The Flagship Edition 08.02.2018

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NMCP’S CHEST PAIN CENTER EARNS RE-ACCREDITATION The accreditation shows NMCP is capable of providing the highest quality of care for heart attack patients.

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Navy’s first female admiral, Alene Duerk, passes away leader who provided the best care to those who defended our nation, honoring the uniform we wear and the privilege of leadership.” WASHINGTON Her first tours of duty included ward Retired Rear Adm. Alene B. Duerk, nurse at Naval Hospital Portsmouth in the Navy’s first female admiral, passed Virginia, Naval Hospital Bethesda in away July 21, 2018. She was 98 years Maryland, and sea service aboard the old. Navy hospital ship, USS Benevolence “It took 197 years and a forward- (AH 13), in 1945. While anchored off looking Chief of Nathe coast of Eniwetok, val Operations, Elmo Duerk and the crew Zumwalt, to break of the Benevolence with tradition before would attend to the sick Alene Duerk became and wounded being the first woman admibrought back from the ral in the U.S. Navy,” Third Fleet’s operations said Naval History against Japan. and Heritage ComUpon cessation of mand director Sam hostilities on Sept. 2, Cox. “But the credit 1945, Duerk and the goes to Duerk. From Benevolence crew took the crucible of caring on the task of repatrifor wounded Sailors, ating liberated Allied Marines and prisoners prisoners of war, an of war during World endeavor that solidiWar II in the Pacific, fied her commitment she blazed a trail of to nursing and patient stellar performance in care. tough jobs, serving as Years later, when Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, asked about her service an inspiration for an Navy surgeon general for the Library of Conever increasing number of women officers gress’ Veteran’s History who have followed her path.” Project, Duerk said, “The time I was Born in Defiance, Ohio, on March 29, aboard the hospital ship and we took the 1920, she received nursing training at the prisoners of war, that was something I Toledo [Ohio] Hospital School of Nurs- will never forget . . . that was the most ing, from which she earned her diploma exciting experience of my whole career.” in 1941. From there, Duerk entered the Thereafter, Duerk was assigned to U.S. Naval Reserve and was appointed Naval Hospital Great Lakes until being an ensign in the Nurse Corps. released from active service in 1946. “Alene Duerk was a strong and dediIn 1951, Duerk returned to active duty cated trail blazer who embodied the very serving as a nursing instructor at the principles that continue to guide Navy Naval Hospital Corps School in PortsMedicine today,” commented Vice Adm. mouth, Va. and later as inter-service eduForrest Faison, Navy surgeon general, cation coordinator at the Naval Hospital upon learning of her passing. “She will forever be remembered as a servant » See TRAILBLAZER | A7 From Naval History and Heritage Command, Communication and Outreach Division

Alene Duerk was a strong and dedicated trail blazer who embodied the very principles that continue to guide Navy Medicine today.”

U.S. Navy photo An undated official portrait of Rear Adm. Alene B. Duerk. Duerk entered the Navy in January 1943 and initially served as a ward nurse at the Portsmouth and Bethesda naval hospitals. She was later assigned to the hospital ship USS Benevolence and deployed to the Pacific Theater during World War II in support of Adm. William Halsey’s Third Fleet. In May 1970, Duerk was appointed director of the Navy Nurse Corps. She became the first woman to attain flag rank in the U.S. Navy on June 1, 1972. Duerk was born in Defiance, Ohio and retired from the Navy in 1975.

UPDATE ANNOUNCED FOR NAVY UNIFORM MOBILE APP

Navy releases 2018 Personal and Professional Choices Survey results From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON

From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON

Navy announced an update to the “OPNAV Uniform Regulations” app for iOS and Android mobile devices, July 25. Sailors will have access to useful information and references in the updated Navy uniform mobile app. The expanded app has a new look and feel, and now includes information on all current Navy uniforms. Sailors can find answers to frequently asked questions, uniform policy NAVADMINs and photos of proper uniform wear. Additionally, the app includes the U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations (NAVPERS 15665I) as a searchable document. The app also has links to the Navy Uniform Matters Office (Uniform Matters) web page and Navy Exchange online uniform sales website. The Navy’s Sea Warrior Mobility Program (PMW 240) originally developed and continues to update the app, along with Tracen Technologies, Inc. Sailors can provide their inputs for improve-

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Garrett Zopfi A Sailor inspects Type III working uniforms at the Navy Exchange uniform shop.

ments through the feedback section of the app. Uniform Matters and PMW 240 will continue to work on improving the app to address more uniform components in future updates. The app is available for download through the Navy App Locker at https://www.applocker.navy. mil/#!/apps, and the iTunes and Google Play online stores. To find the free app, search “OPNAV Uniform” in the app stores or in your web browser. For more news from Chief of Naval Personnel, visit www.navy.mil/local/cnp/.

CNSF ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER QUALIFICATION INSTRUCTION The change aligns with new career path revisions. » See A2

The 2018 Personal and Professional Choices Survey results were released by the Chief of Naval Personnel’s office of inclusion and diversity, July 25. The biennial Personal and Professional Choices Survey, formerly named the Pregnancy and Parenthood Survey, provides leadership with information from Sailors on retention, work/life balance, family planning, childcare, pregnancy and other related issues. The data gathered from the survey helps Navy track the trends and impact of personnel policies, not only on individual Sailors and their families, but also on Navy readiness. » See SURVEY | A7

MC3 Ryre Arciaga Aviation Ordnanceman Brandon Garrison kisses his daughter during a steel beach picnic on the flight deck of the Wasp-Class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). The officers and crew of Kearsarge hosted a Friends and Family Day event to display their operational capabilities to their loved ones.

CAMP LEMONNIER EMBRACES SAILOR 360 PROGRAM The program is scheduled to be rolled out Navywide in October, and the initiative marks the first significant change since 2011 on how the service trains its enlisted leaders.

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