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SERMC is the largest command on board Mayport Naval Station, and occupies Building 1488 along the basin making service to the fleet more efficient.

Machinery Repairman 1st Class Charles Baylis changes a router bit on a CNC Router inside SERMC's Fabrication Laboratory, or Fab Lab. Machinery Repairmen make replacement parts and repair or overhaul ship's engines and auxiliary systems.

Machinery Repairman 2nd Class Lisa Petyak watches the 3-Dimensional (3-D) printer inside SERMC's Fabrication Laboratory, or Fab Lab. The Fab Lab hopes to spark creativity and problem-solving skills for Sailors assigned to SERMC.

Mr. Ray Williams (L) and Hull Technician Fireman Mionna Green (R) watch as Mr. Richard Cornwell inspects the cuts made by the new, state-of-the-art waterjet cutting system. New abrasive waterjet technology enables SERMC to cut components faster and more accurately, getting parts to the fleet more quickly. Photo by Scott Curtis

Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Curtis Spaulding explains to Naval Sea Systems Command Commander Vice. Adm. Tom Moore how he performs maintenance on a MK38 25mm Chain Gun system at Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) at Jacksonville, Fla.

Forty-three Sailors at Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) in Mayport, Fla., earned Navy Enlisted Classifications (NEC) September 1st through the Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) with the commander of Naval Sea Systems Command making the presentations. Photo by Scott Curtis.

Machinists Mate 1st Class(SW) Raul Coronado mentors Machinist Mate Fireman Brittany Alldredge while they take shaft alignment measurements using a precision laser and sensor. The laser and laser sensor are mounted on the pump and motor shafts, then the shafts are rotated as the laser sensor measures hundreds of points. Photo by Scott Curtis.

MM1 Brian Hill (R) and EN1 Robin Mosely (L) shovel mulch into a makeshift wheel-barrow at Oak Hill Academy. Hill and Mosely are Sailors with Southeast Regional Maintenance Center in Mayport. Both volunteered to help clean, assemble furniture and prepare classrooms for the 2016-2017 school year. The Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) is a World Class organization providing surface ship maintenance, modernization and technical expertise in support of the ships of the US Navy, the world’s finest. SERMC also provides visiting vessel services to foreign navies. We provide the highest level of maintenance, repair, technical expertise, training, craftsmanship and professionalism to the ships and sailors of the U.S. Fleet and the SERMC military and civilian workforce. Photo by Scott Curtis

NAVSEA & SERMC News

NSWC Crane employee awarded Medal of Valor for extinguishing fire, saving lives in war zone
January 16, 2019 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee was awarded one of the highest civilian honors for an act of bravery overseas. William (Bill) Taylor, an AC-130W Weapons Specialist at NSWC Crane, received the Command Civilian Service Medal for Valor and Courage in a combat zone for saving seven lives and extinguishing a fire. ... MORE

Technical Director’s Innovation Challenge project spotlight Idea market: collaborative ideation
January 16, 2019 — Jared Soltis from the Sea-Based Aviation and Aeromechanics Branch and Nicholas Jones from the Physical Metallurgy and Fire Performance Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division are like any other engineer; they have ideas for projects they want to accomplish and need funding to do so. Sometimes ideas get reworked through levels of brainstorming and do not meet the sponsor’s intent by the time it reaches them, often leading to a proposal rejection with no feedback.... MORE

Navy Statement on Littoral Combat Ship
January 15, 2019 — On January 15, the U.S. Navy exercised a contract option with Lockheed Martin Corporation to... MORE

NUWC Division Newport engineer, musician trades one keyboard for another in non-duty hours
January 14, 2019 — During his workday at Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, Chris Capuano, an engineer in the Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, develops sonar training tools for Navy schoolhouses across the country. His current position was developed from a new professional project in which he and another employee created a tool for new Sailors who are going to be sonar technicians. ... MORE

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Surface Navy Association
January 10, 2019 — WASHINGTON - Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices will hold media availabilities in NAVSEA's exhibit booth during the 2019 Surface Navy Association annual symposium at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, Virginia, Jan. 15-17.... MORE