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Personnel representing various global military units supporting Exercise Baltic Operations 2022 (BALTOPS 22) pause at the Ravlunda site during National Day of Sweden, June 6. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Integrated Mine Countermeasures Tactics team provided the combined task group staff with support during the exercise and brought that experience back to the Navy lab. BALTOPS, which began in 1975, is the premier maritime-focused annual exercise that takes place in the Baltic Region and demonstrates partnership, security and preserving regional peace. (courtesy photo)

NSWC Panama City personnel provide integrated MCM tactics expertise for BALTOPS 22
Andrew Bouchard, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) engineer, was recently selected as a recipient of the Individual Engineer Award for 2022 by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN RD&A) Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Navy Scientists and Engineers Awards committee. This award recognizes the top Naval engineers and scientists who demonstrate superior technical merit, innovation and operational impact in alignment with ASN RD&A priorities. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

Andrew Bouchard: 2022 Individual Engineer Award ASN RD&A Dr. Delores M. Etter recipient
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division X Department's – “The aXolotls” – amphibious vehicle transitions from water to land at Naval Support Activity Panama City, Fla., during preliminary trials of the Technical Director's Cup, May 17, 2022. They chose to build an amphibious vehicle capable of autonomous navigation both on land and at sea, quickly transitioning between the two, according to X Department Team Captain Melanie MacBain. (U.S. Navy photo by Bob Lindee)

NSWC Panama City technical departments battle in Director’s Cup challenge
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division A Department's – “The Bandits” – amphibious vehicle transitions from water to land at Naval Support Activity Panama City, Fla., during preliminary trials of the Technical Director's Cup, May 17, 2022. The basic concept of our robot is a duck boat. The challenge involved transitioning from sea to land and we approached this with an amphibious design. In essence, it’s a pontoon boat with wheels, stated A Department Team Captain Jared Wampler. (U.S. Navy photo by Bob Lindee)

NSWC Panama City technical departments battle in Director’s Cup challenge
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division E Department's – “The Swag (SeaWater Air & Ground) Surfers” – amphibious vehicle navigates the second leg of the three part requirement at Naval Support Activity Panama City, Fla., during preliminary trials of the Technical Director's Cup, May 17, 2022. The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is such a prominent part of E Department, we wanted to incorporate an air-cushioned vehicle when we heard that the competition would involve an amphibious landing, stated E Department Team Mentor Blake Ivy. (U.S. Navy photo by Bob Lindee)

NSWC Panama City technical departments battle in Director’s Cup challenge
Dan Coates, the Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) In-Service Engineering Agent electrical lead at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, takes pride in his Korean heritage. Coats works with a team of electrical engineers and electrical technicians to develop solutions for urgent needs that arise from testing, sponsor directed tasks, and improving on the current design.

NSWC Panama City Division Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Spotlight: Daniel Coats
The Warfare Center Logistics Community of Practice (WFC Log CoP) stand aboard one of Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division's landing craft air cushion vehicles during their in-person meeting and NSWC PCD tour, April 5-7. The goal of this event was to bring together the logistics leadership from each warfare center to share best practices, lessons learned, and to collaborate on ways to improve the logistics competency as a whole across the One Team enterprise. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

One Team Warfare Center Logistics Community meeting emphasizes connection
(right) Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Craft Pilot Mark Williams, landing craft air cushion vehicle ship-to-shore connector test pilot, briefs members from the Naval Sea Systems Command's Warfare Center Logistics Community of Practice (WFC Log CoP) NSWC PCD tour, April 5-7. The visit also included a tour of the SEAL Delivery Vehicle/MK 18 lab, Mine Countermeasures / Littoral Combat Ship MCM lab, and the Hydrospace lab. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

One Team Warfare Center Logistics Community meeting emphasizes connection
(left) Capt. David Back, Naval Surface Warfare Center commanding officer and (right) Dr. Peter Adair, NSWC PCD technical director present Stephen (Rusty) Weathers, NSWC PCD Airborne Mine Neutralization System lead systems engineer with the Department of the Navy’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award on March 28. Weathers is responsible for all aspects of engineering and serves as the subject matter expert for the AMNS program and has been at NSWC PCD since 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Anthony Powers)

NSWC PCD's Rusty Weathers: Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award recipient
(left) Capt. David Back, Naval Surface Warfare Center commanding officer and (right) Dr. Peter Adair, NSWC PCD technical director present Stephen (Rusty) Weathers, NSWC PCD Airborne Mine Neutralization System lead systems engineer with the Department of the Navy’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award on March 28. As a result of Weathers' system-of-system approach, the program realized a $66M cost avoidance due to his analysis and bringing forth his recommendation to change the maintenance philosophy of the Launch and Handling System from a required 5-year overhaul to a performance based overhaul. (U.S. Navy photo by Anthony Powers)

NSWC PCD's Rusty Weathers: Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award recipient
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