NAPLES, Italy — Sailors looking to leave the Navy early may get their wish. In several recent messages to the fleet, the Navy announced its latest force-shaping tools in the form of three ...

The Navy filled nearly all of its master chief petty officer billets this promotion cycle — the first one ever to utilize the Senior Enlisted Marketplace — as the service shifts to billet-based ...

Editor’s note: this story has been updated to include comment from Chief of Naval Personnel officials. The Navy plans to upend its high-year tenure policy, which booted enlisted sailors out of active ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Navy’s top enlisted sailor spent the past week visiting naval facilities throughout Japan — including Sasebo, Atsugi and Yokosuka — on what he ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify that sailors can still be separated from the active-duty Navy under the new high-year tenure plus program if they are not willing to fill critical ...

The Navy is changing the way it promotes sailors into the top enlisted rank -- master chief petty officer -- and leaders in the service say that it's only the beginning of a major initiative to revamp ...

Last year, the Navy hit a grim milestone for the first time in its history, one that leaders hoped they would never see. It missed its recruiting targets by thousands of new sailors, as each military ...

Fleet Master Chief John Perryman will take over for Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea, who announced his retirement in July. By Nicholas Slayton Published Aug 16, 2025 7:30 AM EDT ...

FILE - A sailor attends a free hiring event held for service members, veterans and military spouses at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's Military & Family Support Center, June 22, 2017. (MCS3 Justin ...

The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) Ramón “CZ” Colón-López, has a lot on his plate. He’s spent a long career as a pararescueman in the Air Force’s special operations community, and he ...