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CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/ ROUTINE R 111929Z AUG 25 MID180001930769U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// NAVADMIN 168/25 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/AUG/ SUBJ//NEW YEAR'S DAY DECK LOG POETRY CONTEST WINNERS FOR 2025// POC/NHHC DECK LOG PROGRAM//LOC: WASHINGTON, DC/ EMAIL: nhhc-decklogs(at)us.navy.mil// RMKS/1. The Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) is excited to announce the winners of the 2025 New Year's Day Deck Log Poetry Contest: a. First place: USS GETTYSBURG (CG-64), written by LT Mary Bolton. b. Second place: USS GRAVELY (DDG-107), written by ISC Casey Jones. c. Third place: USS ST. LOUIS (LCS-19), written by LT Victoria Cavazos. 2. Thank you to everyone that submitted entries for last year's contest. We look forward to reading your 2025 entries. The winning poems and author biographies can be found at https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/resources-for-the-fleet/decklogs/new-years-contest.html 3. The focus of the New Year's Day Deck Log contest was to celebrate the voices of our Sailors and to preserve a Navy tradition. A deck log is the official record maintained by all commissioned U.S. Navy vessels. While regulations normally restrict the types of entries in logbooks, the Navy has long held the tradition of the Midnight New Year's Poem. The first entry of the New Year, written in verse, allows Sailors to express their creativity about the experiences of shipboard life and their pride in their command. The contest also serves to remind the Fleet of the importance of the deck log as a historical document; one that preserves for future generations the actions and voices of our United States Sailors. 4. Congratulations to the winners, and we look forward to your entries next year! 5. For examples of poems and more information, see NHHC's website: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/archives/resources-for-the-fleet/deck-logs/new-years-contest.html 6. For questions, please contact the NHHC deck log program, email: NHHC-decklogs(at)us.navy.mil. 7. Released by VADM Michael E. Boyle, Director, Navy Staff.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/

The Trump administration is evaluating plans that would establish a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force” composed of hundreds of National Guard troops tasked with rapidly deploying into American cities facing protests or other unrest, according to internal Pentagon documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

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The Trump administration reportedly discussed potential plans to increase pressure on Latin American cartels after the president quietly approved the use of military strikes against them.

WAHIAWA, Hawaii (Island News) -- An alleged shooter is in custody after an individual was hospitalized in a shooting that took place at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's (JBPHH) Wahiawa Annex on Saturday. The shooting occurred within the housing area of the Wahiawa Annex at 5:45 p.m. The suspect shot an individual who was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

WASHINGTON — Vietnam War veterans were exposed to open-air burn pits common during deployments, yet benefits for illnesses presumed to be related to airborne toxins does not extend to them under the PACT Act, according to a federal watchdog. A new report by the Government Accountability Office found the Department of Veterans Affairs has not examined potential connections between Vietnam veterans’ health problems and exposure to burn pits, despite pressure from a veterans advocacy group. You’ve reached the limit of free articles. To read more a Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-08-08/vietnam-veterans-burn-pits-18703478.html Source - Stars and Stripes

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that eligible Veterans can now submit and track “mileage-only” travel claims directly from a smartphone or mobile device via the VA Health and Benefits mobile app.

It should be apparent by now that it is trump who has the low IQ... These are all — Trump’s slur that Winfrey, Beyoncé and other Black celebrities are basically crooks, and that Black people are inherently lazy — centuries-old white supremacist tropes. His comments are part of a much larger pattern of behavior where he has repeatedly insulted Black people, specifically Black women, as being dumb or stupid or “low IQ.” This is the same white racist “logic” used to justify Black chattel slavery and over 100 years of American apartheid and racial tyranny in the South, and other parts of the country, under the period of Jim Crow and into the post-civil rights era and beyond.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — If you live in a Virginia Beach neighborhood where you often hear the sound of freedom from the jets flying out of Naval Air Station Oceana, the U.S. Navy wants to hear from you. Starting this month, the Navy is requesting permission from property owners to sample wells that are used for drinking water. Scientists are testing water samples for toxins called PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) that could flow in the direction of ground water.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A timeless treasure was recently found inside a junk car. A towing company was about to haul off an old pickup truck when the tow operator found an American flag in a shadowbox on the passenger seat belonging to Richard Ford. He said he knew he had to act.

