The Coast Guard Academy will honor its first African-American graduate by presenting him with a pioneer award on Sunday, April 1st. Merle Smith, 67, graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1966. Since then, the Academy has become more diverse, although it still receives pressure from Congress to increase enrollment among minorities, especially African-Americans, who [...]
The deadline for online applications for the financial counselor fellowship program for military spouses is set for midnight Eastern Time today, Saturday, March 31. Through the Military Spouse Fellowship Program, military spouses receive the education and training that they need, in order to earn the designation of Accredited Financial Counselor. The program, which was launched [...]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the 2012 Industry Innovation Competition, which focuses on innovations in Veteran health care and benefits. The VA website shared that the competition identifies and tests promising innovations that bring improvement to the accessibility, as well as the quality of care and services delivered to Veterans. The competition [...]
The Office of Naval Intelligence celebrated Women’s History Month on Thursday, March 29. Serving as distinguished guest in the event is Rear Adm. Michelle Howard, the first African-American woman to command a U.S. Navy combatant ship. She is the first female graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy who was selected for admiral. Rear Adm. Howard [...]
Sailors were reminded by officials on March 28 that there is one website that they could turn to for anything related to the Navy: the Navy Personnel Command (NPC) website. The NPC website contains links to guidance and policy, programs, pay and benefits, Navy messages, and stories, among others. Lt. Jon Williams, functional website manager [...]
A fallen Navy SEAL is being honored by the American Red Cross, which named him as among the “Heroes of the Heartland.” The recognition is given by the Red Cross to people who have shown “extraordinary acts of character and dedicated countless hours to a special cause.” Petty Officer First Class Jon Tumilson, one of [...]
