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Porter completes Navy's first SIA in Rota, Spain
June 29, 2017 — ROTA, Spain -- USS Porter (DDG 78) completed its Surface Incremental Availability (SIA) June 16, the first such CNO availability ever performed at Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center Detachment Rota, Spain... MORE

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Porter (DDG 78), front, USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), USS Carney (DDG 64) and USS Ross (DDG 71) are moored at Naval Station Rota, Spain.

US Navy Divers Keep Students Safe at Carderock During International Human-Powered Submarine Races
June 29, 2017 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Every other year, hundreds of college and high school students come from around the world to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD), to race human-powered submarines they designed and built themselves in the command's David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB)... MORE

Sailors assigned to Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) stand by to assist in the David Taylor Model Basin during the 14th International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md., June 28, 2017. NEDU and supporting dive-qualified Sailors in the National Capital Region are helping ensure a safe competition between the students at Carderock racing human-powered submersibles they designed and built for the biennial event, which is sponsored by the Foundation for Underwater Research and Education and is considered the capstone event for science, technology, engineering and mathematics outreach at Carderock.

Carderock Sub Races Draw Worldwide Teams, Promote STEM
June 28, 2017 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Students of engineering from universities and organizations across the country and abroad converged at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, for the 14th biennial International Submarine Races (ISR), June 25-30... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, hosts the 14th International Human-Powered Submarine Races, at West Bethesda, Md., June 26. During this biennial engineering design competition, high school and college engineering students team up to design, build and operate a human-powered submarine and navigate it through an underwater course.

NSWC Crane Helps Build Future Workforce Through Workplace Simulation Project
June 27, 2017 — When Brian Blackwell first heard about the Workplace Simulation Project (WSP), he viewed it as a perfect opportunity for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) to help build its future workforce. Blackwell, a member of NSWC Crane’s Executive Leadership Team, also saw the WSP as a way to inform talented students in southern Indiana that they can build a future Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)-related career without leaving the region. Two years later, the WSP is a booming success in southern Indiana, and it is expanding to even more school districts next school year. ... MORE

NSWC Crane, Indiana University and DirectEmployers launched the Workplace Simulation Project in the Bloomfield School District.

Junior Navy Scientists and Engineers Make Early Warning CBR Detection via UAVs a Reality
June 22, 2017 — DAHLGREN, Va. - Sly Fox Mission 21 has all the trappings of a smash hit reality television... MORE

DAHLGREN, Va. (June 15, 2017) - Navy scientist Charles Miller and mathematician Jessica Hildebrand perform pre-flight checks on the SCAPEGOAT chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) detection system. The SCAPEGOAT system - developed by a team of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division junior scientists and engineers - demonstrates the capability to deploy a modular CBR sensor system aboard multiple unmanned aerial vehicle platforms.

PSNS & IMF employees earn NAVSEA awards for innovation, excellence
June 21, 2017 — One PSNS & IMF employee was honored for individual excellence and eight others were commended by NAVSEA for their participation in successful teams... MORE

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SM-6 testing displays missile’s improved capability
June 15, 2017 — The U.S. Navy successfully executed a test of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block IA (SM-6 Blk IA) at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico, on June 7... MORE

IDPs critical to career development
June 15, 2017 — The very first foundational Line of Effort within NAVSEA's Campaign Plan to Expand the Advantage is ‘Design for Talented People.’ Why? Because without you, NAVSEA doesn't exist. -- Vice Adm. Tom Moore, NAVSEA Commander ... MORE

People first: I am NAVSEA
June 15, 2017 — “The very first Foundational Line of Effort within NAVSEA's Campaign Plan to expand the Advantage is "Design for Talented People." Why? Because without you, NAVSEA doesn't exist,” said NAVSEA Commander Vice Adm. Tom Moore... MORE

Surviving a sinking ship—WWII vet, daughter share personal story
June 15, 2017 — Ernie Schramm is a former World War II Sailor and a PSNS & IMF retiree. He is also a survivor of the Battle of Leyte Gulf and, more uniquely, of a ship that sank during the battle... MORE

Brett Gillard poses with his mother, Peggy Gillard, and grandfather, Ernie Schramm, following graduation from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Apprentice Program. Brett and his mother are current employees and Schramm retired from the command in 1981. (Personal photo provided by Peggy Gillard)