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July 15 “Give Something Away” Day is about everyone that cares about anyone or anything to give away something. It’s from the U.S. Navy core values to give back. Below are just a few recent examples of how we’ve given back to this world. Let’s also remember the hospital ships …

By Cmdr. Matt NolandExecutive OfficerUSS KIDD (DDG 100) This month, viewers everywhere will have the opportunity to see the latest Hollywood treatment of America’s Greatest Generation: Greyhound. Tom Hanks plays a U.S. Navy destroyer’s commanding officer charged with protecting a convoy of Allied ships from a wolfpack of German U-boats …

By Cmdr. Michael Kaplan, DODirector of Medical ServicesNaval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida While USS Kidd (DDG 100) was deployed to the U.S. Fourth Fleet Area of Responsibility, a Sailor began experiencing COVID-19 symptoms April 20, a month after the ship’s last port call. SOUTH CHINA SEA: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer …

By Rear Adm. John Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic U.S. Naval Aviation marks its early beginnings on May 8, 1911, with a purchase request made by Capt. Washington Irving Chambers for the Navy’s first aircraft. In the years leading up to World War I, pioneer aviators pushed the development …

By MyNavy HR Fleet Master Chief Wes Koshoffer Shipmates, Fleet Master Chief Koshoffer from MyNavy HR here to talk about Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.  COVID-19 mitigation efforts have really changed the way we are doing business in many areas of our Navy but there are some things that …

CNO: Shipmates, it’s the 30th of March, 2020. MCPON Smith and I wanted to provide you and your families an update on COVID-19. During this extraordinary time, what remains constant are our top three priorities: taking care of you and your families, being mission ready, and supporting the whole-of-government effort. …

By André B. Sobocinski, Historian, US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery On March 18, President Trump announced Navy hospital ships USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) and Comfort (T-AH-20) were to be activated and deployed stateside to serve as referral centers for non-COVID-19 patients. The longest-serving hospital ships in continuous operation in …

By Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday Shipmates, it’s the 19th of March, 2020. A lot has changed in the past week, and the impacts of the coronavirus are changing daily life for all of us. Our focus right now is threefold: We must protect our people, and we …

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike GildayMaster Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith Shipmates, the spread of the coronavirus is something that we are taking very seriously.  While many of you may be anxious, worried, or wondering what happens next, leadership at every level is actively engaged on …