an assigned legal advisor may seek
legal advice from a Region Legal Service Office. In all cases, Commanders
are accountable to ensure the health and safety of their command while
treating every Navy service member with dignity and respect.
8. Points of contact.
PERS-8 Active/FTS enlisted separations: *832vaccineadseps.fct(at)navy.mil*
PERS-8 Officer separations: *PERS-834(at)navy.mil*
PERS-8 Active/FTS/TAR enlisted retirements:
*Enlisted_Active_Duty_Retirements(at)navy.mil*
PERS-8 Active/FTS/TAR officer retirements: *pers_835_retirements(at)navy.mil*
PERS-8 Officer and enlisted promotion delays:
NPC_promotionwithholds.fct(at)navy.mil*
PERS-92 Officer and enlisted definite recalls: *PERS-92(at)navy.mil*.
PERS-9 Reserve enlisted separations: *913vaccineadseps.fct(at)navy.mil*.
PERS-97 Officer transitions: *cto.officer(at)navy.mil*
PERS-97 Enlisted transitions: *cto.enlisted(at)navy.mil*
OPNAV POC: CAPT Jason Grizzle, *ALTN_N1_NAVY_SCR.FCT(AT)NAVY.MIL*.
9. Released by VADM John B. Nowell, Jr, COVID Consolidated Disposition
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It took some deep breaths for one former sailor in Congress to set aside some salty words and politely say what she thought of President Biden’s proposed Navy budget.
Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia Beach, was blunt: “In the face of current threats, we are gutting the Navy now to say we’re going to rebuild it in 10 or 20 years,” she said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds.
U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor had in January issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Navy from disciplining or discharging 35 sailors who sued over the Navy's vaccine policy while their case played out. On Monday, O'Connor agreed the case could go forward as a class action lawsuit and issued a preliminary injunction covering the approximately 4,000 sailors who have objected on religious grounds to being vaccinated.
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The military failed to keep up with the mushrooming number of measures that Congress has required the armed services to implement to address sexual assault, a government watchdog revealed.
As of October 2021, the Defense Department had not fully implemented 18% of the nearly 200 unique requirements imposed in legislation since 2004, the Government Accountability Office found in a report published this week.
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THE PENTAGON – The nine Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships currently in Navy service – the youngest of which commissioned in 2020 – have been marked for disposal as part of the Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposal, USNI News has learned.
The ships – USS Fort Worth (LCS-3), USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), USS Detroit (LCS-7), USS Little Rock (LCS-9), USS Sioux City (LCS-11), USS Wichita (LCS-13), USS Billings (LCS-15) and USS St. Louis (LCS-19) – are part of the 24 ships the service has chosen to decommission in FY 2023 for an estimated $3.6 billion in savings.
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Alrighty then, 11 EST is passed and gone...
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On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court froze an injunction that would have required the Navy to deploy SEALs who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision suggests that SCOTUS has little patience for lower courts’ efforts to seize authority from the armed forces by inserting themselves into the chain of command. One such recent ruling barred the Navy from reassigning the commanding officer of a guided-missile destroyer, an anti-vaxxer who repeatedly defied lawful orders and recklessly exposed dozens to the virus. High-ranking military officials testified that decisions like these undermined military readiness and threatened national security.
