The official ceremony will be virtual and can be viewed by registering at https://www.navymemorial.org/
Congratulations to Rear Admiral and Chaplain of the US Senate, Barry Black on being recently awarded the Lone Sailor Award from the United States Navy Memorial. The award was presented by CNO Vern Clark. Well done Admiral for continuing to have a life of impact and consequence.
The Naval STEM team wanted to share a reminder that there are still two weeks for high school students to participate in the Naval Horizons student essay contest: https://navalhorizons.us/
Naval Horizons is a high school essay contest that introduces students to cutting-edge STEM topics that impact the Department of the Navy (DON). The students will learn about Naval STEM challenges and DON scientists and engineers via an educational video series. They will then write an essay on how the videos inspired them for a chance to win a cash prize. The contest challenges students to picture themselves in a STEM career and design the Navy and Marine Corps of the future. The application period is open through 30 July 2021.
NNOA sponsored the Marine Corps University Writing Awards Series
Congratulations to the winners:
First place = “Women, Peace & Security” by Maj Villanueva (CSC)
Second place = “Assessing Physical and Combat Readiness: Abandon the Marine Corps Body Composition Program” by Capt Ehrhardt (EWS)
Third place = “Modern Solutions to Military Childcare Shortfalls and Childcare Related Readiness and Retention Issues” by Maj Bartucco (CSC)
Task Force Commitment service members, mostly comprised of Marine Forces Reserve Marines and Sailors, ensure recruits are quarantined at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Jacksonville, Florida, for two weeks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 before traveling to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island to begin recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Ricardo Robinson and Lance Cpl. Christine Phelps)
Adm. Fagan was nominated to the position by President Biden back in April. She previously served as the commander of the Coast Guard Pacific Area, a role she has held since June 2018, responsible for overseeing all Coast Guard operations in the Pacific, covering more than 74 million square miles of ocean from the U.S. Western States to Asia and from the Arctic to Antarctica. Fagan is the Coast Guard’s first-ever Gold Ancient Trident, as the officer with the longest service record in the Marine Safety Field.