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- Accounting for Illiquid/Intangible Assets on Your Household Balance Sheet
- Big Financial Questions? Step Away From the Spreadsheet
- Financial Planning: An Important Part of Beating Burnout
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- How to react when markets drop
- Roth Conversions and Contributions: 10 Principles to Understand
- The Best Personal Finance Inflation Hedges
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March Sailor-to-Sailor Newsletter
Shipmates,
Spring still isn’t here yet, but the March Sailor-to-Sailor newsletter is! Did you miss last month’s MyNavy HR Town Hall? If you did, don’t worry, we have all the highlights in this month’s issue. We also have all the “news you can use” on the updated Secondary Caregiver Leave policy and details on the Spring MAP season. This issue also recognizes Women’s History Month and the Military Leader’s Toolkit to Support Economic Security.
This link will take you right to the newsletter: https://go.usa.gov/xz5Yz
Other stories in this month’s edition include:
– Navy Maternity Uniform Pilot Program
– Modified Sea Shore Flow for Nuclear Propulsion Ratings
– FY-23 Advanced Education Voucher Program
Again, for all the news you can use, click here: https://go.usa.gov/xz5Yz
If you have questions or comments about the newsletter, you can reach us on our social media properties @MyNavyHR on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to have your voices heard.
V/r,
MyNavy HR
SG’s Message – Making a Powerful Difference
Esteemed Shipmates,
This month our COVID Defense Support to Civil Authorities missions are nearing an end. For over a year, our One Navy Medicine team members supporting these missions have made a true difference in the care and survival of COVID patients throughout America. Since July 2021, we deployed more than 510 people to 24 cities. These experiences not only speak to our strong partnership with U.S. Army North, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Health and Human Services, but it also reflects our adaptability in answering the call for assistance. We quickly sent tailored medical teams with specific skill sets to meet new mission requirements. Our ability to make real-time adjustments on the biological COVID battlefield is a testament to our people, our platforms, and the high levels of performance and medical power we deliver.
Although we recognize that COVID variants will remain with us for the foreseeable future, it is time for us to refocus ourselves on our original and eternal mission – Navy Medicine exists to ensure we have a healthy, combat-ready naval force capable of winning wars, deterring aggression, and maintaining freedom of the seas.
Recently, FORCM Roberts and I traveled to Bahrain, Israel, Sigonella, and Naples to see our medical warriors in the CENTCOM and EUCOM areas of responsibility. At each location, we met with base and local leadership. While in Israel, I met with my counterpart as we strengthened our strategic relationship. We saw some exciting research the Israeli Navy is doing in diving and hyperbaric therapy – innovative endeavors that may offer opportunities for future collaboration. In Italy, we had the opportunity to host joint town halls with Lt. Gen. Ron Place, Director of Defense Health Agency (DHA), and CSM Gragg, Senior Enlisted Leader, DHA, and we were able to observe some of the incredible work our Sailors are doing in overseas. Overall, this trip reinforced our existing force readiness requirements, and the critical capabilities Navy Medicine provides to Combatant Commanders as we ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Geopolitics often drives our global missions and where we deploy; the war in Ukraine is yet another reminder. We have seen the images of war-torn cities and people fleeing to Poland, Moldova, and Romania. As with past conflicts, we are boots-on-the-ground supporting our forces. Currently, Navy Medicine is providing medical and dental support at the Aegis Ashore clinics in Poland and Romania. Last week, we deployed a Tier 1 Forward Deployed Preventive Medicine Unit to help care for refugees in Poland. Whether in the European theater or stateside, one thing is clear: our One Navy Medicine Team is making a powerful difference in a world that has never needed it more.
Thank you for all you continue to do. Charlie Mike – Rendering Assistance.
SG Sends
Nature Article: Real-time infection prediction with wearable physiological monitoring and AI to aid military workforce readiness during COVID-19
Navy Medicine can take a big dose of credit for the publication of this peer-reviewed report of RATE, a system to detect COVID in the force using wearables (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07764-6), which was just published in Nature. In a cohort of over 9,000 service members, the team demonstrated the ability to detect infection up to 48 hours before symptom onset. CDR Niels Olson, MC, a Navy pathologist, was the initial Principal Investigator, the first IRB approval was from NMCSD’s Institutional Review Board, and the first cohort was a US Navy ship. The other services picked it up and ran with it, with dozens of operational units enrolled, and we owe them a debt of gratitude, but the Navy truly led on this one.
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- Paying for Long-Term Care
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- The Cost of Being Wrong About Interest Rates
- There is No Hedge For Everything
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Here’s a cool Vanguard study:
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