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SUBJ: CY 2021 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RUSSELL EGNOR NAVY MEDIA AWARDS
AND THOMPSON-RAVITZ AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN NAVY PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMS//
REF/A/DOC/CHINFOINST 5305.3A//
REF/B/DOC/RUSSELL EGNOR NAVY MEDIA AWARDS PROGRAM STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES CY 2021//
REF/C/DOC/OPNAVINST 5305.7C//
REF/D/DOC/CY 2021 THOMPSON-RAVITZ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES//
NARR/REF A IS THE RUSSELL EGNOR NAVY MEDIA AWARDS (NMA) INSTRUCTION
REF B IS THE RUSSELL EGNOR NAVY MEDIA AWARDS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
FOR CY 2021
REF C IS THE THOMPSON-RAVITZ AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN NAVY PUBLIC AFFAIRS
INSTRUCTION
REF D IS THE 2021 THOMPSON-RAVITZ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES//
POC/RUSSELL EGNOR NAVY MEDIA AWARDS: MCCS STACEE MCCARROLL/
ANASTASIA.M.MCCARROLL.MIL(AT)US.NAVY.MIL/(757)695-5591/THOMPSON-RAVITZ
AWARDS:
MR. CHRISTOPHER DUNNE/CHRISTOPHER.T.DUNNE3.CIV(AT)US.NAVY.MIL/(703)693-1363//
RMKS/1. The recipients of the 2021 Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards for
Leadership and Production Excellence are:
a. MC of the Year: MC1 Gabriel Kotico, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
b. MC of the Year (Reserve): MC1 Aaron Chase, NR Navy Public Affairs
Support Element West
c. Junior MC of the Year: MC2 Ryan Breeden, Navy Public Affairs Support
Element West
d. Junior MC of the Year (Reserve): MCSN Christopher Thomas, NR Navy
Public
Affairs Support Element
e. Navy Videographer of the Year: MC2 Jonathan Clay, Defense Media
Activity
- Navy Production
f. Navy Civilian Videographer of the Year: Taylor Curry, Commander,
Fleet
Activities Yokosuka
g. Navy Writer of the Year: MC2 Cameron Edy, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
h. Navy Civilian Writer of the Year: Leslie Hull-Ryde, Military Sealift
Command
i. Navy Graphic Designer of the Year: MC2 Isabel Wences, NATO Allied
Command Transformation
j. Navy Civilian Graphic Designer of the Year: Taylor Curry, Commander,
Fleet Activities Yokosuka
k. Navy Photographer of the Year: MC1 Chris Williamson, NTAG Mid-America
l. Navy Civilian Photographer of the Year: Taylor Curry, Commander,
Fleet Activities Yokosuka
m. Navy Communicator of the Year: MC2 Keith Wilson, Defense Media
Activity - Navy Production
2. The recipients of the 2021 Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards in the unit
categories are:
a. U001: Print or Digital Publication
1st: The Navy Reservist, Commander, Navy Reserve Forces
2nd: Approach Magazine, Naval Safety Center
3rd: Ho'okele, Navy Region Hawaii
b. U002: Online Publication
1st: Navigation NOFFS, Naval Service Training Command
2nd: The Merlion Star, Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific
c. U003: Web-based Informational Campaign
1st: COVID-19 Information Graphic Campaign, Defense Media Activity
Operations Rota
2nd: SWCC Outreach Campaign, Naval Special Warfare Command
d. U004: Audio Short-form Production
1st: Bahrain Beat October 21, 2021, Defense Media Activity Operations
Bahrain
2nd: NAS Sigonella NMCRS Supports OAR, Defense Media Activity
Operations Sigonella
e. U005 Audio Long-Form Production
1st: NSWC Crane Four Score - Part 1, Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Crane Division
2nd: Teaser for Tangents-RADM Huan Hguyen, Naval Undersea Warfare
Center Division Newport
3rd: Morning Joe with the CO, Defense Media Activity Operations Rota
f. U006: Video Short-form Production
1st: NSI 2021, Naval Service Training Command
2nd: Navy MilTax from Military OneSource, Defense Media Activity - Navy
Production
3rd: Domestic Violence Awareness, Defense Media Activity Operations
Rota
g. U007: Video Long-form Production
1st: USS Arizona Relics, Defense Media Activity - Navy Production
2nd: Warrior Toughness Around the Fleet, Chief of Naval Personnel
3rd: Immediate Jaw Reconstruction, Naval Medical Center San Diego
3. The recipients of the 2021 Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards
individual categories are:
a. I002: Audio - Information Story
1st: MC2 Eric Zeak, Defense Media Activity Operations Sigonella
2nd: MC3 Lindsay Lair, Defense Media Activity Operations Bahrain
3rd: MC3 Conner Blake, Defense Media Activity Operations Rota
b. I003: Audio - Spot
1st: MC3 Jacob Vernier, Defense Media Activity Operations Souda Bay
2nd: MC2 Analiss Candelaria, Defense Media Activity Operations
Guantanamo
3rd: MC2 Anthony Collier, Defense Media Activity Operations Sigonella
c. I004: Audio - Series
1st: MC1 Jordan KirkJohnson, Defense Media Activity Operations
Sigonella
d. I005: Graphic Design - Layout & Design
1st: MC2 Benjamin Davella, USS Wasp (LHD 1)
2nd: MC1 Michael Lee, USS Tripoli (LHD 7)
3rd: MCSA Joshua Sapien, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
e. I006: Graphic Design - Digital Art
1st: Taylor Curry, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka
2nd: MC1 Chris Williamson, Navy Talent Acquisition Group - Mid-America
3rd: MCC Diana Quinlan, Navy Talent Acquisition Group - Philadelphia
f. I007: Graphic Design - Identity Design
1st: MC2 Benjamin Davella, USS Wasp (LHD 1)
2nd: MC2 Aaron Smith, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
3rd: Douglas Bedford, Navy Personnel Command
g. I008: Graphic Design - Animation
1st: MC3 Diedre Marsac, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
2nd: Todd Dorsey, Visual Information Directorate - NMLPDC
3rd: David Todd, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
h. I009: Photo - Feature
1st: MC2 Grant Grady, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
2nd: MC2 Jackson Adkins, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
3rd: MC3 Jesse Schwab, USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)
i. I010: Photo - News
1st: MC1 Kegan Kay, Naval Air Station Sigonella
2nd: MC1 Madellin Hamm, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
3rd: MC1 Eric Coffer, Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Det.
