New program gives nondeployable sailors more opportunities to serve

New program gives nondeployable sailors more opportunities to serve

A recently announced Navy initiative will help expand work opportunities for sailors unable to deploy by placing them in shore billets that suit their unique expertise, according to a service administrative fact sheet released Monday.The EMPLOY program will place sailors who are dealing with injury or serious illness into positions that match their rank, and which would otherwise be gapped, a Navy spokesperson told Military Times.“EMPLOY helps r…