Sailors under the E-6 pay grade may be eligible for a basic housing allowance under House authorizers’ draft defense policy bill for Fiscal Year 2025.
Under the House Armed Services Committee chairman’s mark of the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, released Monday, sailors and service members under E-6 would get a basic housing allowance.
“In authorizing an allowance under this...
https://news.usni.org/2024/05/14/hasc-mark-would-give-sailors-under-e-6-basic-housing-allowance
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea speaks with sailors and answers questions during an all-hands at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) on Feb. 10, 2023. US Navy Photo
“I want there to be greater access for all sailors to have housing off ship,” Honea told USNI News. “I want there to be a greater separation from their work life and their home life. I want every sailor to have a barracks room or to have an apartment or housing outside the fence line.”
Sailors need to have...
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
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
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith speaks with U.S. Naval War College sailors on Jan. 16, 2020. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s senior enlisted leader is under investigation for alleged misconduct, two defense officials confirmed to USNI News on Thursday.
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith is now the subject of a Navy Inspector General investigation for unspecified misconduct.
In a statement to USNI News, Navy spokesperson Cmdr. Reann Mommsen declined to...
https://news.usni.org/2022/02/03/mcpon-smith-under-investigation-for-allegations-of-misconduct
Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar and MCPON Russell Smith take a selfie following Bolivar’s retirement ceremony. US Navy Photo
NAVAL BASE CORONADO, Calif., — One of the first female divers in the Navy and one of the first Filipino-Americans to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy retired this weekend after more than 30 years in the service.
For most of her 36-year career, Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar has been a rarity in the Navy: A seasoned, female diver whose path into the Navy followed her father’s but which...
Capt. Mary Seymour, Naval Support Activity Bethesda Commanding Officer, reads to children during a Story Time event held at the Child Development Center on NSA Bethesda on April 9, 2019. US Navy Photo
The Navy has 9,000 infants and toddlers that its child care centers don’t have room for, and the service is now seeking help from off-base facilities in fleet concentration areas as that wait list shows no sign of shrinking.
Providing affordable child care is a major concern affecting the Navy’s...
https://news.usni.org/2019/05/16/navy-child-care-waitlist-for-on-base-services-is-9000-kids-long
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Ronald Green and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith speak to an audience at the Maritime Security Dialogue hosted by USNI at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Navy photo.
WASHINGTON – The Navy and Marine Corps’ top non-commissioned officers say finding affordable childcare is critical to personnel retention.
Readiness and lethality are the Navy and Marine Corps primary concern, but when sailors and Marines worry about finding...