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CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 061613Z MAR 23 MID200080785276U FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV INFO SECNAV WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC CMC WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS ALNAV 019/23 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/MAR// SUBJ/2023 ACTIVE DUTY FUND DRIVE IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY// REF/A/DOC/SECNAVINST 5340.7A/01MAY2018// NARR/REF A IS SECNAVINST 5340.7A, FUNDRAISING AND SOLICITATION IN SUPPORT OF NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY// RMKS/1. For 119 years Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) has provided confidential needs-based financial assistance to active duty and retired Sailors, Marines, and their families. The Society's programs and services also include tuition scholarships, budget counseling, thrift shops, and visiting nurses to help address the unique challenges of military life and service. The Society operates around the globe in more than 200 offices located on land and sea, staffed by thousands of volunteers and a small cadre of paid employees. In 2022, the Society provided over $42 million in interest-free loans and grants to 40,000 Sea Service Members and their families. 2. On 1 March 2023, the Department of the Navy kicked off its annual Active Duty Fund Drive (ADFD) benefitting NMCRS. The goal for the 2023 ADFD is to raise $8 million. There are two key objectives of the drive. First, to provide an opportunity to our Sailors and Marines to make a financial contribution to NMCRS in order to meet their critical mission of providing financial and educational programs/services to our Service Members and their families. Second, to ensure 100 percent meaningful contact with every Sailor and Marine to educate them about of the programs and services available to them from NMCRS. 3. We have a historic and special relationship with NMCRS as illustrated by the slogan "By Our Own, For Our Own." The ADFD provides an excellent opportunity for our Navy-Marine Corps team to express our appreciation and gratitude to NMCRS for all they do. The annual ADFD is an all hands effort and I fully expect and depend on leaders at every level of command to stay engaged and committed to a successful campaign. 4. Consistent with rules for the use of appropriated funds, commanders may authorize the use of appropriated funds for traditional kickoff events, recognition ceremonies and other non-solicitation events to support the ADFD. 5. Released by the Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//

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Japan is negotiating with the United States the possibility of transferring a U.S. Navy officer, convicted of a fatal car crash in 2021, to his home country at the request of his family and U.S. lawmakers, diplomatic sources said Sunday. The government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has claimed there were no flaws in the criminal proceedings against U.S. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis, 34, but criticism has been growing over his long detention in Japan, with some members of the U.S. Congress also showing their support.

(Bloomberg) -- A top Philippine defense official said a plan to give the US more access to military bases would boost the Southeast Asian country’s defense capabilities against threats to its security as geopolitical tensions simmer.

