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CNP Nowell: Navy Short More Than 5,000 Sailors for At-Sea Billets

9 February 2022

Ensign Sofia Bliek, from Vernon, Conn., on Feb. 6, 2022. US Navy Photo

The Navy has 5,000 to 6,000 gaps for sailors at-sea billets, the service’s senior personnel officer told a House panel on Tuesday.

The Navy currently has 145,000 billets at sea, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. John Nowell said during a House Armed Services subcommittee on military personnel hearing. Following the fatal collisions of 2017, the Navy added 23,800 sea billets in an effort to buttress manning on surface ships....

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/09/cnp-nowell-navy-short-more-than-5000-sailors-for-at-sea-billets

Marine Corps Aiming to Keep Marines in Longer With More Transparency, Attention to Physical and Mental Fitness

24 November 2021

A recruit with Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, scales the rope obstacle during the Mariana Islands event of the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Oct. 22, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps Photo

Keeping them in the Marines also means keeping them healthy, both physically and psychologically, Black said.

The Human Performance branch of the service is looking at how Marines can better train in order to avoid injuries.

Black used the example of athletic training. A...

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/23/marine-corps-aiming-to-keep-marines-in-longer-with-more-transparency-attention-to-physical-and-mental-fitness

Nowell: Navy’s Fully Digital Recruiting Outreach Helped Achieve Service’s Goals Despite Pandemic

13 May 2021

In support of Navy Promotional Day at John Jay High School, brothers Navy Counselor 1st Class Chris Thomas (left) and Master-at-Arms 2nd Class William Thomas (left center), of San Antonio, assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) San Antonio, revisited their alma mater to speak with students about Navy careers. The purpose of a NPD is to build and sustain strategic networks with high schools, universities and colleges. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s commitment to nearly fully digital...

https://news.usni.org/2021/05/12/nowell-navys-fully-digital-recruiting-outreach-helped-achieve-services-goals-despite-pandemic