Navy Medicine Flag Officer Assignments
Rear Adm. (lower half) Rick Freedman will be assigned as director, Education and Training, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia. Freedman is currently serving as director, Medical Systems Integration and Survivability, N44, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.
Rear Adm. (lower half) Darin K. Via will be assigned as deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; deputy surgeon general of the Navy; and director, Medical Resources, Plans and Policy Division, N0931, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Via is currently serving as commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, with additional duties as director, Tidewater Market, Portsmouth, Virginia.
Navy Uniform and Grooming Policy Update
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RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces an update to several uniform and grooming
policies. Navy uniform policy updates directly support Sailor 2025
objectives to attract and retain the very best Sailors by finding greater
flexibility in our policies and practices, including uniforms.
2. Navy Uniform Regulations apply to all Sailors equally, regardless of
their rank, grade, ethnicity, position held or community assigned. Any
difference between male and female grooming policies recognizes the
differences between the genders. Navy uniform policy updates are the result
of Fleet feedback, uniform working group discussions, command sponsored
requests and direction from Navy leadership.
3. The following uniform and grooming policy changes are effective as
stated:
a. Female Hosiery. Effective immediately, wearing hosiery with slacks
or skirts is optional vice mandatory for female Sailors when wearing pumps or
flats footwear. When hosiery is not worn, shoe liners or no-show socks are
required to be worn for hygienic purposes and to avoid abrasions or blisters
caused by direct contact and rubbing between the foot and shoe.
b. Female Officer/Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Summer White Uniform.
Effective immediately, the female officer/CPO summer white uniform belted
slacks are re-designated as a basic component of both summer white and
service dress white uniforms. This policy change facilitates use of the same
slacks for either uniform.
c. Female Officer/CPO Service Dress White Uniform. Effective
immediately, the beltless dress white slacks worn with the female officer/CPO
Service Dress white uniform is re-designated as an optional vice mandatory
component for purchase and wear.
d. Rank Insignia Worn on Rank Tabs. Effective 1 October 2022, all Navy
Service Members will wear the black cold weather parka (CWP) rank insignia on
all uniform components with rank tabs. Uniform components requiring the
black rank insignia in addition to the CWP include the Navy working uniform
(NWU) type II and III shirts and parkas, black fleece liner and brown fleece
liner. Matching pattern NWU type II/III rank insignia will only be worn on
the NWU type II/III during tactical training and operations as designated by
the applicable commanding officer.
e. Retired Male Sailor Uniform Grooming Standards. Effective
immediately, retired male Sailors are authorized to have facial hair
(beard) when wearing Navy uniforms during authorized ceremonial events.
Facial hair must be neatly groomed and be in keeping with a professional
appearance.
f. NWU Type III Maternity Top. Redesign of the NWU type III maternity
top is in progress to include the ability to add shoulder patches to align
with the design of standard NWU shirt. The availability of the redesigned
maternity top will be announced in a future NAVADMIN.
4. Navy Uniform Regulations are continuously reviewed for policy
applicability, accuracy, clarity and comprehension. Feedback and
recommendations regarding uniform policy, uniform components and uniform
availability are welcomed and can be provided via MyNavy portal at
https://www.mnp.navy.mil/, select *Professional Resources*, *U.S. Navy
Uniforms* and *Ask The Chiefs.* Feedback can also be provided via the MyNavy
UNIFORMS App.
5. Questions regarding this NAVADMIN should be addressed to Mr.
Robert B. Carroll, Navy Uniform Matters and Emerging Issues Branch (OPNAV
N13X), robert.b.carroll3.civ(at)us.navy.mil, ETCM(SW/AW/EXW) Richard Baumert,
Deputy Branch Head, richard.a.baumert2.mil(at)us.navy.mil, or ETC(SW) Ryan P.
Cameron, ryan.p.cameron.mil(at)us.navy.mil.
6. Retain this NAVADMIN until policy changes are incorporated in Navy
Uniform Regulations, superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first.
7. Released by Vice Admiral John B. Nowell, Jr, N1.//
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Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Memorial Day
On Memorial Day, we come together as a nation to pay tribute to the brave Americans who have lost their lives in defense of the nation that they loved, and we mourn anew alongside our cherished Gold Star and surviving families.
In this first Memorial Day since the end of America’s longest war, we remember the 2,461 U.S. service members and personnel who fell in Afghanistan. We will never forget the sacrifice that they and their families made to this country.
When troops enlist, their families serve right alongside them. Their sacrifice and devotion are what makes our armed forces so strong. It is our sacred obligation to support our military families, especially those who have paid the most unthinkable price.
Our troops do not just defend our country; they defend the principles of our democracy and our Constitution. Since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the world has seen again the power of ordinary citizens and soldiers to resist aggression and tyranny, and I hope that the inspiring resilience of the people of Ukraine will remind us all never to take our freedom and democracy for granted.
We rededicate ourselves today to the values and principles that our fallen forces gave their lives to defend. So let us remember these patriots with a renewed commitment to making our country worthy of their sacrifice, to keeping their families close to our hearts, and to advancing the democratic ideals for which so many have given so much.
Navy Announces 2-Star Reserve Pick – Congrats to RADM(s) Pamela Miller, MC, USNR
Flag Officer Announcement May 26, 2022
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nomination:
Navy Rear Adm. (lower half) Pamela C. Miller for appointment to the grade of rear admiral. Miller is currently serving as command surgeon, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
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NMFDC Newsletter – May 2022
On behalf of the Naval Medical Force Development Center (NMFDC), please see the attached May 2022 NMFDC Newsletter:
This month’s newsletter:
- Spotlights the partnership between the Trauma Strategy Management Office and Cook County Health
- Presents the NMFDC “Graphic of the Month”
- Introduces the new Navy Medicine governance body, the Naval Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Program Management Office
- Features a “Readiness Win” that illustrates how the principles of “Get Real, Get Better” can help to close training gaps and improve medical readiness
- Clarifies individual readiness requirements by Navy Medicine occupational codes
Please feel free to share this newsletter with other relevant Navy Medicine stakeholders and those interested in the NMFDC’s efforts.
Very Respectfully,
The Naval Medical Force Development Center
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