NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (June 2, 2021) – Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Bahrain completed the USS Dextrous (MCM 13) Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) on June 2, 17 days ahead of schedule.The USS Dextrous (MCM, Saving the news module on this page because of difficult settings. Testing current news (viewable) page for "hidden" news stories before deleting this page.
1 MANAMA, Bahrain – Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Bahrain welcomed its first two Sailors in the retail services specialist rating to the Fleet Post Office onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain in April.
The retail service specialist rating, previously known as ship’s servicemen, is assuming a new role within the U.S. Navy’s post office system to improve advancement opportunities and offer the sea-intensive rating that manages and operates all shipboard retail and service activities more in-rate opportunities ashore.
“Rating realignments and mergers aren’t something new for the Navy, but I can attest that it can be challenging learning a completely new field,” said Logistics Specialist 1st Class Mary Anderson, post office leading petty officer of NAVSUP FLC Bahrain. “We are committed to providing the retail services specialists with the training and support they need to be successful. They are supply prof
Rear Adm. Matt Ott is a native of Richmond, Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business with a minor in Psychology from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and commissioned through VMI’s Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Program.,
Ronald Reagan is the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier and began its SRA for restoration work, maintenance and repairs after returning to Yokosuka last November from a six-month deployment in the Indo-Pacific region.
“A ship s maintenance availability is always a huge project, but specific to Ronald Reagan, we work through many additional challenges here in Japan,” said Capt. Fred Goldhammer, Commanding Officer of Ronald Reagan. “That said, the teamwork and exceptional quality of work that we enjoy from our partners among government workers and contractors – Americans and Japanese working side by side, together - are second to none, and our track record over the past several years proves it. Finishing the 2021 Selected Restricted Availability helps turn the page for our crew towards another new and exciting chapter in the history of our Navy s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier.”