
02/24/2023
Lets give a huge shoutout to Carrier Air Wing 11's Capt. Mariner (CAG) and Capt. Drenning (DCAG) for flying out to hand our fantastic Maintenance team yet another Golden Wrench Award.
Strike Fighter Squadron 34 is a F/A-18E Super Hornet squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana.
Operating as usual
Lets give a huge shoutout to Carrier Air Wing 11's Capt. Mariner (CAG) and Capt. Drenning (DCAG) for flying out to hand our fantastic Maintenance team yet another Golden Wrench Award.
TODAY WE SAY FAREWELL TO YN3 JOWERS AS HE EMBARKS ON A NEW JOURNEY WITH A DIFFERENT CHÁIN OF COMMAND. HOPE YOU STAY SAFE ON YOUR TRAVELS.
What a great turnout for the Blue Blaster Christmas party. Let's give a shout out the our great MWR cabinet for putting all of this together. And another huge thanks to our very own YNC Banton for volunteering to help with the kids. And as always Have Gun, Will Travel!!!
Back Drop is good to go ready for a Blaster Celebration!
BLUE BLASTER HOLIDAY PARTY
When: 15 Dec 22 (7PM-10PM)
Where: Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Virginia
1900 Pavillion Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
*Feel free at the end of the night to send us memories of your time at the party. Have a great night and enjoy yourselves.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BLASTERS THAT HAVE BEEN FROCKED TO THE NEXT PAYGRADE FOR ADVANCEMENT CYCLE 256.
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BZ to the following Blue Blasters for being selected for their respective “of the year” categories!
• Senior Sailor of the Year: AT1 Allan Desousa
• Sailor of the Year: PS2 Dylan Thomas
• Junior Sailor of the Year: AE3 Kyle Roy
• Blue Jacket of the Year: LSSN Zhane Chandler
• Plane Captain of the Year: ATAN Michealpaul Dimacali
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On March 18, 2021, CDR Scott Rose relieved CDR Juston Kuch as our commanding officer. Normally, a change of command would follow Navy tradition, with a ceremony commensurate to the level of customs and courtesies required. In accordance with CDC guidelines about group gatherings, a smaller ceremony was held in the hangar bay.
Fair winds and following seas to CDR Kuch as he moves on to his next tour and congratulations CDR Rose!
Congratulations to YNC Sammell Humphries on earning his Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist qualification, and AE2 Spence Shulkin on receiving an end-of-tour Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal!
Congratulations to the following Blasters who were promoted during the 2021 Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP) Season One!
PR1 David Gonser
AM1 Jamie Trevett
HM2 Cory Troche
AM2 Anissa Tso
LS3 Trey Lindsay
AM3 Noah Marcum
Congratulations to Chief Petty Officer Kunka, who was pinned Friday!
Congratulations to PRCS Robert D. Johnson on his promotion to senior chief petty officer last week!
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Higher education has numerous benefits, and it paid off big time for YN2(AW/SW) Diondria Reed. Her education points from her degree were just enough to push her over the quota for YN2 this cycle, and as a result was frocked this morning by the commanding officer. Congratulations YN2!
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US Surgeon General’s quick face covering video...
Good afternoon Blasters.
This just released a few hours ago on Navy HR. More guidance to come.
MEMORANDUM FOR CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
SUBJECT: Department of Defense Guidance on the Use of Cloth Face Coverings
The Department of Defense (DoD) is committed to taking every precaution to ensure the health and wellbeing of our Service members, DoD civilian employees, families, and the Nation in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
DoD supports, and will continue to implement, all measures necessary to mitigate risks to the spread of the disease,
consistent with the Department's priorities to protect our people, safeguard our national security capabilities, and support the government's whole-of-nation response.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. Military personnel, DoD civilian employees, their family members, and DoD contractors are strongly encouraged to follow CDC guidelines on the use of cloth face coverings in public settings or where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.
Effective immediately, to the extent practical, all individuals on DoD property, installations, and facilities will wear cloth face coverings when they cannot maintain six feet of social distance in public areas or work centers (this does not include in a Service member's or Service family member's personal residence on a military installation). This includes all:
• Military Personnel
• DoD Civilian Employees
• Family Members
• DoD Contractors
• All other individuals on DoD property, installations, and facilities
Exceptions to this requirement may be approved by local commanders or supervisors, and then submitted up the chain of command for situational awareness. Security checkpoints
may require the lowering of face covers to verify identification.
The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness will issue updated force health protection guidance on DoD implementation. The Military Departments will issue
guidance on wear for Service members. As an interim measure, all individuals are encouraged to fashion face coverings from household items or common materials, such as clean T-shirts or other clean cloths that can cover the nose and mouth area. Medical personal protective equipment such as N95 respirators or surgical masks will not be issued for this purpose as these will be reserved for the appropriate personnel.
The Department will continue to implement force protective measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 to our total force and their families, and the American people. The latest
DoD policies can be found at https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Spotlight/Coronavirus.
Congratulations to LS3 Alvarez, who was selected as Wolverine of the Day while onboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) 19 March 2020!
Command Quarters March 4, 2020
New enlisted education opportunities inbound for our U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps . They are our asymmetric advantage in any fight. Investing in their future = a stronger future for our Navy. w/ Office of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy & Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Troy E. Black
https://navylive.dodlive.mil/2020/03/10/a-new-era-of-enlisted-education/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=100001174269448&utm_campaign=Train&fbclid=IwAR0VVCm-FOUsvzsL2qLOhYf2MifwvTwAO3G89NppZyydHz2sCsoDkwSM1E0
Command Quarters February 12, 2020
Congratulations to AO1 Somkhoun on his reenlistment this afternoon and decision to stay Navy!
Command Holiday Party December 12, 2019
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