Cnic // Naval Station Newport

2-16-2012 Motor vehicle safety top priority for NAVSAFECENNORFOLK, Va. -- The Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN) offers resources to help manage driving risks. Fiscal year 2011 was the safest on record in terms of four-wheel motor vehicle fatalities. Car and truck operators did a great job of managing the risks of driving. However, mid-way through the second quarter of FY2012, fatalities are in danger of creeping back up.

2-16-2012 Navy Operational Stress Control goes mobile to accommodate high operational commitmentsNORFOLK, Va. -- The Navy has taken a holistic approach to building psychological resilience, and its' Operational Stress Control Program (OSC) is taking a step forward to reach Sailors throughout the fleet utilizing a new spin on an old program, capitalizing on the need for flexibility and team building.

2-9-2012 Trident Warrior 2012 experiments with unmanned surface vesselsHAMPTON, Va. -- Trident Warrior 2012 (TW12) kicked off at Fort Eustis, Jan. 30, as part of U.S. Fleet Forces Command's new fleet experimentation program, where participants experiment with advanced maritime initiatives in an operational environment to improve capabilities available to the fleet.

2-9-2012 Flag officers challenge schoolsNORFOLK, Va. -- The Battleship Wisconsin in Norfolk was host to three retired flag officers who took time out of their schedules to impart important information affecting children in the United States today and call on law makers to take ownership of America's future, Feb. 2.

1-30-2012 Navy announces 2012 Navy Week scheduleMILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- From Boston to Sacramento, America's Navy will come home to 15 cities across the country in 2012 to show Americans why having a strong Navy is critical to the American way of life and to help ommemorate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.

1-27-2012 Naval Station Norfolk sailor named CNIC Sailor of the YearNorfolk, VA – A Naval Station Norfolk sailor was named Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) Sailor of the Year in a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard today.

1-26-2012 Exception Family Members not a 'career killer,' Sailors encouraged to enrollNORFOLK, Va. Capt. Lowell D. Crow, a Navy veteran of 28 years, knows a lot about adversity. He has served on seven different ships as everything from a gunner to chief engineer, and then as a commanding officer. He has been an instructor, flag secretary, a branch chief and, currently, the Commanding Officer of Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. The one thing he hasn't had to do is stress about meeting his family's medical needs, and he has been in the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) for more than 20 years.

1-26-2012 Navy examines early retirement option for some ERB separating sailorsWASHINGTON (NNS) -- As announced by the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert during an All Hands Call at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) Jan. 19, the Navy plans to offer voluntary early retirement to certain Sailors separating due to the Enlisted Retention Board (ERB).

1-19-2012 Plan your family's care: Officials remind Sailors about maintaining a current Family Care PlanMILLINGTON, Tenn. -- In support of mission readiness and worldwide deployability in the New Year, Navy officials remind Sailors of the importance of maintaining a current Family Care Plan.

1-17-2012 Naval War College professor writes new book on War of 1812NEWPORT, R.I. (NNS) -- As the U.S. Navy prepares to celebrate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, a book authored by U.S. Naval War College (NWC) professor entitled, "Utmost Gallantry: The U.S. and Royal Navies at Sea in the War of 1812" hit the bookstands in time for the holidays.

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