Naval Sea Systems Command > Media

‘We’re Providing Sailors With High-Quality Solutions While Safeguarding Taxpayer Resources’ – How Victoria Le Discovered Her Calling in Navy Contracts
September 13, 2021 — “The simple way to explain it is that I buy stuff for the Navy,” said Victoria Le. She expanded further in the next beat, noting that “If I do my job well, then we’re providing Sailors or Marines with high-quality solutions while safeguarding taxpayer resources.”As a contract specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD),... MORE

Victoria Le is a contract specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

An Opportunity and an Open Mind Guided Systems Engineer Lindsey Guthrie to an Unexpected Career at NSWC Dahlgren Division
September 9, 2021 — How did a geology major end up working for the Department of Navy as a systems engineer? For Lindsey Guthrie, this question brings to mind an act of happenstance and a willingness to be open to possibilities, which set the course of her career at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).Guthrie fondly recalls the opportunities... MORE

IMAGE: Lindsey Guthrie, systems engineer and product owner for The Forge Software Factory Ecosystem Program at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, navigates a career pathway, stemming from a chance opportunity and an unexpected passion.

Most Tumultuous Year in Recent History Led Brandi Campbell to Her Most Rewarding Job
August 6, 2021 — Ask a group of software developers what piqued their interest in computer science and you will get an array of answers. Ask Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Scientist and software developer Brandi Campbell and she will give you a two-word answer: video games. “Some of the video games I played growing up allowed me to do some scripting to alter... MORE

IMAGE: Brandi Campbell, software developer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

Charting the Course: Military, Music and Math – What Brought Andrew “AJ” Rasure to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
July 28, 2021 — Marine. Fighter pilot. Astronaut. Musician - the dreams and goals of a young boy. And now the career path of one Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) employee appears to have come full circle.Raised in a military family, it was only natural for NSWCDD Strategic Targeting Communications Analyst Andrew “AJ” Rasure to want to follow... MORE

IMAGE: Andrew “AJ” Rasure, strategic targeting communications analyst at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

Faces of Dahlgren: Franklin Ray Dean Sides Advocates Support and Prevention as Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
April 27, 2021 — The month of April is nationally recognized at Sexual Assault Awareness month. According to the Department of Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Office, more than 35,000 servicemen and women are certified as Sexual Assault Response Coordinators (SARCs) and Victim Advocates (VAs). In the Naval Support Activity South Potomac... MORE

IMAGE: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. At NSWC Dahlgren Division and Indian Head, retired Navy Information Systems Technician and Air Force Technical Sergeant Franklin Ray Dean Sides fills the role of Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC). “We aren’t normally the ones you call on your best day,” said Sides. “If something happens to you or you see something happen to someone else, call me. Call my office or the hotline and tell me what you saw. It’s better to be safe than sorry.” To reach the SAPR Hotline, call 540-424-0660. To reach Sides directly, you can call 202-672-4686.

Headquarters

Media Queries