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“The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity.”
CLICK TO WATCH VIDEO Password: bhm2021 As part of the African American History Month observances, RDML Cedric Pringle, Commandant of the National War College, has graciously agreed to share his thoughts about this year's theme, "The Black Family: Representation,...
Podcast Episode 11: LT Twyla Arbuckle, USN
In today's episode, we have LT Twyla Arbuckle, USN who is the President of, NNOA San Diego Chapter. We talk about her life getting into the Navy and the experiences she has had in her career. We then go into her life as a navy recruiter and the unknown aspects that it...
Eliminating inequality and bias in the military
RADM Alvin Holsey (USN), Commander of Navy Personnel Command, describes how the Task Force One Navy developed recommendations to improve Navy readiness by eliminating inequality and bias A new report from Task Force One Navy lists more than 50 recommendations for the...
The Racial Equity Initiative Podcast
The challenges with improving the quality of life for military families of color is not well understood. Blue Star Families has recently started a campaign called the Racial Equality Initiative. Please listen to this short podcast about it.
Navy memo on anti-extremism stand-down
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Wednesday, February 17, 2021 A Navy message to all sailors and Marines outlines some of the Biden administration’s thinking regarding combating radicalism within the services, following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin‘s call for a...
Captain Mulzac WW2 Hero and America’s First Black Master Mariner
By John Konrad When the United States entered World War II in December 1941, it faced a shortage of merchant mariners. With supplies in desperate needs overseas a massive sealift would require not only a huge fleet of cargo ships, but the seafarers to sail them. This...
He became one of the Navy’s first Black four-star admirals. The military has work to do on diversity, he says.
By Dan Lamothe Feb. 16, 2021 at 6:29 p.m. EST The young midshipman heard the question but kept walking as he neared a group of White students at the Naval Academy. “You know, the only reason you’re here is the quota system, right?” one of them asked. Cecil Haney, a...
NNOA’s Coast Guard Capt. Warren Judge Receives Prestigious Black Engineer of the Year Stars and Stripes Award
Elizabeth City State University alumnus, Coast Guard Capt. Warren Judge, has been honored with the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Stars and Stripes Award (BEYA). The BEYA celebrates achievements in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. “I am truly...
Year of the Captains & Colonels: CAPTAIN Kevin B. Reed, USCG
VIEW BIO Message to NNOA President & Members: My father’s words to me at my OCS graduation were simple, yet impactful - “before honor comes humility”. They remain stenciled in my heart to this day, and have guided every aspect of my progress in the Coast Guard. My...
Task Force One Navy Issues More than 50 Recommendations to Improve Diversity in the Service
The task force designated to find improvements in how the Navy thinks about diversity rolled out more than 50 recommendations on how to make the service fairer and more inclusive in a report released on Wednesday. The final report from Task Force One Navy lays out...
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