The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that it will seek to expand employment opportunities for military spouses across the department as part of the Department of Defense (DOD) Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) program. Military spouses will be connected to more than 390 affiliated employers who have committed to hiring military spouses in…
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AUSN Nautilus Chapter President Paul Dillon secured a $15,000 donation for the Navy Safe Harbor Foundation recently. RMCM Dillon (USN, Ret.) joined members of the Defense Orientation Conferences Association (DOCA) for the 68th annual meeting of the association, where he received the grant. Dillon leads the Nautilus chapter of AUSN, which is based in Connecticut.…
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The ongoing budget impasse could threaten a promised 3.1 percent pay raise across the military, according to a Military.com report citing Rep. Mac Thornberry (Texas), the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee. Also, the National Defense Authorization Act has failed to move forward, and it must authorize the raise, he said. Concerns have…
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The House and Senate reportedly are working on the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act this week, with leaders in the House and Senate promising a draft agreement soon, according to a report. E&E News reports that Congress returns from recess today to tackle the NDAA and a host of other issues, including appropriations. The…
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Happy 244th Birthday to the United States Navy Two-hundred forty-four years ago today, the Second Continental Congress gathered in Philadelphia to pass a resolution that would create the Continental Navy, authorizing the purchase of two vessels. These early ships would hardly cause the mighty British navy to quake in their boots. One of them, the…
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Two-hundred forty-four years ago today, the Second Continental Congress gathered in Philadelphia to pass a resolution that would create the Continental Navy, authorizing the purchase of two vessels. These early ships would hardly cause the mighty British navy to quake in their boots. One of them, the USS Andrew Doria, was a 75-foot merchant brig…
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AUSN’s Navy Magazine Is Now Online The fall 2019 issue of AUSN’s Navy magazine is now available online here. Hard copies are in the process of being printed and will soon arrive in our members’ mailboxes. This issue of the magazine includes a thorough update on our legislative and government affairs activities, an update on…
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The fall 2019 issue of AUSN’s Navy magazine is now available online here. Hard copies are in the process of being printed and will soon arrive in our members’ mailboxes. This issue of the magazine includes a thorough update on our legislative and government affairs activities, an update on the Navy Safe Harbor Foundation, and…
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The Department of Defense has released the Quarterly Suicide Report (QSR) for the second quarter of 2019, which indicates that suicides dropped in the Navy as well as among the other services compared to the same period last year. The report recorded 64 suicide deaths in the active component of the military services (down from…
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