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The Power of Carrots and Sticks: Understanding Behavioral Motivation
March 14, 2025 — Have you ever heard the metaphor, “carrots and sticks”? Dating back all the way to the mid-19th century, this idiom poses two different methods when it comes to behavioral motivation – with incentives stemming by either the “carrot” or the “stick.” And no, I don’t mean actual vegetables and twigs... MORE

NSWC Crane held its first-ever “Leading from Every Seat: Inspiring a Culture of Connectedness”
November 15, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted a professional development event for their civilian workforce and ecosystem partners focused on inspiring a culture of connectedness at WestGate Academy. The command hosted its inaugural “Leading from Every Seat” event on October 29 and allowed participants, both in-person and... MORE

Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life: Veteran Integration Program
June 3, 2024 — On May 30, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division's (NSWCDD) Employee Engagement Program hosted a Veteran Integration Program event focusing on “Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life.” The event featured a panel consisting of four veterans from NSWCDD representing various branches of the military: Cmdr. Karen Wingeart, Lt. Dillon... MORE

IMAGE: On May 30, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division's hosted a Veteran Integration Program event focusing on “Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life.” The event had several NSWCDD panelists who shared diverse insights, experiences and answered questions from attendees.

NSWC PCD logistics division uses Appreciative Inquiry to build culture, impact fleet
July 5, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Integrated Logistics Support Division recently experimented with a novel management approach used by major companies to more fully engage the division’s workforce, refine their culture, and enhance their impact to the warfighter. The management approach, called Appreciative Inquiry (AI), is a way of creating organizational change by focusing on identifying and doing more of what is already working, rather than focusing solely on problems and trying to fix them... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division's Mission:
To conduct research, development, test and evaluation, in-service support of mine warfare systems, mines, naval special warfare systems, diving and life support systems, amphibious/expeditionary maneuver warfare systems, other missions that occur primarily in coastal (littoral) regions and to execute other responsibilities as assigned by the Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center.

Vision:
Ensuring Warfighting Dominance in the Littoral Battlespace.

NSWC PCD engineer selected to NAVSEA Journey Level Leader Program
November 15, 2021 — Kevin Townsend, SEAL Delivery Vehicle production engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), was recently selected to participate in Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) Journey Level Leadership Program (JLL).The JLL program provides individuals with unique opportunities to develop various leadership skills and... MORE

Kevin Townsend, SEAL Delivery Vehicle production engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), was recently selected to participate in Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) Journey Level Leadership Program (JLL).

NSWC Panama City Division graduates inaugural leadership training cohort
October 18, 2021 — 20 journey-level career personnel from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently completed the command’s inaugural leadership training cohort to sharpen their leadership skills to be the future leaders of tomorrow.Al Albright, NSWC PCD leadership training manager, said the training cohort, titled “Leadership Level Three... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Invests In Workforce Education
September 21, 2021 — If someone offered to pay for your education, would you accept it?According to a survey from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans, 92% of US employers offer educational benefits to their employees and 63% of those offer tuition assistance or reimbursement.During fiscal 21, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Academic Programs Manager Pamelyn Maynard discusses how NSWCDD invests in employee education.

Luddy School awards IU's first-ever engineering Ph.D. to NSWC Crane employee
January 8, 2020 — Indiana University has bestowed hundreds of thousands of degrees to students during their first two centuries of existence, but it never has awarded a Ph.D. in engineering.Until now.The Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering awarded its first ever Ph.D. to Adam Duncan, an... MORE

The Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering awarded its first ever Ph.D. to Adam Duncan, an electrical engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane Division located at nearby Crane, Indiana. Duncan’s dissertation focused on securing field-programmable gate arrays against post-synthesis attacks.

NSWC Crane collaborates with Purdue and a UK-based university to provide tailored, advanced education to workforce
August 26, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – “These are not your average college courses. This is a hard-hitting, relevant advanced-degree program that drives home specific defense engineering and technology skills necessary for the professional development of the workforce,” says Adam Parsley, a Division Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) hosted Expeditionary professionals for its first Light Weapon Design Course led by Cranfield University, a postgraduate university based in the United Kingdom that specializes in defense technology.

Navy Engineer Joshua Davis selected for Cybersecurity Reskilling program
July 23, 2019 — Joshua Davis, Scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), was recently selected to attend the Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy, an effort to develop the federal workforce of the 21st century as outlined in the President’s Management Agenda.The nation has a critical shortage of skilled personnel in the... MORE

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