 This week we're checking out the Secretary of the Navy's new innovation portal, The Hatch, and a couple tips for your tuition assistance applications. First, a big congratulations to all our new Petty officers just advanced this cycle. Now let's talk about The Hatch. The Hatch is part of the second half's goal to empower sailors of all pay grades, specialties, and backgrounds to submit their own innovative ideas to improve our Navy. And they'll be reviewed by peers and considered by leadership. So let's look inside The Hatch. First, any sailor or department of the Navy's civilian can make an account by clicking here. No CAC required, just a dot mail email. So remember The Hatch is an unclassified domain. By logging in to my account in the landing page, some of the more popular ideas are featured here. In this feed, you can comment or vote the ideas of other sailors up or down. Here's one, to use the drones to paint the side of the ship. And there's several that recommend ways to consolidate the Navy's web portals. You can submit your ideas simply by clicking here. This is a real avenue for you to make the Navy better. If you see an issue, don't be the one complaining about it. Be the one with the solution. The Navy wants your ideas. Next, a quick reminder that if you're applying for tuition assistance, the earlier the better. Late applications are the number one reason for disapproval. Requests must be approved before the start of class. So that means you should submit your application well in advance. Shoot for 30 days in advance if possible. Lastly, registration for the Joint Women's Leadership Symposium is now open. This year it's in San Diego. If you're interested, more information can be found here. Now that's it for this week. If you follow the rundown, you'll see I'm a new host. MC1 Fabrizia will be back next week. But I'll also continue to host more episodes in the future. So if you have any feedback about this program or a question for the Chief of Personnel, feel free to drop us a comment or email. For the CNP, I'm Lieutenant Ryan Benitez. Thanks for watching.