Anniversaries Archive

  • By Rear Adm. David Duryea Deputy Commander, Undersea Warfare (SEA 07) Fifty years ago today, 112 Sailors and 17 civilians died when USS Thresher (SSN 593) sank to the bottom...

    Submarine Community Remembers USS Thresher

    By Rear Adm. David Duryea Deputy Commander, Undersea Warfare (SEA 07) Fifty years ago today, 112 Sailors and 17 civilians died when USS Thresher (SSN 593) sank to the bottom...

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  • This blog post by Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, the Honorable Juan M. Garcia, provides an overview of the  Navy’s 21st Century Sailor and Marine...

    21st Century Sailor and Marine – One Year Later

    This blog post by Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, the Honorable Juan M. Garcia, provides an overview of the  Navy’s 21st Century Sailor and Marine...

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  • The Navy Reserve will mark its 98th anniversary March 3. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert released the following message to the Fleet on Feb. 22 in honor of  the...

    Navy Reserve Celebrates 98th Anniversary

    The Navy Reserve will mark its 98th anniversary March 3. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert released the following message to the Fleet on Feb. 22 in honor of  the...

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  •     Over the past 34 years, RPs have proven their value time and time again as professional partners within the religious ministry team, supporting chaplains who provide, facilitate, care,...

    Navy Religious Program Specialists Celebrate 34 Years of Service

        Over the past 34 years, RPs have proven their value time and time again as professional partners within the religious ministry team, supporting chaplains who provide, facilitate, care,...

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  • By Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd, Navy Chief of Chaplains The Navy Chaplains Corps pauses to reflect on 237 years of ministry to members of the Naval services and their families,...

    Navy Chaplain Corps Anniversary

    By Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd, Navy Chief of Chaplains The Navy Chaplains Corps pauses to reflect on 237 years of ministry to members of the Naval services and their families,...

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  • Every once in a while, you get an opportunity to sit and talk with someone that really amazes you, really gives you goosebumps.  Petty Officer Xander Gamble had the opportunity to sit down and hear the story of a true American hero: Retired U.S. Navy Commander Robert S. Fant, Jr., a 56-month Prisoner of War survivor, and retired instructor of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) school.

    Navy SERE: 50 Years of Returning Home With Honor

    Every once in a while, you get an opportunity to sit and talk with someone that really amazes you, really gives you goosebumps. Petty Officer Xander Gamble had the opportunity to sit down and hear the story of a true American hero: Retired U.S. Navy Commander Robert S. Fant, Jr., a 56-month Prisoner of War survivor, and retired instructor of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) school.

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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 – CNO at Shipbuilding Facility; Year of the Chief

    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 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 (Mar. 15, 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 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 (Mar. 14, 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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  • 104,532 Sailors are serving in the Navy’s Ready Reserves and as of Feb. 28,2012 there were 4,703 of them deployed… many of which to the U.S. 5th Fleet/U.S. Naval Central Command...

    Team Navy – Reserve component Sailors multiply force

    104,532 Sailors are serving in the Navy’s Ready Reserves and as of Feb. 28,2012 there were 4,703 of them deployed… many of which to the U.S. 5th Fleet/U.S. Naval Central Command...

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