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NEWS | Sept. 27, 2024

Second annual Meet the Mission brought together TEAM Crane for day of appreciation across the installation

By Emily Gray (ctr), NSWC Crane Corporate Communications

Team Crane hosted the second Meet the Mission: Team Crane Day event on September 5. The event focused on bringing together employees from across all the commands and support activities that make up Team Crane; including the Naval Exchange, Naval Sea Logistics Center, Naval Support Activity Crane (NSA Crane), Crane Army Ammunition (CAAA), and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane).

Participants in the Team Crane Meet the Mission“We were thrilled to host the expanded Meet the Mission: Team Crane Day this year,” said Dr. Angela Lewis (SES), NSWC Crane Technical Director. “This event provides an excellent opportunity for employees to learn more about our capabilities in the mission areas of Electromagnetic Warfare, Strategic Missions, and Expeditionary Warfare. Bringing our team together to cross-network and ideate creates space for innovation when developing new solutions for the warfighter.”

Lewis said everyone who comprises Team Crane should feel a great sense of pride for their contributions to the mission, which is ever-increasing in its relevance to national defense.

“This event, which had representatives from all Team Crane tenants and our contract partners, was a way to put all of that hard work on display.”

The second annual Meet the Mission included participants from NSA Crane, CAAA, and NSWC Crane.Due to the success of the event last year, this year’s Meet the Mission has doubled in size. Throughout the event, employees had the chance to visit booths to participate in technical demonstrations, see mission hardware firsthand, purchase apparel from the Navy Exchange and Moral, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) and Navy Exchange (NEX), and use the photo booth to capture photos of friends and colleagues enjoying themselves at this team-building event.

NSA and CAAA participated for the first time this year.

“We appreciated the opportunity to participate in this year’s Meet the Mission event. We always welcome opportunities to highlight the work we do to enable our collective Team Crane mission of supporting the warfighter,” said Col. Fran Taylor, CAAA commander.

Meet the Mission was an open-house style event that allowed employees from across all commands to come together and celebrate Team Crane. Taylor added that the Crane Army mission is to safely receive, store, ship, renovate, demilitarize, and manufacture conventional ammunition, missiles, and related components to support Joint Forces readiness.

CDR Luis “Homie” Martinez, of NSA Crane reflected on the experience.

“Meet the Mission brought the installation together and was a huge boost for morale because the team did an amazing job planning and executing the event.  We all left more knowledgeable and with greater appreciation for what our awesome Team Crane personnel do for the warfighter every day.”

The event was open-house style that allowed employees from across all commands to come together and celebrate Team Crane. Teams from every department displayed work. Some examples include Force Level Electromagnetic Warfare, Special Emphasis Programs, Strategic Microelectronics, Electro-Optic Technology, Infrastructure, Customer Advocates, and more.

About NSWC Crane | NSWC Crane is a naval laboratory and a field activity of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) with mission areas in Expeditionary Warfare, Strategic Missions and Electromagnetic Warfare. The warfare center is responsible for multi-domain, multi-spectral, full life cycle support of technologies and systems enhancing capability to today's Warfighter.

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