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NSWC Crane Highlights 10th Anniversary of Career Competency Development Program
August 7, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its Career Competency Development Program (CCDP). The program aims to ensure robust development of new employees, helping them move quickly and capably into leadership positions within the organization.The ceremony highlighted the evolution of...

NSWC Crane employee bolsters workforce development program by increasing graduates and cutting significant costs
July 2, 2025 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee increased workforce development opportunities while cutting significant costs. Bryce Bolton, the Academic Program Manager at NSWC Crane, increased access to the Master of Science in Defense and Security (MSDS) program at Purdue University, accelerating the number of graduates and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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