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 031435Z MAR 23 MID200080778338U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 064/23 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAR// SUBJ/SKILLBRIDGE EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING GUIDANCE UPDATE// REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/171359ZSEP15// REF/B/DOC/DOD/JUN2019// NARR/REF A IS THE NAVADMIN 160/22, SKILLBRIDGE EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING GUIDANCE. REF B IS THE DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN message updates SkillBridge registration procedures to be conducted within the new SkillBridge application portal. It additionally institutes new policy controls. Reference (a) remains in full effect except as modified below. 2. Policy and procedure changes in this NAVADMIN are effective immediately for all new SkillBridge applicants. In line with reference (a), Sailors with prior command approval are grandfathered and may start or continue their SkillBridge program as approved by their command. Sailors without command approval must reapply under the guidelines of this message. 3. From this point forward, Sailors desiring to participate in SkillBridge must register and apply for SkillBridge approval using the application portal via MyNavy Education at https://myeducation.netc.navy.mil/. E-mail registrations are no longer being accepted. Application portal instructions can be found at https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Transition/SkillBridge/. 4. SkillBridge is intended to provide transition assistance and skill development for Service members leaving the Navy. However, it is not an entitlement and participation does impact readiness. As such, the time allowed for program participation is now based on paygrade. If approved, SkillBridge must occur prior to any terminal leave or permissive temporary duty associated with separation, fleet reserve, or retirement. The following limits indicate the maximum amount of time prior to the actual separation, fleet reserve, or retirement date that SkillBridge participation can commence. a. Tier one (enlisted E5 and below) - 180 days or less. b. Tier two (enlisted E6-E9) - 120 days or less. c. Tier three (officers O4 and below) - 120 days or less. d. Tier four (officers O5 and above) - 90 days or less. 5. SkillBridge applications for tier four personnel shall not be approved if participation would result in a gapped billet. Additionally, tier four applicants now require positive endorsement from the Director, Military Personnel Plans and Policy (OPNAV N13) before they can begin SkillBridge. Commanding officers (CO) must certify in any approval for tier four applicants that SkillBridge participation will not result in a gap. The Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel (OPNAV) SkillBridge registrar will forward command-approved requests for tier four personnel to OPNAV N13. The registrar will then notify applicants of OPNAV N13's decision. 6. Personnel who have received service-funded education, to include tuition assistance, under-graduate and post-graduate education, will not be permitted to start SkillBridge until all obligated service for that education is complete. 7. Officers must fulfill their minimum service requirement for commissioning prior to starting SkillBridge. 8. Officers serving under a retention bonus will not be permitted to start SkillBridge until the service obligation for that bonus is complete. 9. COs should consider whether allowing SkillBridge participation by Sailors in receipt of skill or billet-based special and incentive pays would negatively impact mission readiness. In line with reference (a), COs are always fully authorized to deny or curtail SkillBridge requests in light of mission readiness impacts. 10. Sailors who relinquish an overseas housing allowance or overseas military housing to return to the continental United States for SkillBridge participation are not currently eligible for a housing allowance in line with reference (b). This is a recognized gap that OPNAV is actively working with the Department of Defense in order to develop a solution. 11. All other policies in reference (a) remain in effect. 12. Additional resources are available at https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Transition/SkillBridge/ 13. Direct all questions regarding SkillBridge policy to navy_skillbridge.fct(at)navy.mil or by phone at (703) 604-5310. 14. This message will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first. 15. Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 031217Z MAR 23 MID200080777985U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 063/23 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/FEB// SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPROVAL OF THE ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL (AFSM) FOR OPERATIONS ALLIES REFUGE (OAR) AND ALLIES WELCOME (OAW)// REF/A/DOC/DOD/27JAN2023// REF/B/DOC/DOD/20JUN19// REF/C/DOC/SECNAV/16AUG2019// NARR/REF A ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF THE AFSM FOR OPERATIONS ALLIES REFUGE (OAR) AND ALLIES WELCOME (OAW). REF B IS DOD 1348.33M VOL2, SECDEF MANUAL OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND AWARDS. REF C IS SECNAV M-1650.1, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AWARDS MANUAL.// RMKS/1. As required by reference (a), the following guidance is provided for award of the Armed Forces Service Medal (AFSM). 2. AFSM Eligibility Criteria. a. The AFSM has been approved by the award authority for award to eligible Service members for qualifying participation in Operation ALLIES REFUGE (OAR)and Operation ALLIES WELCOME (OAW) during the period 31 August 2021 to 1 April 2022. b. Per references (b) and (c), the AFSM is a deployed service medal awarded to members who, after 1 June 1992 participate or have participated, as members of U.S. military units, in a designated U.S. military operation deemed to be a significant activity and encountered no foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action. c. As an exception, the requirement that a Service member deploy in order to qualify for award of the AFSM is waived for members at locations providing direct support, such as those physically receiving, housing, sustaining, or providing medical support, to evacuees, provided the member was reassigned from their primary duties to provide full-time support to the evacuees for at least 30 days, consecutively or non-consecutively, during the designated period of award. d. Area of Eligibility (AOE). AOE locations: Qatar - Al Udeid Air Base, Camp As Sayliyah, Camp Doha Kuwait - Camp Buehring and Ali Al Salem Air Base; Bahrain - Shaikh Isa Air Base United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi, Al Dhafra Saudi Arabia - Prince Sultan Air Base Kosovo - Ferizaj, Camp Bondsteel Germany - Stuttgart; Wiesbaden; Kaiserslautern, Ramstein Air Base, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Spain - Rota Italy - Sigonella Colorado - Peterson Space Force Base Florida - Tampa Indiana - Camp Atterbury New Jersey - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst New Mexico - Holloman Air Force Base Pennsylvania - Philadelphia International Airport Texas - Fort Bliss, Fort Sam Houston Virginia - Dulles International Airport, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Fort Lee, Fort Pickett Wisconsin - Fort McCoy; e. As an exception, due to the expansive nature of OAR and OAW, award is authorized to Service members at non-listed AOE locations, provided the member: (1) was at a location providing direct support, such as physically receiving, housing, sustaining, or providing medical support, to evacuees; and (2) meets the additional AFSM award criteria, to include criteria outlined in reference (a). 3. Awarding Authority. a. Active/Reserve personnel. Determination for personnel is delegated to the command level of O-6/civilian equivalent or above. Awarding authorities must confirm individual participation by verifying assignment via orders, evaluations/fitness reports, or other official documentation which verifies participation in support of OAR and OAW. Once verified, commands should submit the appropriate service record documentation via their personnel office. b. Navy veterans. Navy personnel honorably discharged or retired before announced approval of these awards and who meet the criterion above may submit a written request for consideration for award of the AFSM. Written request must indicate the qualifying unit and dates assigned, a copy of the Service Members unredacted DD-214, and any supporting documentation (evaluation, fitness report, TAD or PCS orders) showing service with the qualifying unit or individual participation. Requests may be mailed to: Navy Personnel Command (PERS 312), 5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055. c. Only one award of the AFSM may be received for participation in the OAR and OAW. 4. Participating Units and Personnel. a. As required by reference (c), commanding officers whose units meet the criteria for award of the AFSM must submit a completed OPNAV 1650/14 which should include a list of qualified personnel to cnoawards@us.navy.mil. These units will be entered into the awards database. This is to facilitate documentation only and does not imply unit-wide approval. Individual service record documentation continues to be a command responsibility. b. Navy personnel attached to DoD, Joint, or other non-Navy commands who meet the criteria outlined above should have their DoD or Joint command confirm eligibility and submit the appropriate service record documentation. 5. Released by Mr. Andrew S. Haeuptle, Director, Navy Staff.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//