Europe
j. I011: Photo - Operational Photo Series
1st: MC1 Daniel Young, Defense Media Activity Operations Sigonella
2nd: MC2 Cody Hendrix, Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
3rd: MC1 Eric Coffer, Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Det.
Europe
k. I012: Photo - Training Photo Series
1st: MC2 Nick Bauer, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West
2nd: MC1 Fred Gray IV, Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Det.
Europe
3rd: MC1 Anna VanNuys, Office of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the
Navy
l. I013: Photo - Photojournalism
1st: MC1 Chris Williamson, Navy Talent Acquisition Group - Mid-America
2nd: MC3 Molly Crawford, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West Det.
Hawaii
3rd: MCC Holly Herline, Navy Region Hawaii
m. I014: Photo - Series
1st: MC1 Rawad Madanat, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West
2nd: MC1 Spencer Fling, U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command
3rd: MC3 Drace Wilson, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West
n. I015: Photo - Portrait
1st: MCSN Sawyer Connally, Navy Public Affairs Support Element East
2nd: MC1 Camillo Fernan, U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command
3rd: MC2 Keith Wilson, Defense Media Activity - Navy Production
o. I016: Video - Feature
1st: MC1 Somers Steelman, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
2nd: MC1 Terence Guerrero, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
3rd: MC2 Hayden Smith, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
p. I017: Video - Information Story
1st: MC1 Sean Castellano, Chief of Naval Operations
2nd: MC2 Jonathan Clay, Defense Media Activity - Navy Production
3rd: MC2 Kashif Bashiat, Defense Media Activity - Navy Production
q. I018: Video - Multimedia Product
1st: MCSN Kelly Meyer, Defense Media Activity Operations Okinawa
2nd: MC2 Daniel Charest, Defense Media Activity Operations Naples
3rd: MC2 Jacob Milham, Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic
r. I019: Video - Operational Videography
1st: MC2 Jonathan Clay, Defense Media Activity - Navy Production
2nd: MC2 Omar Rubi, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West
3rd: MC1 Robert Blaylock, Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
s. I020: Video - Training Video
1st: Thomas Webster, Visual Information Directorate - NMLPDC
2nd: MC1 Arthurgwain Marquez, Commander, Navy Reserve Forces
3rd: MC2 Greg Hall, Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet
t. I021: Video - Video Series
1st: Taylor Curry, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka
2nd: Thomas Webster, Visual Information Directorate - NMLPDC
3rd: MC2 Asheka Lawrence, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
u. I022: Video - Social Media
1st: MC3 Ace Foster, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
2nd: MC3 Aaron Lau, Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Det.
Southeast
3rd: MC1 Arthurgwain Marquez, Commander, Navy Reserve Forces
v. I023: Video - Spot
1st: MC2 Jonathan Clay, Defense Media Activity - Navy Production
2nd: Taylor Curry, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka
3rd: MC3 Noel Heeter, Defense Media Activity Operations Diego Garcia
w. I025: Writing - Blog Post
1st: MC1 Jennifer Lebron, Defense Media Activity - Navy Production
2nd: MC3 Dartanon Delagarza, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
3rd: Susan Martin, U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command
x. I026: Writing - Feature
1st: MC2 Cody Anderson, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command
2nd: Patrick Ciccarone, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka
3rd: MC2 Cameron Edy, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
y. I027: Writing - Information Story
1st: MC1 Mark Faram, Chief of Naval Personnel
2nd: MC2 Samantha Jetzer, Pacific Missile Range Facility
3rd: MC2 Alex Smedegard, Naval Special Warfare Group ONE
z. I028: Writing - Series
1st: MC1 Sean LaMarr, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West Det.
