WWR: New Dress White Jumper, E8 Quotas, Selective Reenlistment Bonus and more.
Channel: U.S. Navy
Date: 2015-04-26

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From this edition of the @USNPeople Weekly Wire: 

1.) White and blue crackerjacks moving forward/ 17 APRIL 15 
[http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/careers/2015/04/20/crackerjacks-sdw-sdb-new-uniforms-navy/21340721/]
NAVY TIMES, Lance M. Bacon 
Men and women, E-6 and below, will be able to buy the service dress blues at the Navy Exchange in early 2016, said Capt. Janet Bristol, head of the Uniform Matters Office. The uniforms are likely to be issued to recruits beginning Oct. 1, 2016, the start of fiscal year 2017. Funding for the crackerjack whites is earmarked for fiscal 2017. 

2.) E-8 selection rate drops, but its more even across ratings/ 21 APRIL 15 
[http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2015/04/21/e8-selection-board-quotas/26116247/]
NAVY TIMES, Mark D. Faram 
“As manning levels stabilized, advancement opportunity for our E-7s going before the E-8 board remains near the 10-year average," Fleet Master Chief (AW/SW) April Beldo told Navy Times April 21. "As [the chief of naval personnel] and I have shared during CPO mess engagements, some ratings show swings as they respond to fleet manning needs, but overall we have seen a stabilization of opportunity and expect to remain close to the average for the foreseeable future." 

3.) A Sailor's Experience With Career Intermission Program / 23 APRIL 15 
[http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2015/04/23/a-sailors-experience-with-career-intermission-program/] 
NAVY LIVE, Lt. Michael Fonbuena 
The Career Intermission Program, which originally began as a small-scale pilot, has afforded me the opportunity to seek out an advanced degree at a prestigious university of my choosing while also allowing me the ability to continue my career in the naval service. Overall, I have had an extremely positive experience with CIP and feel that the Navy should strongly advertise this program to junior officers as an alternative means of obtaining graduate education. 

4.) Officials: Progress seen in Navy sex assault reporting/ 20 APRIL 15 
[http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2015/04/18/navy-21st-century-sailor-sexual-assault-awareness-month-april/25902969/]
NAVY TIMES, Meghann Myers 
"You need to know that these activities that happen to you, that you may not have thought were sexual assault, may in fact be sexual assault, and we need you to come forward so that we can get you the help you need and we can hold the offenders appropriately accountable," he said.

Video produced by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elliott Fabrizio.