Southeast Regional Maintenance Center

Ethiopian Children Learn Human-Centered Design from Carderock Engineer
March 27, 2018 — Yared Amanuel spends his spare time using skills he has learned on the job at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division - not his engineering skills, but what he has learned in human-centered design... MORE

A child from Hawassa, Ethiopia, presents her group's results from the human-centered design process they were using March 10, 2018, to determine the ultimate soccer academy they hope to build. Yared Amanuel, originally from Ethiopia and an engineer from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, taught the children how to use human-centered design to help them solve problems while he was there on personal travel in March.

NSWC Crane Expert Honored to Receive Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
March 26, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. – Jeff Smith, an employee at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), received a Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award last month in recognition of his exemplary performance while supporting Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) for the activation of the Limited Area Production Storage Complex and supporting Nuclear Weapons Surety Information Assurance and Cybersecurity efforts from July 2014 to January 2017... MORE

CRANE, Ind. – Jeff Smith, an employee at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), received a Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award last month in recognition of his exemplary performance while supporting Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) for the activation of the Limited Area Production Storage Complex and supporting Nuclear Weapons Surety Information Assurance and Cybersecurity efforts from July 2014 to January 2017.

Tugs, broncs and brawn needed to move mighty warships
March 23, 2018 — When USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was moved into Dry dock 6 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenace Facility, it took a coordinated effort by harbor pilots, tugboat crews, Sailors aboard the ship, line handlers on shore, and bronc crews who operate the smallest boats used at the shipyard... MORE

Harbor tug Defiant (YT 804) and crew wait to assist while USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is being positioned for docking at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington March 1, 2018.

NSWC IHEODTD, St. Mary’s College, The Patuxent Partnership Sign Educational Partnership Agreement
March 23, 2018 — INDIAN HEAD, Md. – Capt. Scott Kraft, commanding officer and Ashley Johnson, technical director of Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with St. Mary’s College of Maryland and The Patuxent Partnership, Friday... MORE

Navy establishes mobile capability on Guam to test FDNF ships' combat EM systems
March 22, 2018 — NEWPORT, R.I. -- Naval Sea Systems Command's Shipboard Electronic Systems Evaluation Facility (SESEF) program established a mobile electromagnetic (EM) test and evaluation capability at Naval Base Guam in February to support U.S. 7th Fleet's Forward-Deployed Naval Force ships' combat systems... MORE

Naval Base Guam's mobile command post will serve as a temporary U.S. Navy Shipboard Electronic Systems Evaluation Facility for testing U.S. Pacific Fleet ships' electromagnetic combat direction-finding systems.

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