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Destroyer USS Halsey Sails Through Taiwan Strait
Destroyer USS Halsey (DDG-97) performed a Taiwan Strait transit on Wednesday, U.S. 7th Fleet announced.
“The ship transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State.” U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement.
“Halsey‘...
https://news.usni.org/2024/05/08/destroyer-uss-halsey-sails-through-taiwan-strait
Navy Opens Up Combat Awards for Actions in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
The Navy has designated the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden as two new locations for combat awards, according to a service message released Wednesday.
Under the memo released by Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs...
https://news.usni.org/2024/04/24/navy-opens-up-combat-awards-for-actions-in-red-sea-gulf-of-aden
Navy Spent About $1.8 Million on Super Bowl Ads
Image from the Navy’s new ‘Never’ ad campaign.
The Navy spent approximately $1.8 million to air a commercial in 16 markets during Super Bowl Sunday.
The “Never” commercial featuring sailors talking about how they did not expect to have a career in the sea service is part of the “Forged By the Sea” ad campaign targeting the Gen-Z population that kicked off in October. Until the Super Bowl ad, the commercials were typically pushed on social media and streaming platforms.
“While most Navy advertising...
https://news.usni.org/2023/02/13/navy-spent-about-1-8-million-on-super-bowl-ads
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...
CNP Nowell: Navy Short More Than 5,000 Sailors for At-Sea Billets
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
UNCTAD appoints Rebeca Grynspan as new secretary-general
Former Costa Rican vice president, Rebeca Grynspan, has been appointed to the top job the UN’s trade and development body. UNCTAD promotes trade with and investment in lesser-developed countries.
Her nomination to the UNCTAD’s secretary-general post by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was approved on 11 June by the UN General Assembly.
Ms. Grynspan is an economist and is also the current Ibero-American...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/unctad-appoints-rebeca-grynspan-as-new-secretary-general/
Crowley to act as Army’s third party logistics provider in Europe
Crowley Solutions has received a multi-year award from the U.S. Army 409th Contracting Support Brigade-Theater Contracting Command to provide transportation of personnel and cargo and procurement of material handling equipment (MHE) under the Third Party Logistics Europe Wide Movement (3PLEWM) contract.
Under terms of the May 4 award, Crowley will provide third party logistics (3PL) services to the U.S. government, NATO and non-NATO partners throughout the European Command area of...