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NSS-SY Spotlight: Trade Advocates
April 13, 2023 — As a relatively new program, implemented within the last several years, the Naval Sustainment System - Shipyards initiative aligns with the Get Real, Get Better framework of building a workforce of problem solvers and innovative thinkers. It is a fresh, modern approach to how business is done within the U.S. Navy. Like most operational adjustments... MORE

NSS-SY Spotlight: Trade Advocates graphic. (U.S. Navy graphic by Scott Hansen)

NSWCPD Hosts Steering and Propulsion Control System Physical Throttle Training Summit
April 12, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) hosted 12 crew members from USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) during a Steering and Propulsion Control System Physical Throttle Training Summit held at the DDG 51 Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) on March 28, 2023.USS Gonzalez is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, named for Sergeant Alfredo Cantu... MORE

Lt. j.g. Luke Teague attached to USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) attended the Steering and Propulsion Control System Physical Throttle Training Summit held at the DDG 51 Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) aboard Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) on March 28, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Gary Ell/Released)

Northeast Tech Bridge is leveraging partnerships to advance NUWC Division Newport’s mission
April 12, 2023 — The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport has some of the most talented engineers and scientists working for the U.S. Navy, but taking a set of requirements or an idea and turning it into something useful to the fleet can be a long and arduous process. So the Northeast Tech Bridge is cultivating new ways to partner with the private... MORE

Carderock Shines at 2023 Sea-Air-Space Exposition
April 11, 2023 — The annual Sea-Air-Space Conference and Exposition was held from April 3-5, 2023, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. It is the Navy League’s Global Maritime Exposition attracting maritime leaders and military stakeholders from around the world. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division engineer Dr. Lee Huntington briefs Vice Adm. William Galinis, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, on Carderock’s virtual paint sprayer during the 2023 Sea-Air-Space Exposition at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on April 4. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy)

NSWC Crane employee volunteers to award over 700 quilts to living service members, veterans across country
April 7, 2023 — A Naval Service Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee has volunteered for more than a decade to sew and award quilts to living service members and veterans all over the country. Kay Miller, a Human Resource Specialist at NSWC Crane, recently celebrated 40 years of federal service—half of that time was spent as a United States Navy... MORE

NSWCDD Honors Several with the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
April 7, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) recently recognized several employees who earned the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award (DoN MCSA) during its Honorary Awards Ceremony in March at the Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center.James “Jim” Barnes, Daniel Belcher, Willie Crank, Jonathan “Jon” Dachos, Larry... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Technical Director Dale Sisson Jr., SES, and Commanding Officer Capt. Philip Mlynarski presented Matthew Zurasky with the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award during the NSWCDD Annual Honorary Awards ceremony at the Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center March 10.

NSWCDD enters into MOU with University of the District of Columbia
April 7, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaboratively establish an online master’s program in cybersecurity.The partnership is also exploring the establishment of a cybersecurity certificate program.The MOU comes on... MORE

NUWC Division Newport’s chief technology officer wins 2023 Providence Business News Award
April 7, 2023 — Dr. Jason Gomez, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s chief technology officer, recently won a 2023 Providence Business News C-Suite Award, in the government agencies category, which recognizes top chief (C-level) executives who are innovators, trailblazers, role models and leaders in the community.Gomez, a resident of East... MORE

USS Thresher: A loss. A legacy.
April 6, 2023 — On April 9, 1963, USS Thresher (SSN 593), the lead nuclear-powered attack submarine of her class, sailed from Kittery, Maine, to approximately 220 miles east of Massachusetts to conduct deep-diving tests. She carried 129 men, including her crew and several shipyard personnel.After a rendezvous with Penguin-class submarine rescue ship USS Skylark... MORE

USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead nuclear-attack submarine of her class and was commissioned on August 3, 1961, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. Following commissioning, she completed trials in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas testing her new technological systems and weapons. On April 10, 1963, following overhaul, Thresher began deep-diving tests, along with USS Skylark (ASR-20), about 220 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. As the tests proceeded, Skylark received garbled communications from her which eventually stopped. It became apparent she had sunk taking the lives of the 129 officers, crewmen, and civilian technicians.

NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity celebrates 60 years of supporting the Fleet
April 6, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD DNA) employees gathered April 5 for a cake cutting ceremony celebrating 60 years since its establishment.NSWCDD DNA was originally commissioned as Fleet Computer Programming Center, Atlantic on March 31, 1963. Since then, the command has undergone changes to its organizational... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD DNA) hosts a cake cutting ceremony, April 5, celebrating 60 years since the command was first established. NSWCDD DNA was first commissioned on March 31, 1963, as the Fleet Computer Programming Center, Atlantic, and has since undergone various name changes over the last 50 years. Pictured (left to right): Cmdr. Christina Carino, commanding officer NSWCDD DNA; Mary Kay Anderson, integrated training systems division head; Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Joseph Parker; Dave Richardson, NSWCDD DNA senior civilian and department head.