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NSWC PCD Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Cecilie Belleville
September 30, 2024 — Cecilie Belleville, an administrative technical specialist in the Employee Services Division of the Comptroller Department, just celebrated her one-year anniversary at NSWC Panama City Division, but prior to that, worked as a contractor in the Travel Office for two and a half years. Her contributions are felt across the command as she serves in... MORE

Cecilie Belleville, NSWC PCD administrative technical specialist in the Employee Services Division of the Comptroller Department, serves in various roles, including primary agency program coordinator for the Government Travel Charge Card, defense travel administrator, and passport agent. All three of her roles are crucial for maintaining and supporting official travel, and ultimately contributing to mission success and overall readiness of our forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeremy Roman)

NSWC PCD engineer reaches 50-year legacy and counting
August 22, 2024 — If an organization is only as good as its people, then the warfighters who are supported by the force behind the fleet at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) are in good hands. Tim McTrusty, NSWC PCD engineer, is as resilient as they come. He has served this country as a Navy SEAL, deployed to various locations around the... MORE

(left) Capt. David Back, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division commanding officer and Dr. Peter Adair, NSWC PCD technical director, recognize (center) Tim McTrusty, NSWC PCD engineer, for 50 years of federal service to the U.S. Navy, April 16. McTrusty also was enlisted and served for 34 years in active duty and reserve status retiring from the Navy as a special operations master chief. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

NSWC Panama City wins eight NAVSEA Excellence Awards
August 16, 2024 — Eight of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)’s Excellence Awards were awarded to personnel from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) on Aug. 14, during a ceremony held at the Washington Navy Yard. The achievement demonstrates NSWC PCD’s commitment to expanding the advantage, aligning to NAVSEA’s campaign plan.The NAVSEA... MORE

FY23 NAVSEA Excellence in Facilities Engineering & Management
Facilities Engineering Management Team
(left to right) Christopher Owens, Gordon Griffith, Cyril Gazagnaire, Stephen Locke, Carmen Ferrer, William Logsdon, Staci Matthewson, Randall Lee, Jason Zimmermen, and 1st Lt. Ryan Ison.
(Not pictured: Adrienne Brookes, Frances Negron, Danniel Riveras,
Patrick Beacom, Kelley Close, and Capt. Kyle Boesch)

NSWC PCD’s technical capabilities support the warfighter at BALTOPS 2024
July 23, 2024 — During Baltic Operations Exercise 2024 (BALTOPS 24), Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) demonstrated ways in which the command develops, delivers, and sustains innovative capabilities for our nation’s warfighters.Conducted since 1971, BALTOPS is an annual maritime-focused military exercise in the Baltic Sea and its... MORE

An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter configured with the Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) conducts a mine countermeasure exercise during the 2024 Baltic Operations Exercise. During the exercise, two Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division technical capabilities were demonstrated: A significant mine countermeasure operation was carried out, involving an MH-60S helicopter equipped with the AMNS system to combat moored mines, and the innovative Common Undersea Visualization and Exploitation Tool capability granted fleet users enhanced situational awareness for better strategic decision-making. (U.S. Department of Defense photo)

Panama City scientist receives U.S. Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
July 22, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division's (NSWC PCD) workforce directly contributes to the research and development of cutting-edge technologies and tools to increase the warfighter’s efficiency and effectiveness of the Navy readiness. One specific contribution led to an NSWC PCD scientist being awarded the Department of Navy Meritorious... MORE

Dr. Isaac Sledge, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division scientist, was recently awarded the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award. His work yielded unprecedented results in automatic target recognition (ATR) applications.

NSWC Panama City contract specialist named ‘Employee of the Year’
July 10, 2024 — Equal Opportunity Publications Inc., has recognized exceptional individuals with disabilities in the workplace for the past 32 years. One of their magazines bestowed these individuals with the title of CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine Employees of the Year for their outstanding personal and professional achievements. This year, the program has... MORE

Kristin Shaw is a warranted, contracting officer for the NSWC PCD Littoral and Mine Systems Division, and she was recognized as a 2024 CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine Employees of the Year by Equal Opportunity Publications Inc.

NSWCs PCD and PHD use technical director rotation to build a learning organization
July 5, 2024 — The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) continued its pursuit to construct a world class team built on exceptional technical proficiency and leadership competence during a recent NAVSEA Warfare Centers’ Technical Director (TD) swap, last spring.Separated by more than 2,250 miles, Naval Surface Warfare Centers (NSWC) Technical Directors Dr. Peter... MORE

Capt. David Back, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division commanding officer, and members of his leadership team welcome Mr. Jeffrey Koe, Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division technical director, for his technical director swap, April 29. This one-week rotation helped Koe better understand how NSWC PCD supports the warfighter. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

NSWC Panama City, BYU develop and test algorithms for dynamic multi-UUV bathymetry localization
May 23, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and Brigham Young University (BYU) are collaborating to develop techniques that enable teams of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to cooperatively maintain an accurate, location estimate while operating for long periods of time in submerged scenarios. Through the development of... MORE

Brigham Young University Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) students preparing an unmanned surface vessel (USV) for field testing. This NEEC project is developing techniques to enable teams of unmanned underwater vehicles to cooperatively maintain an accurate, location estimate while operating for long periods of time in submerged scenarios. (courtesy photo)

NSWC Panama City Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Ray Lim
May 21, 2024 — Dr. Raymond (Ray) Lim holds the position of physical acoustics senior scientist at NSWC Panama City Division (PCD) and has become a symbol of excellence within the mine countermeasures (MCM) field during his 36-year career.He leads and works on projects that utilize acoustic technologies to detect and classify mines and unexploded ordnance. He has... MORE

Dr. Raymond (Ray) Lim holds the position of physical acoustics senior scientist at NSWC Panama City Division and has become a symbol of excellence within the mine countermeasures field during his 36-year career. He leads and works on projects that utilize acoustic technologies to detect and classify mines and unexploded ordnance. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeremy Roman)

Annual command award ceremony recognizes top one percent of workforce
April 16, 2024 — Each year, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division hosts the Commanding Officer and Technical Director’s Annual Awards ceremony. This year’s event included 15 Annual Awards, one Navy Civilian Service Meritorious Award, and recognition of three patents acquired in fiscal year 2023... MORE

These Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Commanding Officer and Technical Director’s Annual Awards for fiscal year 2023 wait to be handed out to prior to the command's event, March 29. This year’s event included 15 Annual Awards, one Navy Civilian Service Meritorious Award, and recognition of three patents acquired. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

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