Northwest
2nd: Courtney Pollock, Naval Station Rota
3rd: MC2 Dewaylon Wilson, U.S. Recruit Training Command
4. The "Best in Show" Award is given to the top entry from amount the
unit/team and individual winner. The 2021 Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards
"Best in Show" Navy Media Excellence Award is awarded to Defense Media
Activity - Navy Production
5. The recipients of the 2021 Thompson-Ravitz Individual awards are:
a. Junior Public Affairs Officer of the Year: LTJG Molly Fresher,
Naval Special Warfare Command
b. Junior Reserve Public Affairs Officer of the Year: LT Robert Mook,
Commander Tenth Fleet
c. Civilian Public Affairs Specialist of the Year: Ms. Emiley Murphy,
Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka
d. Unit Public Affairs Representative of the Year: LTJG Drew Hendrick
USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41)
6. The recipients of 2021 Thompson-Ravitz Unit Awards are:
a. COVID Communication, Shore Large: Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,
"Vaccination Rollout Strategy"
Honorable Mention: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, "Addressing
the COVID-129 Pandemic"
b. COVID Communication, Afloat Large: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), "76
Reasons to Get the Shot"
Honorable Mention: Naval Special Warfare Group One, "Leaders Guide to
Talking About the Vaccine"
c. Communication Innovation, Naval Air Facility El Centro, "Festival of
Flight 'On Air' Show"
d. Community Outreach, Shore Large: Naval Surface Training Command,
"Hometown Heroes Program"
e. Special Events and Projects, Shore Large: Chief of Naval Operations,
"International Sea Power Symposium"
Honorable Mention: United States Naval Academy, "Fox NFL Sunday"
f. Special Events and Projects, Shore Small: No Winner Selected
g. Special Events and Projects, Afloat Large: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN
72), "First Female Carrier CO Change of Command"
h. Special Events and Projects, Afloat Small: Explosive Ordnance Groups
One and Two, "Navy EOD 80th Anniversary"
i. Internal Communication, Shore Large: Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,
"One Navy Medicine"
j. Public Information, Shore Large: Navy Personnel Command/Chief of
Naval Personnel, "MyNavyHR Career Development Symposium"
k. Crisis Communication and Emergent Issues, Shore Large: Chief of Naval
Personnel, "Task Force One Navy"
7. The "Best in Show" Award is given to the top entry from among the
unit winners. The 2021 Thompson-Ravitz "Best in Show" is awarded to USS
Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), "76 Reasons to Get the Shot"
8. The Thompson-Ravitz Awards for Excellence in Navy Public Affairs (PA)
recognize the most exceptional performances by individuals and units in
PA throughout the Navy. The awards bear the names of Rear Admiral
William Thompson, the first designated Public Affairs Officer (PAO) selected
for flag rank and the first PAO to be the Chief of Information (CHINFO),
and Rear Admiral Robert Ravitz, a former director of the Naval Reserve PA
program and Special Assistant to the CHINFO.
9. The Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards recognize U.S. Navy Active Duty,
Reserve and Civilian communication professionals assigned to Navy units for
Excellence in writing, photography, graphic arts, and audio and video
products. The awards are named for Senior Chief Journalist Russell Egnor,
who served more than 34 years of active and Reserve naval service, as well as
more than three decades of civilian service at several commands in the
National Capital Region.
10. Letters/plaques/awards for the winners are forthcoming.
11. Congratulations to all commands and individuals who participated in
these awards programs. Your hard work and superb efforts have made your
public affairs programs outstanding examples to emulate. Press Forward!
12. Released by RDML C. W. Brown, Chief of Information.//
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy wants to buy one last San Antonio-class amphibious ship and then end the production line, the service announced in its fiscal 2023 budget request.
The LPD-17 class got off to a rough start in its construction, but transformed into a model acquisition program and a workhorse of the fleet. These ships, built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi, haul Marines and their gear as part of amphibious ready group/Marine expeditionary unit (ARG/MEU) formations.
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QUANTICO, Va. - The U.S. Naval Community College extended the deadline for applications to the associate of arts in Military Studies and the associate of science in Nuclear Engineering Technology programs to Apr. 17, 2022. This gives more opportunity for active duty enlisted Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen and Coast Guard Reservists to apply to one of these two degree programs.
