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During the 2020 NAVSEA Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) virtual kickoff event, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), Capt. Stephen ‘Casey’ Plew receives the command’s goal for the 2020 CFC campaign. Pictured from left to right NAVSEA Director Industrial Operations Stephanie Douglas, NAVSEA Executive Director James Smerchansky, Plew, and Vice Adm. William J. Galinis. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 21, 2020) - Navy scientist Tiffany Lower is pictured with her fellow scientist, Spencer Charney, at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). Lower mentors STEM-Student Employment Program (SSEP) interns at the command's Future Systems Software Development Branch. Charney interned with the branch while on breaks from college. Now he's a full-time NSWCDD scientist, thanks to what he calls a seamless transition after graduation. I had no idea that I could have worked here before I graduated, said Lower. SSEP is such a good opportunity. Interns are gaining immeasurable real world experience. (U.S. Navy photo/Released).

DAHLGREN, Va. (Sept. 21, 2020) - Navy scientist Tiffany Lower is pictured with her fellow scientist, Spencer Charney, at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). Lower mentors STEM-Student Employment Program (SSEP) interns at the command's Future Systems Software Development Branch. Charney interned with the branch while on breaks from college. Now he's a full-time NSWCDD scientist, thanks to what he calls a "seamless transition" after graduation. "I had no idea that I could have worked here before I graduated," said Lower. SSEP is such a good opportunity. Interns are gaining immeasurable real world experience. (U.S. Navy photo/Released).

IMAGE: Matthew Roles – a Battle Management System (BMS) systems engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) – co-pilots a B-52 somewhere over the Pacific Ocean while on a Pacific Bomber Presence deployment to Guam in 2007. As a U.S. Air Force officer, Roles flew the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the B-52 Stratofortress until a stroke ended his active duty career. He started his government civilian career in 2009 at NSWC Dahlgren Division as a lethality and effectiveness analyst. He eventually became the Navy technical representative to the Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munition Effectiveness Collateral Damage Working Group before joining BMS where he works to demonstrate the capability for a future long-range, unmanned concept. (Photo courtesy Matthew Roles/Released)

Matthew Roles – a Battle Management System (BMS) systems engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) – co-pilots a B-52 somewhere over the Pacific Ocean while on a Pacific Bomber Presence deployment to Guam in 2007. As a U.S. Air Force officer, Roles flew the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the B-52 Stratofortress until a stroke ended his active duty career. He started his government civilian career in 2009 at NSWC Dahlgren Division as a lethality and effectiveness analyst. He eventually became the Navy technical representative to the Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munition Effectiveness Collateral Damage Working Group before joining BMS where he works to demonstrate the capability for a future long-range, unmanned concept. (Photo courtesy Matthew Roles/Released)

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientist Dr. Chris Brown aligns a laser during a morning neutral event in support of a collaborative research project combining the Navy’s next-generation laser weapons with maritime environmental challenges. Brown conducted the tests to measure for optical turbulence. Dr. Evan Bates - an NSWCDD systems engineer who leads the High Energy Laser Measurement Support Laboratory - hopes to take the instruments used for optical turbulence measurements and incorporate them into shipboard lasers in the future. “You want to be able to get a real-time measurement with a single-ended system, because if we can get that we can look at the environment and evaluate the atmospheric effects on laser transmission to the target,” said Bates. “That’s the end goal of optical turbulence instrumentation.” (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientist Dr. Chris Brown aligns a laser during a morning neutral event in support of a collaborative research project combining the Navy’s next-generation laser weapons with maritime environmental challenges. Brown conducted the tests to measure for optical turbulence. Dr. Evan Bates - an NSWCDD systems engineer who leads the High Energy Laser Measurement Support Laboratory - hopes to take the instruments used for optical turbulence measurements and incorporate them into shipboard lasers in the future. “You want to be able to get a real-time measurement with a single-ended system, because if we can get that we can look at the environment and evaluate the atmospheric effects on laser transmission to the target,” said Bates. “That’s the end goal of optical turbulence instrumentation.” (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientist William Filkoski records surface observations and analyzes sounding data in support of a collaborative research project combining the Navy’s next-generation laser weapons with maritime environmental challenges. Filkoski is supporting the effort while on a New Employee Developmental Assignment (NEDA) which offers a unique development opportunity to entry-level scientists and engineers. NEDAs are temporary assignments, typically 4 to 6 months in duration, to other parts of NSWCDD. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientist William Filkoski records surface observations and analyzes sounding data in support of a collaborative research project combining the Navy’s next-generation laser weapons with maritime environmental challenges. Filkoski is supporting the effort while on a New Employee Developmental Assignment (NEDA) which offers a unique development opportunity to entry-level scientists and engineers. NEDAs are temporary assignments, typically 4 to 6 months in duration, to other parts of NSWCDD. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)