NAVADMIN

NAVADMIN: Navy Outlines New Promotion Timeline

Sailors with E-1 through E-4 ranks will now be promoted based on time served and commander recommendation, the Navy announced through a NAVADMIN last week.

The new policy, which will go into effect on July 1, 2024, is meant to align apprentice-ranked sailors with the billet-based and marketplace advancement the Navy is using for sailors with E-5 through E-9 ranks, Fleet Master Chief for Personnel, Manpower and Training Delbert Terrell told reporters.

Now, sailors will be able to advance to chief...

https://news.usni.org/2023/08/01/navadmin-navy-outlines-new-promotion-timeline

Navy Lays Out New Policy For 21-Day Administrative Leave for Abortion and Reproductive Care

Sailors stand security watch as the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) gets underway on Sept. 11, 2020, in Yokosuka, Japan. US Navy photo.

Sailors and Marines who need to go out of state for an abortion will have 21 days to travel and undergo the procedure, according to new Navy guidance published this week.

The Department of the Navy published two memos, signed by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, and one NAVADMIN on Feb. 28 detailing the procedure for

https://news.usni.org/2023/03/02/navy-lays-out-new-policy-for-21-day-administrative-leave-for-abortion-and-reproductive-care

Navy Offers Up to $100K in Retention Bonuses for Select Special Warfare Sailors

U.S. Navy SEALs survey a rooftop during consulate evacuation training during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Deuce Village, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 12, 2022. US Marine Corps Photo

Some senior enlisted members in the special warfare community have a chance to earn a retention bonus of up to $100,000, the Navy announced in a new memo.

NAVADMIN 004/23, released Jan. 10, details a new retention bonus program that targets naval special warfare senior enlisted sailors that have a...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/18/navy-offers-up-to-100k-in-retention-bonuses-for-select-special-warfare-sailors

Navy Needs to Fill About 9,000 At-Sea Billets in More than a Dozen Ratings, Says Personnel Command

Navy Quartermaster 3rd Class Hailey Pardo, from Kahului, Hawaii, shoots sunlines with a sextant aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) on Oct. 8, 2022. US Navy Photo

The number of at-sea billets the Navy needs to fill continues to grow as the service works to incentivize sailors to take the jobs, according to the latest numbers from the Navy Personnel Command. The Navy needs to fill about 9,000 at-sea billets, Cmdr. Richard Chernitzer, a spokesperson for...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/25/navy-needs-to-fill-about-9000-at-sea-billets-in-more-than-a-dozen-ratings-says-personnel-command

Navy Rolls Out Retention Programs for Submarine Commanders, Senior Enlisted Sailors

Tugboats guide USS Minnesota (SSN-783) to the pier as the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine returns to Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., in 2021. US Navy Photo

A new Navy program will offer $20,000 per year to members of the submarine community in a bid to increase retention.

Submarine commanding officers with no less than 19 years but no more than 25 years of service are eligible to receive annual payments of $20,000 if they stay in the Navy for another three to five...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/10/navy-rolls-retention-programs-for-submarine-commanders-senior-enlisted-sailors

Navy Cancelling Early Separation; Offering Extensions for Retirement, Separation

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...

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/30/navy-cancelling-early-separation-offering-extensions-for-retirement-separation

Navy Shifts COVID-19 Strategy on Ships To Adhere to CDC Guidance as Omicron Variant Surges

Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Jenny Wilkinson, from Mt. Upton, N.Y., assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG-105), simulates a class alpha fire during an in-port emergency team (IET) drill while underway in the South China Sea on Jan. 15, 2022. US Navy Photo

New naval guidance for operating under COVID-19 will include shorter isolation periods for those with the virus, as the Navy moves to a fully vaccinated fleet.

The new standard operating guidance,...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/26/navy-shifts-covid-19-strategy-on-ships-to-adhere-to-cdc-guidance-as-omicron-variant-surges

Marines Face Separation if Not Fully Vaccinated by End of November

Marine Sgt Maj. James Robertson, the sergeant major of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point receives the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, on Dec. 23, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo

All active-duty Marines will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 28 or face separation, according to new guidance from the Marine Corps.

The Marine Corps guidance, signed Saturday and released by Lt. Gen. D.J. Furness, deputy commandant, plans, policies and...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/25/marines-face-separation-if-not-fully-vaccinated-by-end-of-november

Document: CNO Gilday’s Fleet Guidance

The following is a Dec. 2, 2019 Navy message to the fleet from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday. The guidance outlines Gilday’s priorities for the service during his tenure.

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R 022236Z DEC 19 MID510000756726U
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC
TO NAVADMIN
INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC
BT
UNCLAS
NAVADMIN 273/19
MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/CNO/DEC/
SUBJ/CNO MESSAGE TO THE FORCE/
RMKS/1. Mission one for every Sailor – active...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/02/document-cno-gildays-fleet-guidance

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