“We want to ensure the maximum opportunity for application into these programs while still having the time to review applicants for eligibility into the program, receiving command approval, and enrolling into the partner institution,” said USNCC’s director of enrollment Alphonso Garrett. “Through ongoing discussions with our partner institutions, we have developed a process to shorten that timeline to enrollment, which means there is more opportunity for Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen to apply for one of these two programs.”
Those that applied to either degree program by the original deadline of Mar. 27, 2022, will have their applications reviewed and a decision made by Apr. 17. Those that apply between Mar. 27 and Apr. 17 will have their applications reviewed and a decision made in May.
“We anticipate that some applicants may not be able to commit to enrolling in June due to operational tempo and life commitments,” said Garrett. “We still want to provide the opportunity to service members that may be ready to start their journey of lifelong learning.”
This means that the decision-making process would be a rolling process until all of the available seats are filled with eligible and approved candidates.
“The last thing we want is to have an opportunity for a deserving service member seeking a naval relevant education to go unfulfilled,” said Sgt. Maj. Mike Hensley, USNCC’s command senior enlisted leader. “These educational opportunities support the warfighting capability and operational readiness our naval forces need to maintain a competitive edge over our potential adversaries.”
Active duty enlisted Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen and Coast Guard Reservists can fill out an application for the Military Studies and Nuclear Engineering Technology associate degree programs on the USNCC website, www.usncc.edu. The first courses will start in June 2022.
The United States Naval Community College is the official community college for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. To get more information about the USNCC, go to www.usncc.edu. Click on the student interest form link to learn how to be a part of the USNCC Pilot II program.
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The Navy can now reassign 36 members of the Special Warfare community who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.
The Supreme Court granted a partial stay of a preliminary injunction that prevented the Navy from dismissing or reassigning the SEALs and the other members of the Special Warfare community involved in the lawsuit. The Navy still cannot separate the SEALs, but it can assign them to non-deployable positions, which is what the sea service has done for other sailors who have exemptions for the vaccine.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted a request by President Joe Biden's administration to let the Navy decline to deploy SEALs and other special operations forces personnel who refused mandatory COVID-19 vaccination due to religious objections.
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On March 1, the US Navy said its newest carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, had completed its first planned incremental availability, a six-month modernization and maintenance process intended to give the carrier its final touches before its first deployment.
Ford entered its PIA after completing full-ship shock trials last summer. Those trials involved detonating three 40,000-pound explosives in the water around Ford. They marked the first such tests the Navy has conducted on a carrier since 1987.
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The Navy is clear to decommission five Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers following the passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 defense appropriations bill, USNI News understands.
The overdue spending bill follows the FY 2022 defense policy bill and allows the Navy to decommission five of the seven cruisers originally requested as part of the White House’s budget request.
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3 hours ago, Confucius said:
Based on quotas from here some rates are off. I don't know who's right but I hope you are; better numbers. https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Boards/ReserveEnlisted/FY23Reserve/FY23 SelRes cy253 E89 QUOTAS.pdf?ver=VQ7D5HAPpWrw8ZiTtW10yg%3d%3d
By gosh I think you're right but I'm just the messenger.
The one's I posted on 3/22/22 are from MYNavyHR as well. There are usually 2 versions floating around where one includes the opportunity (opp) %. The copy you have has a date of 3/4/22 on it. When did you get it? There could have been an update since then. Thanks for pointing that out. I like to see the "behind the scenes" happenings. 
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Next week, SBE results for Cycle 254 (Active Duty and Full-Time Support) will be released. Check out the details below.
March 30 2022
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TRIADMarch 31 2022
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TAR and SELRES E-8 and E-9 Quotas for Cycle 253:
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The Navy separated 75 sailors last week, bringing the total number of separations over refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to 544.
Of the separations, 519 were active-duty sailors who have served more than 180 days, 22 were sailors in their first 180 days and three are reservists, according to the Navy’s weekly COVID-19 update, which publishes Wednesdays.
Of the branches, the Navy has the second-most separations behind the Marine Corps. As of March 16, 1,174 Marines were separated due to refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, an increase of 136 since March 9.