Sailors and Marines who need to go out of state for an abortion will have 21 days to travel and undergo the procedure, according to new Navy guidance published this week. The Department of the Navy published two memos, signed by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, and one NAVADMIN on Feb. 28 detailing the procedure for reporting pregnancy and how to request time off for non-covered reproductive health care. While abortion falls under non-covered reproductive health care, it also applies to medical care like in vitro fertilization (IVF). Getting an abortion when the mother’s life is at risk or the pregnancy is the result of rape is covered by the federal government.

Sailors discovered a series of hangman’s nooses aboard a Navy destroyer last month, service officials confirmed Wednesday. On three separate occasions in February, officials said ropes were located near the racks of one service member on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Laboon, which is based in Norfolk, Virginia.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – After a U.S. naval lieutenant was imprisoned over a vehicle crash that killed two Japanese citizens, U.S. Sen Mike Lee has made demands of Japan’s prime minister to return the soldier to U.S. soil. Lee said he will take to the Senate floor this afternoon, March 1, to call for a renegotiation of the U.S. – Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida failed to meet Lee’s deadline to transfer Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis to United States custody.

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 021545Z MAR 23 MID200080774932U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 062/23 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAR// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2023 TRAINING AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESERVE OFFICER IN-SERVICE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM BOARD// REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/26JAN23// REF/B/DOC/OPNAV/14DEC09// NARR/REF A IS THE TRAINING AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESERVE OFFICER PILOT IN-SERVICE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION. REF B IS OPNAVINST 1420.1B, ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS APPLICATION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the convening of the Spring Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR) Officer In-service Procurement Program (ISPP) Board on 24 April 2023. This board will send qualifying enlisted Sailors directly to Officer Candidate School (OCS) to commission as a TAR officer. Applications will be accepted for up to three TAR officer designators based on community health determinations prior to the board. For the Spring FY 2023 TAR Officer ISPP Board, Surface Warfare (1117), Human Resources (1207), Permanent Professional Recruiter (1287) (pending designator approval), Supply (3107), and Aerospace Engineering Duty - Aviation Maintenance (1527) will be open for applications. 2. This program is open to TAR enlisted Sailors possessing a baccalaureate degree who have completed at least six months of time in service and their initial training pipeline. TAR enlisted Sailors must be a minimum of 21 years old and must be able to be commissioned prior to their 42nd birthday for all relevant designators, with the exception of Surface Warfare (1117), who must be able to be commissioned prior to their 29th birthday. Applications should include a copy of the degree and official transcripts with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 for all relevant designators, with the exception of Surface Warfare (1117). All Surface Warfare (1117) applications must meet a minimum GPA of 2.75. The only designator that will require an officer aptitude rating (OAR) in order to qualify is Surface Warfare (1117). Each applicant applying for Surface Warfare (1117) will need an OAR score of 42 or greater. Schools should send official transcripts to the following address: Navy Personnel Command (PERS-92) FY-23 TAR OFFICER ISPP BOARD #316 5720 Integrity Drive Millington, TN 38055-0092 3. Application procedures and education requirements are in line with references (a) and (b). The OPNAV 1420/1 application form, interviewer's appraisal forms (NAVCRUIT 1131/5), and other relevant information can be found by going to MyNavy HR website under Career Management > Community Management > Officer > Reserve OCM > TAR > TAR In-Service Procurement at https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Community-Management/Officer/Reserve-OCM/TAR/TAR-InService-Procurement/ . Completed applications with associated enclosures, including an endorsement from the immediate superior in charge (ISIC) and an approved electronic personnel action request (NAVPERS 1306/7) must be submitted and received no later than 2359 central standard time on 16 March 2023. E-mail applications to cscselboard(at)navy.mil. The subject line of the e-mail should read: Spring Fiscal Year 2023 Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR) Officer In-Service Procurement Program (ISPP) Board (#316) 4. Electronic submission of selection board documents (ESSBD) is the preferred method to submit a letter to the board. Candidates must access the document services application through MyNavy Portal (MNP) at https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/advancement-and-promotion/overview or the BUPERS Online main menu. Letters to the board must be received no later than 2359 central standard time on 13 April 2023. 5. In line with reference (a), applicants must meet the prescribed qualifications in line with this program and the Reserve program authorization (PA), or community requirements of the designator for which they are applying, with the exception of Surface Warfare (1117) who align with PA 100. Regardless of the selected designator, all applicants must submit three interviewer appraisals with the OPNAV 1420/1 application. Interviewer appraisals should be conducted by at least one officer in the designator(s) for which the Sailor is applying for. Specific rank requirements for interviews are outlined in the PAs. PAs can be found by going to the MyNavy HR website, https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/, and clicking on Career Management > Community Management > Officer Community. No waivers are authorized for the TAR Officer ISPP Board. 6. Officers will incur an 8-year obligation with a minimum active service obligation of 4 years, if selected. All TAR obligations will begin on the date the Service Member redesignates as a TAR officer unless otherwise stated in reference (a). Officers commissioned under this program will not be eligible for lateral transfer until minimum service requirements are met. 7. Upon approval of the board proceedings, the results of the board will be posted on the TAR redesignation board website. Applicants can expect to see the results posted within 30 days of board adjournment. Within two weeks of the board results being posted, selectees will receive an acceptance package and will have 10 days upon receipt to accept or decline selection to the program. 8. Points of contact: a. LCDR Sidney E. Larson, Director of Affiliation and Redesignation (PERS-92), (901) 874-4512/DSN 882 or sidney.e.larson.mil(at)us.navy.mil. b. PS1 Paula Ross (PERS-92), (901) 874-4599/DSN 882 or at paula.n.ross2.mil(at)us.navy.mil. 9. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first. 10. Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//

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Veterans who received care at non-VA emergency rooms since 2010 could now get some of their out-of-pocket costs reimbursed years later, even if their claims were previously denied. The VA is finalizing a new rule, published Feb. 22 and taking effect April 24, that would cover those past costs and reimburse veterans going forward.

