Be Ready Archive

  • “Faces of the Fleet” takes a look at YOUR Navy operating forward. These images represent the greatest Sailors in the greatest Navy in the world leading from the deck plates,...

    Faces of the Fleet

    “Faces of the Fleet” takes a look at YOUR Navy operating forward. These images represent the greatest Sailors in the greatest Navy in the world leading from the deck plates,...

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  • The Naval Academy freshman class endured 14 continuous hours of rigorous physical and mental challenges during the Academy’s annual Sea Trials training exercise. Sea Trials is modeled after the Marine Corps’...

    Sea Trials – Building Naval Warfighters

    The Naval Academy freshman class endured 14 continuous hours of rigorous physical and mental challenges during the Academy’s annual Sea Trials training exercise. Sea Trials is modeled after the Marine Corps’...

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  • “As someone told me, inport or underway, we’re the ship’s first line of defense. If anything happens on the ship, we will be able to respond.”

    Protecting the Ship: USS Nimitz Sailors Train to Be Ready

    “As someone told me, inport or underway, we’re the ship’s first line of defense. If anything happens on the ship, we will be able to respond.”

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  • “These awards acknowledge the remarkable efforts undertaken by every Sailor who served with us throughout the course of a very demanding year.” - Cmdr. John P. Greene, commanding officer of VFA-2...

    Bounty Hunters Capture Rear Adm. McClusky… Award

    “These awards acknowledge the remarkable efforts undertaken by every Sailor who served with us throughout the course of a very demanding year.” - Cmdr. John P. Greene, commanding officer of VFA-2...

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  • On any given day, in your Navy, our team of more than 600,000 professional Sailors and Civilians are working together around the globe to perform our mission: deter aggression and, if deterrence...

    Your Navy TODAY (March 20, 2012)

    On any given day, in your Navy, our team of more than 600,000 professional Sailors and Civilians are working together around the globe to perform our mission: deter aggression and, if deterrence...

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  • On March 5, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus held an interactive, worldwide All Hands Call onboard USS Bataan in which he answered questions both from Sailors present as well...

    21st Century Sailor and Marine “Q and A”

    On March 5, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus held an interactive, worldwide All Hands Call onboard USS Bataan in which he answered questions both from Sailors present as well...

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  • This is the first in a series of blog posts by Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, the Honorable Juan M. Garcia, to provide more detail about...

    21st Century Sailor and Marine Overview

    This is the first in a series of blog posts by Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, the Honorable Juan M. Garcia, to provide more detail about...

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  • Last year’s Enlisted Retention Board was charged with identifying the most fully qualified Sailors for retention, applying both performance indicators and available quotas. Combined, the first and second phases of...

    ERB…The Why, The How, and The Now What

    Last year’s Enlisted Retention Board was charged with identifying the most fully qualified Sailors for retention, applying both performance indicators and available quotas. Combined, the first and second phases of...

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  • “The strategy focuses on opportunities - not threats; on optimism - not fear; and on confidence - not doubt.  It recognizes the challenges imposed by the uncertain conditions in a time of rapid change and makes...

    Battle E, Battle Ready, Battle ‘Brothers’

    “The strategy focuses on opportunities - not threats; on optimism - not fear; and on confidence - not doubt.  It recognizes the challenges imposed by the uncertain conditions in a time of rapid change and makes...

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  • On any given day, in your Navy, our team of more than 600,000 professional Sailors and Civilians are working together around the globe to perform our mission: deter aggression and, if deterrence...

    YOUR Navy Today

    On any given day, in your Navy, our team of more than 600,000 professional Sailors and Civilians are working together around the globe to perform our mission: deter aggression and, if deterrence...

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