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ALNAVRESFOR 09/22 was released on February 22, 2022 and aims to support and retain the Reserve warfighter. The message grants current SELRES NAVET Sailors the opportunity to apply for reversion to their prior-service rating. In other words, Sailors who dropped out of compliance for their rating conversion may be able to revert to their prior rating. The intent behind this policy is to allow motivated Sailors to continue service in the Navy Reserve despite their inability to attend training or complete their aforementioned rating requirements. CNR needs our Reserve Sailors deployable and ready to fight. Reverting them into a rating that they have experience and proficiency with is an opportunity to retain talented deployable assets!
For our Navy Reserve Activities, Readiness Units, and Operational Units, take the time with your CCCs to determine how many Sailors are past 18 months in their conversion program who have not completed rate conversion requirements or who have yet to pass the exam. If applicable, and interested, work with them revert to a rate where they can contribute to warfighting readiness and compete for advancement. This recent opportunity will not be available in perpetuity but does offer a reprieve from the challenges of the last 24 months that may have impacted our Sailors’ ability to be ready on day one.
Background
In April of 2021, Commander, Navy Reserve Force, Vice Admiral Mustin, established guidance prioritizing mobilization readiness as a basis for Warfighting Readiness. COMNAVRESFORNOTE 3060 provides a supplemental policy that consolidated the common showstoppers for mobilization, particularly during a mass (distributed) activation scenario. It charged Reserve Unit leadership with tracking and reporting short notice mobilization requirements such as current Service members’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI), family care plan, uniforms, and more.
Many Sailors have tackled the requirements specified in COMNAVRESFORNOTE 3060 but are still not ready to mobilize. These are the Sailors who agreed to a rating conversion as part of their affiliation into the Reserves but have yet to make their new rate “permanent”.
Enlisted Sailors affiliate with the Navy Reserve in one of three categories – fully trained, not previously trained, and partially trained.
Fully trained Sailors are those who transition seamlessly into the drilling Reserve from active component to Selected Reserve (AC2SELRES), or are recruited in-rate with only a slight break in participation in the Navy. These Sailors arrive seamlessly on day one with the in-rate knowledge required to fight.
Not previously trained Sailors enter the Navy through Recruit Training Command – “boot camp” - as New Accession Trainees (NAT). Their first several months in the Navy are spent in an initial active-duty training pipeline (i.e. boot camp, ‘A’ school, block learning, etc.) before reporting to their primary drill site for gain into the Selected Reserve (SELRES). These Sailors arrive with the training and in-rate knowledge to fight as an immediate asset to their mobilization unit.
Partially trained Sailors are Navy Veterans (NAVET) and Other Service Veterans (OSVET) who wish to serve in a new capacity. Sailors who affiliate under the Prior Service Re-enlistment Eligibility – Reserve (PRISE-R) program, or who are approved for an AC2SELRES rating conversion, are considered partially trained. In January of this year, there were 801 partially trained Sailors in the Navy Reserve. These Sailors know the military, and are certainly enthusiastic warfighters, but lack the apprentice or journeyman level of expertise of their new rate.
As part of their affiliation, these members sign an agreement to meet specific requirements for their new rating to become “permanent.” This may consist of block learning via ‘A’ or ‘C’ schools, but at a minimum, requires passing the Navy-wide Advancement Exam (NWAE). As an aside, most information warfare communities (IWC) also require an interim Top-Secret clearance in order to attend required training.
Specific requirements for conversion to a new rating must be met within 18 months of gain to the SELRES. Partially trained Sailors are not considered deployable until these requirements are met and subsequently cannot mobilize. Additionally, E4-E6 Sailors under a conversion program cannot compete for advancement until they have made their rating permanent. Many partially trained Sailors fall out of program compliance by not meeting the deadline to make their rate permanent. Though extensions are possible through a waiver, they are not ideal for supporting warfighting readiness. Priority one on day one is warfighting readiness.
COVID-19, travel restrictions, delays in application for clearance investigations, and training backlogs have all created challenges for Sailors to complete rate conversion requirements. Warfighting readiness starts with in-rate knowledge, and much like the items listed in COMNAVRESFORNOTE 3060, in-rate knowledge is in fact a showstopper to mobilize. We know CNR’s fighting instructions. We have our mobilization requirements. Successful conversion to a new rate supports both. If you are a partially trained Sailor, work with your CCC and your chain of command immediately to chart a path forward to mobilization readiness.
2 injured in US naval submarine accident in Washington state
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BREMERTON, Wash. — Two U.S. Navy personnel suffered non-life-threatening injuries in an accident aboard a nuclear ballistic missile submarine docked at a maintenance facility at Puget Sound in Washington state, the Navy said.