Tag Archives: VCNO Adm. Robert Burke

Navy Altering Deployments in Response to COVID-19 Threat; CNO Says Testing Capability is a Major Barrier

Navy Altering Deployments in Response to COVID-19 Threat; CNO Says Testing Capability is a Major Barrier

Airman Arlon Jones from Columbia, S.C., stands security watch on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on April 9, 2020. US Navy Photo

The Navy is organizing a hodgepodge of directives designed to combat COVID-19 into clear rules that would strive to prevent a similar outbreak like the one that’s kept USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) tied to a pier in Guam. Read More

Navy Mulling Taking Sailors off Forward Deployed Ships as Part $40B Savings Drive

Navy Mulling Taking Sailors off Forward Deployed Ships as Part $40B Savings Drive

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) respond to a man-overboard drill during a steel beach picnic in the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 25, 2019. US Navy Photo

Manning forward-deployed ships with fewer sailors, making less carrier strike groups available to deploy and reducing the size of command staffs are moves the Navy is considering as part of its drive to reduce $40 billion from its budget, according to a February memo outlining the cuts under consideration reviewed by USNI News. Read More

Navy Drops TV Ads: Trades Super Bowl Spots for Esports, YouTube

Navy Drops TV Ads: Trades Super Bowl Spots for Esports, YouTube

Information Systems Technician Alexavier Simmons aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), plays video games during the ship’s first underway in 2017. US Navy Photo

The Navy is punting on television advertising and won’t roll out a new ad campaign in time for the Super Bowl. Instead, the service will spend virtually all its advertising money in the digital realm. Read More

Spouse Employment, Childcare Highlighted in New Navy Family Framework

Spouse Employment, Childcare Highlighted in New Navy Family Framework

FORT MONROE, Va. (July 12, 2019) Chief Machinist’s Mate Franklin Pollydore, from New York, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) weapons department, signs his certificate of reenlistment with his children during his reenlistment ceremony. Navy photo

To retain sailors, the Navy Family Framework version 2.0 addresses stressors facing active duty service members, their spouses and children. Read More