Navy Launches Course to Help Potential Recruits Get in Shape

April 24, 2023
Congress/DoD | On Base | Recruitment

A new training program is designed to help prospective sailors meet the physical requirements to join the Navy, as Stars and Stripes reported.

“The men and women we recruit to participate in this program have the desire and commitment to be sailors,” said Rear Adm. Alexis Walker, commander of Navy Recruiting Command. “[The course] is going to help our recruiters identify individuals who can be great assets to the fleet and give them the tools and the opportunities they need to excel.

The Navy expects to fall short of its fiscal year recruitment target by about 6,000 sailors, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti told Congress last week.

Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Olympia O. Martin

April 24, 2023
Congress/DoD | On Base | Recruitment

Recent News

DOD Accepting FY25 REPI Challenge Proposals

DOD Accepting FY25 REPI Challenge Proposals

May 7, 2024

The DOD Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program has released an RFP for REPI Challenge grant funding for fiscal year 2025, according to a Monday announcement. “The REPI Program designed the REPI Challenge to help meet its ambitious...

Murray Will Push for More Domestic Spending if Defense Budget Goes Up

Murray Will Push for More Domestic Spending if Defense Budget Goes Up

May 6, 2024

There’s some bipartisan talk on Capitol Hill of raising the fiscal year 2025 defense budget above the levels agreed to in last year’s spending deal. But the top Democratic appropriator said last week that “stronger investments” are needed in the national security...

Biden Says National Guard Should Not Intervene in Campus Protests

Biden Says National Guard Should Not Intervene in Campus Protests

May 6, 2024

President Biden told reporters last week that “order must prevail” when protests become violent, as some pro-Palestinian demonstrations have on college campuses across the country, as CBS News reported. “I will always defend free speech,” Biden said Thursday,...

Post-Leadership, McConnell Plans to Push for More Defense Funding

Post-Leadership, McConnell Plans to Push for More Defense Funding

Apr 26, 2024

When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell steps down from his Senate leadership role after the November elections, he’ll have at least two more years in the Senate. Now he’s signaled one of his priorities as a rank-and-file Senator is to increase defense funding,...

PAST STORIES