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Anchors Aweigh! The History of Women Surgeons at Sea

Posted on April 28, 2024 Updated on April 22, 2024

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From CNO: America’s Warfighting Navy Returning to CBS Prime Time: Recap

Posted on April 28, 2024 Updated on April 21, 2024

Leaders,

I wanted to share a compilation of the coverage of our warfighters operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet, linked below my signature. If you only have a few moments please check out the closing of Wednesday’s broadcast: (Flankspeed users | non-Flankspeed users)

The coverage is incredible, and I am immeasurably proud of the depiction of America’s Warfighting Navy in action. We should all stand a little taller knowing that what we see in the CBS special edition, though remarkable, is actually just a small glimpse into the incredible experience of being side by side with your shipmates, ready and working together in service to our great nation. As you watch this video, I encourage you to share with your friends and families to give them a better sense of how their sacrifices fuel the American way of life, and to share your own stories of service as you are able.

While it is too early to conduct a complete assessment of the CBS coverage, initial indications are that each of the 3 episodes of Evening News generated more than 2.5 million views on broadcast, and that we garnered more than 500,000 impressions on social channels. In an era where we fight every day in the war for talent, exposure through third-party validated news sources is critical to our recruiting mission. It also shouldn’t be lost on any of us that coverage like this shows the value of our Navy as we fight for the budget dollars we need.

Most importantly, I’d like to extend a big thank you to everyone involved in this production. Telling the story of American’s Warfighting Navy can only happen through the combined efforts of countless exceptional leaders around the world. Thank you for putting on such an incredible show – our Sailors deserve nothing less and I’m proud to work alongside you.

I’d like to leave you with Norah O’Donnell’s closing to the American people, as she says it far better than I ever could:

“To see the work of Navy sailors on a nuclear powered aircraft carrier is nothing short of awe inspiring. Young aviators launching fighter jets – pilots flying us on MH-60 helos and spending their days in search and rescue – this is the new, finest generation. These men and women are the very best of America, serving their country selflessly. And with honor, they put themselves in harm’s way and they leave their loved ones for months at a time in the defense of freedom. And so when Admiral Miguez says he wishes that every American could come see an aircraft carrier because it’s like the eighth wonder of the world, it struck us like a lightning bolt that we could bring the aircraft carrier to you.”

You can expect the complete CHINFO assessment of the coverage in the coming weeks.

V/R,

ADM Lisa Franchetti, USN

33^rd Chief of Naval Operations

Access, download, and view the videos here:

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HOTFILL DUE MONDAY AT NOON – Medical Officer Opportunity for Master’s and Tour with Spec Ops and Low- Intensity Conflict

Posted on April 27, 2024 Updated on April 27, 2024

Please see the advertisement for this unique opportunity below:

Over the last 30 months, we’ve had a medical officer detailed to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism (ODASD IWCT) here in the Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (OASD(SO/LIC)). She has focused on shaping the Department’s policy, authorities, and guidance in providing medical support during irregular warfare operations, to include resistance efforts. This officer’s ongoing work has received attention and support from senior DoD leaders, including a recent endorsement and further direction from the Deputy Secretary of Defense that will continue these efforts well into the future. I want to ensure these initiatives, critical to our ability to provide casualty care during military operations in semi- or fully- contested environments, continue unabated. Her replacement will join SO/LIC June 1, 2024, and complete a 24-month detail, ending in 2026.

In response to the success of this effort, SO/LIC is continuing this irregular warfare (IW) Military detail for health professionals. The detail will consist of a one-year executive-level master’s degree program (see attached) in IW at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, beginning summer of 2025, followed by a two-year utilization tour at OASD SO/LIC in Washington, DC, from summer 2026 to summer 2028.

This detail (a developmental trainee assignment – DTA) is a career-broadening opportunity for medical officers and increases the breadth of IW specialists within the Department. Selectees will receive education focused on IW and its unique sustainment and medical requirements. After completing the master’s program, officers will apply their studies to shaping the department’s IW-related medical policy, authorities, and guidance and integrating the concepts into current and future strategic competition efforts. As SO/LIC’s only medical professional, this officer also supports SO/LIC’s Service secretary-like responsibilities related to health service support for U.S. Special Operations Command and special operations forces.

SO/LIC will cover the cost of tuition at NPS, and the selected detailee’s Service will cover required temporary duty (TDY) or permanent change of station (PCS) costs. Upon graduation from NPS, the detailee’s Service will assign them to a Service-specific billet in the National Capital Region then detailed to SO/LIC.

The Air Force and Army have been exceptional with accommodating our first two long-term details, and I greatly appreciate their continued support.

If your respective Service would be willing to support a detailee, please let us know if you have nominees who meet the following criteria:

Required:

· TS/SCI security clearance

· O-5 (or O-5-select)

· Operational experience (3-year assignment or 2 deployments with an operational unit)

· No pending or previous disciplinary actions

· Nominee’s SURF/ORB

· Resume

· 3 most recent performance reports

· Commander’s endorsement memo

Desired:

· Staff officer experience (any level)

· Completed Joint Professional Military Education I

· Experience in the joint, interagency, and/or special operations environment

Fully completed and combined nomination packages will be emailed to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Monday, May 01, 2024.

SO/LIC’s selected top candidates (3-5) will be asked to interview, and the final selection will be made by May 30, 2024, to best support the Services’ assignment cycles and give the selected officer a one-year lead time prior to assignment to NPS.

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