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Out with the old: NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity Facilities keeps workplace mission ready
September 30, 2021 — From replacing old chillers to modernizing existing lab spaces, the Facilities team at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD DNA) has been busy throughout the COVID-19 pandemic ensuring an improved and a better operating workplace awaits employees upon their return.The small team is made up of three government... MORE

IMAGE: Alan Poulter, a maintenance mechanic with Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), helps renovate an office space in Hopper Hall—NSWCDD DNA’s main building in Virginia Beach, Va. The DNA Facilities Team was able to establish a Memorandum of Understanding with NAVFAC to obtain four dedicated staff members who work onsite to help maintain and modernize the command’s facilities.

My Navy Learning provides personalized, adaptive learning for Sailors
August 20, 2021 — As Sailors progress through their Navy careers, their training, education and professional development needs evolve. In addition to training requirements that vary depending on rank or rating, individual Sailors learn at different paces using varying methods. These evolving needs require a personalized learning system that not only keeps pace with... MORE

IMAGE: Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Nowlin, a fire controlman with AEGIS Ashore Romania, tests the My Navy Learning (MNL) interface during a usability study June 3, aboard Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Dam Neck Activity (DNA) Dam Neck Annex in Virginia Beach, Virginia. MNL is a next-generation system that will encompass training and professional development throughout a Sailor’s entire career. The Distributed Training Branch at NSWCDD DNA teamed up with NSWCDD’s Human Systems Integration Branch to conduct usability studies with more than 20 Sailors as part of the design and development phase of the MNL project.

Hooked on Fly-Fishing, Healing and Helping Others
May 21, 2021 — A tranquil landscape only found in nature. A peaceful mountain river rich with bass and trout. And the easy rhythm of a fly-fishing rod. The cadence - ten o’clock, two o’clock, ten o’clock - running through the heads of new fly-fishermen as they try to achieve the perfect cast. “It takes a lot of concentration, and clears your mind of everything... MORE

IMAGE: Steve Tegtmeyer shows off a fish caught while fly-fishing with Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing (PHWFF). Tegtmeyer, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity employee, is a recipient of the NSWCDD Distinguished Community Service Award and volunteer with PHWFF.

Navy Scientists and Engineers Inspire Fifth Graders at 2018 NAS Oceana Air Show
September 25, 2018 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Hundreds of fifth-grade Virginia Beach elementary school students learned more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through fun hands-on displays at the annual Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Air Show, Sept. 21. Navy civilian scientists and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division... MORE

IMAGE: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sep. 21, 2018) – The combined science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) team from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity, and Dahlgren’s Sly Fox program led education efforts through hands-on STEM displays to fifth grade Virginia Beach elementary school students at the annual NAS Oceana Air Show.

Dam Neck Activity Joins Allies in Honoring the Fallen on ANZAC Day
April 30, 2018 — NORFOLK - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Dam Neck Activity joined local military commands and NATO allies in commemorating Australian and New Zealand Air Corps (ANZAC) Day at the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Memorial, April 25. On that date in 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that... MORE

IMAGE: NORFOLK, Va. (April 25, 2018) - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity Commanding Officer Cmdr. Andrew J. Hoffman, Australian exchange officer Lt. Cmdr. Chris Davidson, Royal Australian Navy, and CWO4 Junior Johnson, USN (Ret.), represented the command at the ANZAC Day dawn ceremony at the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Memorial. Behind the contingent are the flags of the United States, Australia and New Zealand, with a 'battlefield cross' and wreaths to commemorate the fallen at right.

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