The Navy Reserve is emphasizing benefits from medical care to transferability of education benefits to commissary and exchange privileges to attract exiting active-duty sailors to sign up, Vice Adm. John Mustin said Wednesday. The Navy Reserve is struggling with recruiting, its chief said. This falls in line with all the other services and reserve components reports on shortfalls they’re experiencing in attracting qualified recruits last year, and 2023 was not looking very promising. “I want 80 percent [of reserve recruits] to be prior service,” Mustin said, speaking at a Navy Memorial online forum.

According to reports, USS George Washington, which the USS Reagan replaced in 2015, is expected to be redeployed to Yokosuka with upgraded unmanned refueling capabilities to equip the US forces to repel a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Lt. Brian Cunningham, a spokesman for the US Pacific Fleet, who spoke to Nikkei Asia, said that plans are being made to replace the forward-deployed carrier. He continued that the details of the movement cannot be disclosed until proper coordination has been secured.

The Navy issued what it is calling a technical manual for Naval leaders to address mental health, starting with laying out how commanders should lead conversations with sailors. The Navy’s Mental Health Playbook, released a few days after the Department of Defense committee on suicide released its recommendations, gives commanders information on how to broach the topic of mental health with their sailors and how to help them find resources for help. It is meant to be read and used like sailors would a technical manual.

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Unfortunately, the MWR Director, nor the Deputy Director contacted me after I left my contact information to make a formal complaint about the supervisor, Paul. So what I did was I sent a letter to the CO of NAS Oceana. Much to my surprise, the XO of N.A.S. Oceana called me regarding the incident at the car wash - I did not expect that. It was great to hear what he had to say, especially about the importance of moral on the base. It was obvious he read the letter and he had a few questions. As a reminder, I did try to get hold of the MWR Director but I did not get a reply. Also, my concern is how that supervisor may treat Sailors, Vets and their family members. On base, any contracted facility should not behave in the manner I witnessed. For the Executive Officer of NAS Oceana to reach out to me, when I know they are very busy is very commendable and I truly appreciate that. I can't say that much about the MWR Director but let's hope that things change for the better for what is supposed to be one of our military benefits. If you have any complaints about the MWR Auto Hobby Shop, or its other facilities on N.A.S. Oceana, you can call them at the contact below. You can also contact me if you wish via the contact form. MWR Oceana - (757) 433-2560 Director: Scott George Deputy Director: Vincent Spagnuolo And one more reminder that MWR stands for Morale, Welfare and Recreation

The Navy released a “Mental Health Playbook” Tuesday that aims to facilitate mental health conversations between commanders and their sailors and eliminate the oft-perceived stigma associated with seeking help. “This playbook is designed to assist Navy leaders in preventing, mitigating or addressing mental health issues within your commands,” it states. “This work begins well before a mental health issue occurs. It starts with the climate our leaders create and how you lead the people in your care.”