Far-right political activist Laura Loomer has opened an extraordinary new line of attack on the Pentagon, sharply criticizing Army Secretary Dan Driscoll for allowing the service to acknowledge the battlefield valor of Medal of Honor recipient Florent Groberg, who suffered catastrophic injuries saving the lives of fellow soldiers targeted by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

A U.S. Navy sailor was arrested Tuesday after allegedly falsely reporting a bomb threat while aboard a Hawaiian Airlines flight departing from San Diego. According to a news release from the Port of San Diego, harbor police arrested and charged 35-year-old John Stea with making a false bomb threat and false report of a security threat.

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They seem to chase Navy fighter jets and have been captured on radar and video. The Pentagon’s UFO analysis office is perplexed by them. What is behind the enigmatic “orbs” reported by countless credible observers since at least World War II?

"The United States is not going to come to Mexico with the military," President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. "We co-operate, we collaborate, but there is not going to be an invasion. That is ruled out, absolutely ruled out." The New York Times reported on Friday that Trump had secretly signed a directive to begin using military force on foreign soil.

In 2017, her ship, the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush, was at war as part of a strike group that attacked Islamic State forces in Syria and Iraq. For 15 years in uniform, she’d been at war with an eating disorder—a constant urge to purge her meals. She kept a toothbrush in her pocket to gag.

That's one reason we are supposed to have separation of church and state... WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who oversees the nation’s military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote. The extraordinary repost on X from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, made Thursday night, illustrates his deep and personal connection to a Christian nationalist pastor with extreme views on the role of religion and women.

A Navy sailor in boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., died Wednesday, the Lake County Coroner’s Office announced Friday. Kayshawn Wilkerson, 18, died by an apparent suicide at a firing range, according to the preliminary autopsy report. It’s not clear from the release whether the firing range was on Naval Station Great Lakes, but local outlets reported the death happened on base.

