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What is Nurse Candidate Program?

Posted on April 12, 2026 Updated on April 6, 2026

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1001569/nurse-candidate-program

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This entry was posted in Nurse Corps and tagged Nurse Corps.

PCS Joint Task Force Becomes Personal Property Activity

Posted on April 12, 2026 Updated on April 5, 2026

https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4451739/pcs-joint-task-force-becomes-personal-property-activity/

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This entry was posted in PCS and tagged PCS.

Trump seeks to double number of ship requests with 2027 defense budget

Posted on April 11, 2026 Updated on April 5, 2026

https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/04/03/trump-seeks-to-double-number-of-ship-requests-with-2027-defense-budget/

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This entry was posted in Budget, Surface and tagged Budget, Surface.

What surprised you most about the complexity of care you provide in Navy Medicine?

Posted on April 11, 2026 Updated on April 5, 2026

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This entry was posted in Recruiting and tagged Recruiting.

First Contact: Meet the Dive Medical Recovery Team of Artemis II

Posted on April 10, 2026 Updated on April 10, 2026

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/562413/first-contact-meet-dive-medical-recovery-team-artemis-ii

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This entry was posted in Undersea Medicine and tagged UMO.

Trump’s budget proposes massive defense spending with 10% cut to other programs

Posted on April 10, 2026 Updated on April 5, 2026

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/04/03/trumps-budget-proposes-massive-defense-spending-with-10-cut-to-other-programs/

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This entry was posted in Budget and tagged Budget.

Finance Friday Articles

Posted on April 10, 2026 Updated on April 7, 2026

  • 5 Financial Lessons That Boomers Taught This Millennial That Gen Z Needs to Hear
  • Is a Total Stock Market Fund No Longer Diversified?
  • Magnificent Seven: More diverse than they may appear
  • Stop Trying to Remember Your Passwords (And Use a Password Manager Instead.)
  • The 2026 Financial Educator of the Year Award — Call for Submissions
  • The Upper Middle Class Trap
  • Tips to Coordinate Your Uniformed Service and Federal Benefits
  • Trump Proposes 5-7% Military Pay Raise for 2027; $1.5 Trillion in Defense Spending
  • Your 12 Good Years

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This entry was posted in personal finance and tagged personal finance.

Opinion – If chaplains are ‘officers second,’ which staff corps officers are next?

Posted on April 9, 2026 Updated on April 2, 2026

https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2026/04/01/if-chaplains-are-officers-second-which-staff-corps-officers-are-next/

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Gibson: Who should consider a career in Navy Medicine?

Posted on April 9, 2026 Updated on April 2, 2026

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1001239/gibson-who-should-consider-career-navy-medicine

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This entry was posted in Recruiting and tagged Recruiting.

Troops would get up to 7% pay raise under proposed defense bill

Posted on April 8, 2026 Updated on April 7, 2026

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2026/04/07/troops-would-get-up-to-7-pay-raise-under-proposed-defense-bill/

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