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 282123Z FEB 23 MID200080760144U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 059/23 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/FEB// SUBJ/NAVY MENTAL HEALTH PLAYBOOK AND 21ST CENTURY SAILOR OFFICE NAME CHANGE// REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/171540ZSEP21// AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 205/21, ALIGNING TOUGHNESS, RESILIENCE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.// RMKS/1. As part of Navy's Get Real, Get Better movement, this NAVADMIN announces both the release of the Mental Health Playbook and the name change from the Navy 21st Century Sailor Office (OPNAV N17) to the Navy Culture and Force Resilience Office. 2. Download the Mental Health Playbook at https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/ or https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Support-Services/Culture-Resilience/Leaders-Toolkit/Mental-Health-Playbook/ . 3. Mental Health Playbook (MHPB): a. As a Navy, we must ensure that every member of our team - their minds, bodies, and spirits - are ready for combat, or for supporting those who go forward. For this reason, ensuring our people's health, especially their mental health, is paramount. b. A team of professionals from across the Fleet developed the MHPB to assist Navy leaders in preventing, mitigating, or addressing mental health issues. It defines roles and responsibilities (from triad to deckplate), describes how to have conversations that matter, and helps leaders understand how to identify and respond to a mental health related concern, navigate support systems, and understand available mental health capabilities and resources. c. Leaders at all levels should read the MHPB from cover to cover in the same way one would read a technical or tactical manual. In addition, the MHPB contains a point of contact list that should be filled in and kept current at every Navy command. d. The MHPB provides a link and QR code on page 24 to submit questions about the content, or comments about how to make the next version of the MHPB better. 4. Navy Culture and Force Resilience Office: a. Recognizing the challenge of adding the Get Real, Get Better mindset, leadership behaviors, and problem solving to an already complex set of personnel programs and policies, the Chief of Naval Operations tasked the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Personnel, Manpower, and Training, N1, to advance Navy culture. This work, led by OPNAV N17, will simplify, streamline, and align existing (e.g., Culture of Excellence) and new (e.g., Get Real, Get Better) standards into an integrated approach for how the Navy will build its people, leaders, and teams. b. The first step of this journey is the release of the MHPB and the change of OPNAV N17's name to one that more deliberately represents CNO's charge to advance Navy culture, ensuring we build a Force that is tougher and more resilient in how it comes together to solve our hardest problems, fight, and win. In addition, OPNAV N17 has assumed ownership of Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) Integration Framework (NIF) within reference (a) task to align Navy's toughness, resiliency, and mental health programs into one continuum. c. Initial integration work will be developed, tested, and deployed by the end of calendar year 2023. In calendar year 2024, the Navy will further adjust its talent management system to reflect a culture that rewards its people not only for the outcomes they achieve, but also for the culture and teams they build in achieving these outcomes. 5. The OPNAV N17 section of the MyNavy HR website will be refined over the next year, but has been initially updated to reflect Navy's pivot towards more deliberately building great people, leaders, and teams: https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Support-Services/Culture-Resilience/ 6. Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 282114Z FEB 23 MID200080760127U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 058/23 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/FEB// SUBJ/NAVY SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE TO COMMAND NOTIFICATION OF PREGNANCY POLICY, ADMINISTRATIVE ABSENCE AND TRAVEL FOR NON-COVERED REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE// REF/A/MSG/SECNAV/271542ZFEB23// REF/B/MSG/SECNAV/271617ZFEB23// REF/C/DOC/OPNAV/12MAR18// NARR/REF A IS ALNAV 017/23, COMMAND NOTIFICATION OF PREGNANCY POLICY. REF B IS ALNAV 018/23, ADMINISTRATIVE ABSENCE OR TRAVEL FOR NON-COVERED REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE. REF C IS OPNAVINST 6000.1D, NAVY GUIDELINES CONCERNING PREGNANCY AND PARENTHOOD.