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Pearl Harbor Minesweeper Ship Bell arrives at NSWC PCD
March 13, 2019 — The bell from the USS Tern, a lapwing-class minesweeper, that rescued 47 men and fought fires on the USS West Virginia and USS Arizona for two days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor will soon be on display in the lobby of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD)... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCDs) historical item in residence, the USS Tern bell. The bell will be housed in the entryway lobby of building 110. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command)

Navy Mentors Challenge Students at 2019 Regional SeaPerch Competition
March 12, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers partnered with academia March 8 and challenged students to a regional SeaPerch competition at the University of West Florida. Students at this year’s event prepared their remotely operated vehicles (ROV) to compete by navigating through an obstacle and a challenge course... MORE

Students had to complete a “finesse” challenge where the SeaPerch had to open a door, swim through a hoop, and pick up small targets before returning to the surface.

PRESS RELEASE: Navy Base Hosts Budding Engineers at Inaugural STEMinar
March 6, 2019 — Nine students from Patronis Elementary School showed off their FIRST Lego League robot designs to Navy scientists and engineers during Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) inaugural STEMinar event March 6, 2019... MORE

Patronis Elementary School Robotics League Student operates an underwater robot during Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) inaugural STEMinar event March 6. The long term goal for STEM Outreach at NSWC PCD is to make it clear that NSWC PCD is the employer of choice in the area.

NSWC Panama City Division Sparks Change through Center for Innovation
February 28, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has begun a journey to establish spaces and capabilities that will serve as enablers for innovation... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has begun a journey to establish spaces and capabilities that will serve as enablers for innovation. The Center for Innovation was designed to give employees a place where they can network, brainstorm, and work through problems, with the tools they need.

New Nursing Pods at NSWC PCD
February 27, 2019 — Nursing mothers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) now have more nursing facilities with the installation of three new nursing pods... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and Lynxnet personnel pose for a photo in front of one of three new Mamava nursing pods. Pictured from left to right: Benji Garcia, Danielle Kinkade, Carmelita Martin, Steve Blackmon, Tyler Dennis, Jason Zimmerman, Robbie Kurth, and Mary Hulgan. The nursing pods are designed to create a comfortable nursing environment for working mothers.

PRESS RELEASE: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Dunn tour Panama City Navy Base
February 22, 2019 — PRESS RELEASE: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and Rep. Neal Dunn, (R-FL), met with base leadership and toured the Naval Support Activity Panama City facilities destroyed by Hurricane Michael, to include the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Feb. 19... MORE

Capt. Aaron Peters, NSWC PCD commanding officer, and Ed Stewart (SES), NSWC PCD technical director, show Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Rep. Neal Dunn the damage that the NSWC PCD sustained after Hurricane Michael hit during a tour of the Naval Support Activity Panama City Feb. 19, 2019.

NSWC PCD Investigator Achieves Prestigious Certification
February 22, 2019 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Command Evaluation and Investigations (CE&I) Office Investigator Robert L. Malouin, Jr., successfully accomplished the Inspector General (IG) Hotline Advanced Investigator Certification Feb. 13, 2019... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Command Investigations Office investigator Robert L. Malouin, Jr. reviews his certificate of completion that led to his certification as Inspector General Hotline Advanced Investigator. Malouin’s achievement makes him a part of a small group of investigators across the Naval Sea Systems Command enterprise to obtain the distinction.

SSTM Profile John Hutton
February 20, 2019 — Senior Scientific Technical Managers (SSTMs) provide a continuity of technical leadership and oversight that is needed to ensure long-term stewardship of an organization's technical capabilities. SSTMs typically have significant research or development experience, and are recognized as renowned experts in their fields. Soundings will profile select SSTMs across the Warfare Centers... MORE

John Hutton, principal technical manager, Littoral and Mine Warfare Systems
at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division poses with an unmanned
underwater vehicle used for mine countermeasure testing.

Future Workforce Focus NSWC Panama City Division
February 13, 2019 — Harryel (Harry) Philippeaux, a mechanical engineer, prior Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) program student, and Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) intern, joined the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Science and Technology Department Unmanned Systems Technology Division in January 2018... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Mechanical Engineer Harry Philippeaux.

View From The Bridge February 2019 Coastal Compass
February 12, 2019 — STRATEGIC CAMPAIGN PLAN ROLLOUT Foreword by the Commanding Officer... MORE

Capt. Aaron S. Peters, Commander NSWC PCD

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