Seaman to Admiral-21 applications open 1 hour ago Naval Science Institute Seaman to Admiral-21 students at Officer Training Command Newport, R.I., listen during a class on compasses and navigational equipment. (MC2 Derien Luce/Navy) Sailors can now apply for the Seaman to Admiral–21 undergraduate and commissioning program. Sailors selected for the program will keep their current paygrade while collecting a paycheck and attending undergraduate courses full time, along with a $10,000 annual tuition stipend. Sailors may also utilize their GI Bill for additional expenses. Applications require a personal statement, which is where the Navy advises sailors to detail their experience with high school activities, including sports, and delineate why thay aare interested in becoming an officer.
By THE DAILY STAR Published: May 12, 2021 (Tribune News Service) U.S. Navy officials said a Delaware County, N.Y., native took charge of the Recruit Training Command at a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois on May 5. Capt. Jeffry A. Sandin relieved Capt. Erik M. Thors as commanding officer during a virtual ceremony held on the USS Trayer, according to a media release. Rear Adm. Jamie Sands, commander of the Naval Service Training Command, was the guest speaker and presiding officer for the ceremony. He welcomed Sandin to the NSTC and to RTC and spoke about his preparations to take command and the opportunities at RTC.
The U.S. military is first and foremost a warfighting organization, but there is another area where the military in general and the Sea Services in particular can and do play an important role: humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR). The logistical capabilities, transportation assets, capital, and durability of the military have made it a go-to for delivering and distributing aid to those in need, especially when the austerity of a post-disaster environment proves too insurmountable a hurdle for civilian aid groups.
Despite this, there are a number of issues with the military’s involvement in HA/DR operations. The military’s acquisition process is an enormous financial drain, which can deflate U.S. aid provisions when funds are directed to the Department of Defense (DoD) itself, as was the case with the nearly $700 million for post-earthquake relief in Haiti.
Mount Prospect Mayor-elect Paul Hoefert has opted for experience in choosing his successor as trustee.
On Tuesday, Hoefert announced that former Trustee John Matuszak will fill out the remainder of Hoefert s term, which expires in 2023. Matuszak served as trustee from 2008 to 2017 and chose not to run in the 2017 election.
Hoefert based his decision on the fact that the village board will have three new trustees. I think John s professional experience and prior service to the village board will be helpful to our new board, he said. During his time on the village board, John Matuszak was a significant value-add to the board and for the citizens of Mount Prospect.
Navy Stops Sending New Recruits to Army Training Base Used During Pandemic
Recruits line up after arriving on board Fort McCoy, a U.S. Army training center in western Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, 2020. Recruit Training Command (RTC), Great Lakes, Ill., is working with the Army at Fort McCoy to establish a restriction of movement (ROM) site for Navy recruits before entering boot camp. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nikita Custer/U.S. Navy)
20 Apr 2021
Navy recruits will no longer spend weeks at a Wisconsin Army base hundreds of miles from their boot camp site, the service announced Tuesday.
New Navy recruits arrived directly at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, on Monday for the first time in eight months. About 23,000 recruits have, since August, first stayed at Fort McCoy in central Wisconsin, where they quarantined ahead of boot camp during the global pandemic.