Three in 10 sailors did not have to move due to their new billet assignments, the head of naval personnel said Wednesday.
As a result of changes to billet assignments, such as the detailing marketplace assignment policy, sailors are able to stay in the same geographic area longer, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Richard Cheeseman said Wednesday during a...
Senior Chief Operations Specialist Jonathan Figliola receives his senior chief cover at Navy Recruiting Command headquarters during a frocking ceremony. on April 19, 2023. US Navy Photo
Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman has paused a Navy Recruiting Command order that would have had recruiters work six days a week.
Navy Recruiting Command ordered a six-day work week, starting July 8, in the latest effort to increase recruitment. The order was met with backlash from sailors, and...
Lt. Razvan Melen reenlists Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Braden Richardson in front of an MH-60S Knight Hawk attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on May 12, 2022. US Navy Photo
The Navy exceeded retention goals for Fiscal Year 2022 and is on track to beat them in Fiscal Year 2023, according to data from the Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel obtained by USNI News.
The sea service finished the fiscal year at 107 percent of its...
https://news.usni.org/2023/02/01/navy-exceeding-fy-2023-sailor-retention-goals-says-q1-data
Rear Adm. Pete Garvin, commander, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), center left, talks with students after they completed the MILO simulator for a small arms training evolution at Gunner’s Mate “A” School, Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes in Great Lakes, Ill., on Aug. 24, 2022. US Navy Photo
While the Navy was able to meet its recruiting goals for enlisted active-duty sailors in FY 2022, it did not have the same success for active-duty officers or reserve sailors...
Newly-pinned chief petty officers stand at attention while in formation during a chief petty officers pinning ceremony in the hangar bay of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), in the Philippine Sea on Oct. 22, 2022. US Navy Photo
A Navy pilot program announced Thursday will temporarily suspend enlisted high-year tenure for two years, allowing more people to stay in the sea service.
Under the program, which was announced in NAVADMIN 288/22, commands cannot separate or involuntarily transfer an active-duty...
Nine newly Chief Petty Officers sing anchors away during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) in the Philippine Sea on Oct. 21, 2022. US Navy Photo
Senior enlisted sailors will now advance to new positions through a billet-based promotion system, the Navy announced Tuesday.
The service introduced its pilot for the senior enlisted marketplace, a sister project to the detailing marketplace assignment policy, which...
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) James Honea delivers remarks during the MCPON Change of Office ceremony held at Mahan Hall, United States Naval Academy, on Sept. 8, 2022. US Navy Photo
James Honea became the latest master chief petty officer of the Navy during a change of office ceremony held at the Naval Academy last week.
Honea, who has served in the Navy since 1987, previously served as the senior enlisted sailor at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. He takes over the MCPON role from...
https://news.usni.org/2022/09/12/new-master-chief-petty-officer-honea-assumes-office
Sailors standby for color detail on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) as the ship pulls into Marseille, France for a scheduled port visit, June 18, 2022. US Navy Photo
The Navy is canceling early separation programs and encouraging delayed separation as it aims to retain more sailors, especially in sea billets.
The Navy announced the cancellation of enlisted early out programs, as well as waivers for new time-in-grade requirement, in NAVADMIN 142/22, released on June 22.
Under the...
The admiral in charge of the Pentagon’s joint force development office has been nominated to lead U.S. naval forces in Europe and Africa, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Department of Defense.
Vice Adm. Stuart Munsch, the director of the Joint Force Development, J-7, on the Joint Staff, is nominated to lead U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa based in Naples.
Munsch has served on the Joint Staff since 2020. Prior to his current role, Munch oversaw the Navy’s warfighting development...
Then-Pacific Fleet Fleet Master Chief James Honea in 2021. US Navy Photo
The senior enlisted sailor at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has been selected to be the Navy’s 16th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON), the service announced on Thursday.
Fleet Master Chief James Honea is now set to take over from current MCPON Russell Smith in September, according to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gilday.
“I selected Fleet Master Chief Honea because he has saltwater in his veins, embodies Navy...
https://news.usni.org/2022/03/10/indo-pacoms-senior-enlisted-leader-tapped-to-be-next-mcpon