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN provides interim supplemental guidance to references (a) and (b) to ensure our Sailors and their families have access to reproductive health care, regardless of where they are stationed in service to our Nation. In doing so, this guidance ensures the privacy of protected health information. All hands shall be made immediately aware of this guidance. 2. Approval Timeline and Appeals. References (a) and (b) provide the methodology that must be applied for command notification of pregnancy and approval of administrative absence or funded travel for non-covered reproductive health care. a. Approval Timeline. Commanding officers (CO) or approval authorities must act promptly and with appropriate discretion when considering a request for administrative absence or funded temporary duty (TDY) travel. If a command structure does not have a designated CO, the approval authority is defined as the head of the unit, activity, or organization who holds command and control authority. Due to the time-sensitive nature of many reproductive health care, approval decisions should be made no later than (NLT) 5 days after the request is submitted. b. Appeal Process. If the CO or approval authority denies the administrative absence or funded travel for non-covered reproductive health care, the CO or approval authority must notify the first O6/GS15 or higher immediate superior in command (ISIC). The Service Member may appeal the request to the same O6/GS15 or higher ISIC. Appeal decisions should be made promptly, NLT than 5 days after the request is denied. 3. Administrative Procedures: a. Requesting administrative absence. The Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) will be used for non-covered reproductive healthcare requests. NSIPS (to include NSIPS Web Afloat) will be updated to reflect administrative absence for non- covered reproductive health care. Until this update is completed, the following procedures will be used: (1) Select *Convalescent* in block 12a of the leave request. Input comment *Administrative Absence for Non-Covered Reproductive Health Care* in block 24. Do not input any Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) information into NSIPS. (2) Administrative absence requests will be limited to the lesser of 21 days, or the minimum number of days essential to receive the required care and travel needed to access the care by the most expeditious means of transportation practicable. (3) Requests for convalescent leave following receipt of non-covered reproductive health care must be submitted as a separate convalescent leave period and may be approved based on a recommendation from a Department of Defense (DoD) health care provider or a non-DoD health care provider from whom the Service Member is receiving care. (4) Leave approvers are responsible for ensuring the duration of the administrative absence is the minimum amount required to receive the required care and requisite travel within the limits outlined in this NAVADMIN. b. Requesting funded TDY travel. If requesting funded TDY travel, the request shall be submitted in Defense Travel System (DTS) as a routine TDY. No HIPAA information will be uploaded into DTS as part of substantiating documentation for funded travel. 4. Command Tracking Requirement. Reference (b) guidance requires the Navy to track administrative absences and travel costs executed by all authorized travelers for non-covered reproductive health care. Until a permanent solution is implemented at a later date, the following is required: a. Commands shall send monthly reports to ALTN_pregnancyandparenthood(at)navy.mil. b. Reports shall use the template located at https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Support-Services/Culture-Resilience/Parenthood- Pregnancy/ which includes the required data in paragraphs 7.c.4(a) through paragraph 7.c.4(e) of reference (b). 5. Reference (c) will be updated to reflect new guidance and policies. 6. Additional resources. Additional fact sheets and frequently asked questions are located at the below addresses: a. https://www.health.mil/News/In-the-Spotlight/Ensuring-Access-to-Reproductive-Health-Care b. https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/Messages/ALNAV-2023/ c. https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/Messages/NAVADMIN-2023/ d. https://www.med.navy.mil/Navy-Marine-Corps-Public-Health-Center/Womens-Health/ e. https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Support-Services/Culture-Resilience/Parenthood-Pregnancy/ f. The Navy Fact Sheet will be available on the Navy Messages page at www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/Messages/NAVADMIN-2023/. 7. Point of contact for this matter is People and Culture (OPNAV N174) via e-mail at ALTN_pregnancyandparenthood(at)navy.mil. 8. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled. 9. Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//

