Give Something Away Day
July 15 “Give Something Away” Day is about everyone that cares about anyone or anything to give away something. It’s from the U.S. Navy core values to give back. Below are just a few recent examples of how we’ve given back to this world. Let’s also remember the hospital ships USNS Mercy’s and USNS Comfort’s …
Health Workers in Uniform: Lessons Learned
By Cmdr. Michael Kaplan, MDDirector of Medical ServicesNaval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida While USS Kidd (DDG 100) was deployed to the U.S. Fourth Fleet Area of Responsibility, a Sailor began experiencing COVID-19 symptoms April 20, a month after the ship’s last port call. SOUTH CHINA SEA: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) conducts …
Marking the 109th Anniversary of Naval Aviation Excellence
By Rear Adm. John Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic U.S. Naval Aviation marks its early beginnings on May 8, 1911, with a purchase request made by Capt. Washington Irving Chambers for the Navy’s first aircraft. In the years leading up to World War I, pioneer aviators pushed the development of hydroaeroplanes and flying boats, …
Answering the Call: Stateside Deployments of U.S. Navy Hospital Ships
By André B. Sobocinski, Historian, BUMED On March 18, President Trump announced Navy hospital ships USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) and Comfort (T-AH-20) were to be activated and deployed stateside to serve as referral centers for non-COVID-19 patients. The longest-serving hospital ships in continuous operation in our history, Mercy and Comfort have long captured the public’s imagination …
CNO’s Message to the Fleet on Coronavirus
By Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday Shipmates, it’s the 19th of March, 2020. A lot has changed in the past week, and the impacts of the coronavirus are changing daily life for all of us. Our focus right now is threefold: We must protect our people, and we must maintain mission readiness. And …
CNO and MCPON Message to the Fleet on Coronavirus
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike GildayMaster Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith Shipmates, the spread of the coronavirus is something that we are taking very seriously. While many of you may be anxious, worried, or wondering what happens next, leadership at every level is actively engaged on this issue. Our No. 1 …
Chaplain Corps Provides Irreplaceable Services
RADM Brent W. Scott Navy Chief of Chaplains I recently read an opinion article that suggested it would be reasonable to consider what amounts to reducing the religious liberty of service members and their families. The author offered that diminishing the Chaplain Corps would help the Navy meet its $40 billion requirement. The truth is, …
SECNAV VECTORS
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly issues his weekly Vector message to the Department of the Navy workforce on Fridays. Below is the text of each Vector, the most recent appearing first. Revisit this NavyLive blog each week for the latest SECNAV Vector. Vector 11 – Feb. 11, 2020: Information Management Very shortly after …
Firsthand Effects of the Naval Sustainment System-Aviation
Across the board, we saw substantial improvements in workspace layouts, turnaround times for maintenance, backorders of high-priority requisitions that are missing from the supply shelf and planning for the future.
Acting SECNAV Speeches and Transcripts
The following are transcripts of interviews and prepared remarks from Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly. The most recent additions appear first. All transcripts and recordings from commercial media sources are courtesy of the copyright holder. Jan. 3, 2020: Interview on Hugh Hewitt radio program. Click here for the YouTube audio recording of …