Bye Bye Bluejackets’?
February 26th, 2011
There are two Navy magazines that you see more than any others while serving aboard ship or ashore – “All Hands Magazine”, published by the Navy, and “Proceedings”, a magazine published by the United States Naval Institute. I must admit, while I served, I viewed “All Hands” as the magazine for the enlisted folk and “Proceedings” as the officer’s Mullet Wrapper.
Mullet Wrapper is a term we used when I was a kid for print media – we would literally wrap our mullet in it. Before I joined the Navy, I was a commercial fisherman…
Anyway, lately, I have actually been cracking open the cover of “Proceedings”, and I must say, my perceptions have been wrong – if you want to know how your Navy is moving along, BOTH magazines should be readily available in your library, no matter if you hold your pinky finger out while drinking or not.
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NSA Mid-South and CNRC, 25 Feb 2011
February 24th, 2011
NSA Mid-South will be “mission essential personnel only” for Friday, 25 Feb 11, due to damage to the electrical system sustained during the severe storms that hit southwestern Tennessee this evening. This includes Navy Recruiting Command, so if you are awaiting a response to a CNRC level medical or moral waiver, it will not happen tomorrow. (Read the rest of the article…)
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Honorary HMC Bill Cosby
February 18th, 2011
Congratulations, Honorary Chief Petty Officer Bill Cosby.
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2012 Projected Active Duty End-Strength
February 14th, 2011
Projected United States Navy active duty end-strength for fiscal year 2012 according to the Department of the Navy budget estimates:
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Child Care and DOD Education Increases For 2012
February 14th, 2011
Today, December 15, 2011, the Department of Defense released the 2012 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates, which take effect Jan. 1, 2012. Overall rates will increase an average of 2 percent this year; regrettably, the 2% average raise in BAH is over two percent less than first proposed by President Obama in his initial budget proposal for 2012.
Note for those attending school utilizing the Post 9/11 GI Bill: According to the Veteran’s Administration, if your housing rate decreased for 2012, you will continue to receive the higher 2011 rate unless you change schools or have more than a six month break in school attendance.
14 Feb 2011, President Obama released his “Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012.” I have taken the liberty to extract the portion within the Defense budget overview that related to our members and families.
Also in the budget, it is projected that Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) will increase an average of 4.2 percent, and Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) will increase 3.4 percent.
DoD schools and child care are to receive roughly $3.6billion.
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Navy SRB Guidance as of 07FEB2011
February 8th, 2011
Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance that was released February 7, 2010 via NAVADMIN 048/11.
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Navy Citizenship Requirements
February 2nd, 2011
Only U.S. citizens, U.S. non-citizen nationals, Canadian-born North American Indians, and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, are “citizenship eligible” for enlistment in the U.S. Navy or Navy Reserve. Proof of citizenship is one of the Basic Enlistment Eligibility Requirements (BEERs). Exceptions exist for citizens from the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. This post lists the various status’ and documents required for enlistment based on a consolidation of current Navy instructions and publications.
A described, some legally documented non-U.S. citizens and immigrant aliens can join the military, they may not be enlisted into any job or program that will require a security clearance, but will afforded all the same military pay, allowances and benefits of U.S. citizen serving in the same billet (rank, location, assignment, etc.). If you claim dual citizenship (U.S. citizenship and citizenship in any other country), you are eligible for enlistment, but you will not be classified into any rating/program requiring a security clearance. You may be considered for entry into ratings/programs requiring a security clearance only upon official renouncement of your non-US citizenship.
Employers can sponsor immigrants that allow them to obtain a visa to lawfully enter and work in the United States, but the U.S. Navy cannot provide such sponsorship. To be clear, (Read the rest of the article…)
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