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

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Sailor to Sailor - Oct, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

TRICARE Open Season 2025: Understanding your TRICARE health plan options

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

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

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

Satellites Show US Warships Positioned for Possible Strikes in Venezuela

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

Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.

THE EXPERIENCED HEAD OF A CRITICAL OFFICE that helps organize important technical research and disburse billions of dollars in funding for the U.S. Navy is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience. Rear Admiral Kurt Rothenhaus was recently removed from his post as chief of naval research, the top post at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and replaced by Rachel Riley, a former partner at McKinsey & Company and Rhodes Scholar recipient who has been serving since January in a DOGE-related roles inside the Trump administration.

“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War (D'OH!) to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” Trump said in a Truth Social post shortly before his highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. “That process will begin immediately.” I guess it's time to re-introduce the Doomsday Clock

WASHINGTON — The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, two people familiar with planning for the event told The Associated Press.

US Navy releases new social media guidelines for service members - Navy Times

This is where the government, and the VA in particular, should mind their own business and stay out of people's health issues... The Trump administration is making it more difficult for veterans with a rare but deadly cancer to get their health care needs covered by the government. The new policy, involving breast cancer in men, is laid out in a Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica.

This is crazy... There are already procedures & guidelines in place for classified and other information... U.S. military officials involved with President Donald Trump’s expanding operations in Latin America have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, three U.S. officials say, a development that raises new questions about a military buildup that Venezuela fears may lead to an invasion. The step is highly unusual, given that U.S. military officials are already required to shield national security secrets from public view, and comes as lawmakers in Congress say they are being kept in the dark about key aspects of the mission.

Federal agents in Chicago, alongside Trump’s Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, feel empowered to do whatever they want. A federal agent blatantly violated a court order against using excessive force against journalists and protesters last Thursday by pointing a gun in a veteran’s face, saying “Bang, bang” and “You’re dead, liberal.” The Chicago Headline Club, a nonprofit representing journalists in the Chicago area, filed a complaint in federal court after the incident, which took place in the city’s Little Village neighborhood. Local residents had gathered to observe and protest a large presence of federal agents in the area, and Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino did not respond well or care to take the earlier court order into consideration.

Two sources familiar with the initial Navy investigation confirmed Trump’s comments and said that contaminated fuel in the aircraft was a leading suspect in both crashes before saying that the initial reports were far from the final word. A complete investigation into the crashes could take months.

WOW! The department of war (D'OH!) is now suggesting what you should put on your social media page. I assume this is coming from the secretary of WAAH but cannot confirm that. D'oh! ALNAV 080/25