Defense News in Brief: Chief Heritage Training Fights Through COVID-19 Aboard Battleship New Jersey

Source: United States Navy

For more than a decade, Navy chief petty officers and chief selects from around the globe have traveled to the Battleship New Jersey, affectionately known as “Big J”, to participate in its annual Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Heritage Academy. This year, however, brought a unique challenge — one Navy chiefs were determined to overcome.  

Defense News in Brief: Officer in Charge of Construction Florence Operationalizes Program Management Plan

Source: United States Navy

Commissioned as a new Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) command on July 28, 2020, Officer in Charge of Construction (OICC) Florence’s mission is to execute a combination of Military Construction (MILCON) and repair projects supporting recovery from Hurricane Florence at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, and MCAS Cherry Point. To help effectively execute the mission, OICC Florence published the “Program Management Plan (PgMP), Hurricane Florence Recovery and United States Marine Corps F-35 Programs” in December 2020.