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Resilient, Resolute, Relentless: Month of the Military Child
April 4, 2025 — Although kids of today may experience some of the issues I had many years (more than I would like to admit) ago, there are issues that our children and teenagers face today that I never had to deal with like cyberbullying, overuse of screen time and trying to separate fake news from not to name a few. However, there are over 1.6 million kids who currently face challenges that most of their peers don’t. Things like moving to a new city, state or country every two to three years; having a parent absent for holidays, birthdays; and having their parents in a combat zone, not sure if they will make it home alive or not. This group of resilient, resolute and relentless children is known as the “military child.”...

Talking Shop: Celebrating NNSY’s Pipefitter Shop (Shop 56)
April 4, 2025 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) Pipefitter Shop (Shop 56), consisting of approximately 450 shipyard employees, is responsible for bending pipe, fabricating hose assemblies, building complex piping systems, performing brazing operations and testing piping systems and components for carrier and submarine projects at NNSY as well as for off-yard carriers and amphibious warfare ships. Shop 56 also runs the acid room, which consists of large vats of acid solutions used to dip hard-to-clean components; plus, up until recently, Shop 56 had the only gasket-making capability onboard NNSY...

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