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/ ROUTINE R 080110Z AUG 25 MID180001917041U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 167/25 SUBJ/ EXPECTED PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL PERFORMANCE OF EXAMS SUPPORTING RADIATION HEALTH AND NUCLEAR FIELD DUTY// REF/A/ MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (MANMED), NAVMED P-117 OF 21 APR 23// REF/B/ RADIATION HEALTH PROTECTION MANUAL, NAVMED P-5055 OF 2 DEC 2022// RMKS/1. SITUATION. The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) has received several substantiated allegations regarding improper performance and documentation of medical examinations specifically pertaining to Radiation Medical Examinations (RME) and/or Special Duty Examinations conducted by Navy Medicine providers. In the spirit of Get Real, Get Better, and using the principles of a Highly Reliable Organization, we must develop a deeper understanding of the scope of the problem and the drivers behind these behaviors. 2. MISSION: All examiners and medical program managers must adhere to and uphold the professional obligations, standards, and requirements of references (a) and (b) regarding all special duty examinations (Diving, Nuclear Field Duty, Special Operations, and Submarine) to qualify personnel for those special duty fields, and Radiation Medical Examinations that certify individuals to receive occupational exposure to ionizing radiation. 3. EXECUTION: All Navy Medical organizations will conduct a stand down for all Undersea Medical Officers (UMO), Undersea Medical Examiners (UME), Residents in Aerospace Medicine (RAM), Aerospace Medicine Specialists (AMS), and Submarine Independent Duty Corpsmen (IDC) regarding the above requirements and the professional and ethical obligations to perform appropriate examination, documentation and program management. This will be completed NLT 31 Aug 2025. 3.A. The stand down will be executed by the Command's Privileging Authority (PA), using standardized materials provided by BUMED N10. At the discretion of the PA, execution of the stand down may be delegated down one Echelon, provided the physician leading the stand down is the rank of CAPTAIN (O6). PAs are responsible for confirming and reporting 100 percent, by-name accountability to BUMED N10 by 31 Aug 2025 via the Point of Contact (POC) specified in paragraph 4, below. 3.A.1. Naval Medical Forces Development Command will ensure the same stand down occurs for all UMO/UME candidates, RAM/AMS candidates, IDC students, and Radiation Health Indoctrination (RHI) students currently enrolled at the Naval Aerospace Medicine Institute or the Naval Undersea Medicine Institute. Curricular adjustments will be made to ensure this material is provided to all future classes. 3.A.2. All Navy Medicine commands supporting medical examinations to qualify Sailors and Navy Civilian workers for Nuclear Field Duty (NFD) and/or occupational exposure to ionizing radiation (i.e., RME) will perform a 100 percent patient contact audit reviewing the examination and documentation of their most recent special duty physical and RME to ensure compliance with required standards. This review will be documented in each individual's medical record as described in paragraph 3.B.1, below. For those members contacted who are unable to recall or confirm that an appropriate physical exam was performed, or where the applicable documentation is found to be incomplete or erroneous, the members must be re-examined to ensure appropriate re-baselining and documentation of their current health status, with documentation of the exam provided per paragraph 3.B.2, below. 3.A.3. PAs who have oversight of operational units with UMO/UME, RAM/AMS, or IDCs that are deployed and unable to receive the stand down materials due to operational concerns must ensure the delivery of the stand down information at the earliest opportunity after the vessel or unit returns to home port/station, and report completion to BUMED N10 as described above. 3.B NFD and RME audit documentation. 3.B.1. For individuals who confirm their examination was performed appropriately, with all applicable portions of the physical examination conducted within accepted Navy Medicine standards prescribed in references (a) and (b), the results of the audit will be documented on each examination form (i.e., Block 14 of NAVMED 6470/13 and/or Block 89 of DD 2808) stating, to the effect of: "Patient audit conducted DD MMM YYYY per NAVADMIN XXX/XX, no discrepancies noted." Entries must be annotated by the individual performing the audit with, at a minimum, their legibly printed name, signature, and date. 3.B.2. Audit results. Commands will track the performance of the patient contact audits and report their findings to the BUMED POCs identified in paragraph 4. The report will include: 3.B.2.A. The total number of patients contacted 3.B.2.B. The number of personnel who were unable to recall their examination 3.B.2.C. The number of personnel who stated their physical exam was deficient 3.B.2.D. The number of RMEs that required re-performance of the physical examination 3.B.2.E. The number of Special Duty Examinations that required reperformance of the physical examination 3.B.3. Re-examination of applicable personnel. For those members contacted who are unable to recall or confirm that an appropriate physical exam was performed, or where the applicable documentation is found to be incomplete or erroneous, and who have a current (i.e., performed within applicable periodicity) examination, the physical examination portion will be reperformed and documented on the existing, current physical examination form. 3.B.3.A RMEs (NAVMED 6470/13). The repeated physical examination will be documented per article 2-6 of reference (b). This documentation will not change the periodicity requirement of the current physical exam. 3.B.3.B Special Duty Examinations - Report of Medical Examination (DD 2808). Clinical studies and procedures performed to correct deficient physical examinations supporting Nuclear Field Duty medical qualification will be documented in block 89 of the DD 2808. Entries must cite the specific examination blocks of the DD 2808 that were reperformed, noting any abnormalities or additional medical follow up required. Entries must include a statement regarding interval history since the date of the original examination, and will be signed and dated by the physician performing the examination. 4. The BUMED point of contact is CAPT Richard H. Schreckengaust, Phone: (703) 681-9286, Email: Richard.h.schreckengaust.mil@health.mil. 5. Released by Rear Admiral Darin K. Via, N093, Surgeon General Of The Navy.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/

Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.

These sections largely relate to the powers that Congress has and does not have, as well as limitations on the powers of individual states. The removal includes sections relating to habeas corpus, the powers that protect citizens from unlawful detention.

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