(WHNT) – A Navy petty officer living in Decatur has been charged with production of child pornography after a 13-year-old in Pennsylvania had sexually explicit communication with him, according to court documents. Court records show that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Allentown, Penn. was contacted after a complaint was made stating a 13-year-old girl in Lehigh County had been communicating with 39-year-old Patrick Scott Otwell.

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 281213Z FEB 23 MID200080758964U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 057/23 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/FEB// SUBJ/2023 MRS. SYBIL STOCKDALE OMBUDSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS// REF/A/DOC/OPNAVINST 1750.1G CH-2/2SEP14// AMPN/REF A is OPNAVINST 1750.1G CH-2, (The Navy Family Ombudsman Program)// POC/Littler, Brandy CIV/CNIC N9/BRANDY.B.LITTLER.NAF(AT)US.NAVY.MIL/TEL: (202) 433-4701// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the annual Mrs. Sybil Stockdale Ombudsman of the Year Award nomination/selection process and presentation requirements for Calendar Year 2023. Navy Ombudsman who have served in good standing for at least one year, culminating no later than the due date in paragraph 6.a, are eligible to be nominated for the 2023 award. 2. This award was inspired by Mrs. Sybil Stockdale, who set an unflagging example for her support for families of other prisoners of war during the seven year internment in Southeast Asia of her husband, Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale. The Ombudsman of the Year Award is presented to four ombudsmen who have served their command and Navy families with selfless dedication and commitment to family readiness in the following categories: a. Afloat command (Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM)). b. Afloat command (Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Command (COMPACFLT)). c. Reserve command (Commander, Navy Reserve Force Command (COMNAVRESFOR)). d. Ashore command. The following commands are authorized to submit one nomination to Director, Navy Staff (per paragraph 6b) to compete from their ashore commands. (1) Each Echelon 2 Navy Shore Activity (direct report to OPNAV) (2) COMUSFLTFORCOM (3) COMPACFLT (4) U.S. Naval Forces Europe/U.S. Naval Forces Africa (CNE-CNA) 3. Criteria for Ombudsman of the Year: a. Must have demonstrated the ability to effectively communicate between the Navy family and the command. b. Must have maintained the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality while providing a positive example for command members and families. c. Must have facilitated and promoted a healthy sense of community among command families by assisting and supporting Navy families to include emergencies, mobilization, or deployment. d. Must have demonstrated consistent compliance with training, data collection, and required reports per reference (a). 4. Eligibility requirements for Ombudsman of the Year: a. Award nominees must be registered in the Ombudsman Registry, https://ombudsmanregistry.cnic.navy.mil, and have distinguished themselves in supporting Navy families. b. Must have served as an Ombudsman in good standing for at least one year and embody the core values of the Ombudsman Program. 5. Submit nomination packages in the following format: a. Cover letter to category sponsors via the chain of command, with the following enclosures. b. Enclosure (1) Summary of action, not to exceed two pages, addressing each of the criterion set forth in paragraph 3 (above). c. Enclosure (2) Short biography of the nominee. d. Enclosure (3) Letter from the Fleet and Family Support Center Director or Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) validating involvement in Ombudsman assemblies and advanced training. e. Enclosure (4), as needed: Additional supporting information (e.g., a letter of support for nomination from former Commanding Officers, Command Point of Contact, or Command Support Team; letters of appreciation presented by Commanding Officers or family members). 6. Nomination and selection process: a. Packages are due no later than 12 May 2023. Submit Afloat and Reserve Command nomination packages to the appropriate organizations in paragraphs 2a, 2b, and 2c (above). b. Ombudsman of the Year representatives from Echelon 2 Navy Shore Activities (direct report to OPNAV), COMUSFLTFORCOM (Shore), COMPACFLT (Shore) and CNE-CNA (Shore) submit nomination packages to OPNAV Command Master Chief, CMDCM Michael Carbone, at michael.g.carbone2.mil(AT)us.navy.mil. c. COMUSFLTFORCOM, COMPACFLT, and COMNAVRESFORCOM will select a finalist for their respective category and provide awardee information to Director, Navy Staff no later than 16 June 2023 for inclusion in a NAVADMIN announcing all four winners. 7. Type Commanders or designated representative will present awards in September 2023, during an Ombudsman Appreciation event. 8. Additional information is located at https://www.cnic.navy.mil/OmbudsmanOfTheYear. 9. Released by Mr. Andrew S. Haeuptle, Director, Navy Staff.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//

The Department of Defense reminded members of the military that although jumping out of a plane with a parachute and an American flag in tow may seem patriotic to some, it is not acceptable. In a memo sent to the public affairs offices of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and National Guard on Feb. 10, the DOD provided clarification on a policy requiring all uniformed service members to show proper respect to the U.S. flag while at community events.

QUANTICO, Va. — The U.S. Naval Community College officially began accepting applications for its Associate of Science in Aviation Maintenance program Monday, Feb. 27. USNCC worked with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to provide a naval-relevant degree program focused on those who maintain aircraft for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. “We’re excited to further the lifelong learning process of the naval aviation community,” said USNCC’s President Randi R. Cosentino, Ed.D. “These Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen will develop a set of skills and earn credentials that set them up for success for the rest of their lives.”