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NSWC Dahlgren Division Equal Employment Opportunity Office Hosts AAPI Perspectives Discussion Panel
June 3, 2021 — Misty Copeland once said, “Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.” In culmination of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Office at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) hosted a virtual panel featuring NSWCDD High Power Joint... MORE

NSWCPD Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Observance Speaker Focuses on Purpose-Driven Service
May 12, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) virtually hosted its annual Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month Observance with keynote speaker Dr. Thomas C. Fu on May 12, 2021.Fu, who is a member of the federal government’s Senior Executive Service (SES), serves as the head of the Mission Capable, Persistent and... MORE

NSWC Panama City Asian American Pacific Islander Spotlight: Mary Kim
May 10, 2021 — Mary Kim currently serves as an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Diversity & Inclusion (DI) Specialist, Complaints Manager, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) in Panama City, Florida. Her federal career began in 2006 at Misawa Air Force Base, Japan as a Department of... MORE

Mary Kim is featured as a Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Spotlight.

NSWC Panama City Asian American Pacific Islander Spotlight: Brandt Weilbacher
May 3, 2021 — Brandt Weilbacher, hailing from the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, is the head of Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Property Management Division. Weilbacher served 30 years of active duty service in the U.S. Navy before retiring as a Master Chief Petty Officer. In April 2016, Weilbacher joined... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division celebrates Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month at First Virtual EEO Observance
June 15, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Dr. Jason Wong could not write his Chinese name and never realized what it meant until he studied Japanese while on an assignment with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global in Tokyo.Wong, a U.S. Navy civilian cognitive scientist and a son of Chinese immigrants, told an audience of more than 200 government and military personnel... MORE

IMAGE: Dr. Jason Wong was the guest speaker at the 2020 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division virtual Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month observance. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

From Refugee to Successful Navy Engineer – NSWC Dahlgren Division Employee Uses Life Lessons to Find Opportunity
May 15, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Dhruva Mishra could have given up early in life and allowed tragedy to impact his destiny. After being forced to leave his native country of Bhutan, Mishra spent nearly two decades in a refugee camp in Nepal. Despite living through some of the most inhuman conditions one can imagine, Mishra has been able to use the learned skills of... MORE

IMAGE: Dhruva Mishra is the 2020 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division featured employee for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineers Recount Escapes as Refugees to a New Life in the United States
June 27, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – From tragedy to triumph, two Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) professionals have found success through strength, courage, and resiliency.Amara Elizabeth Halt and Dhruva Mishra could have given up early in life and allowed tragedy to impact their destiny. However, in the face of trial, tribulation, and possible... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN. Va. (June 24, 2019) - Dhruva Mishra and Amara Halt presented their stories during Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division's World Refugee Day event, June 20.

NSWC Dahlgren Division AAPI Employee Spotlight: Amara Halt - Missile Portfolio Senior Project Manager
May 23, 2019 — The observance of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is an occasion to remember the patriotism of AAPIs who have served, or are currently serving, in the Department of Defense and our nation. May was chosen as the observance month to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States on May 10,... MORE

IMAGE: Amara Elizabeth Halt is the Missile Portfolio senior project manager for the Missile Systems Engineering and Integration Branch at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).

NSWC Dahlgren Division AAPI Employee Spotlight: James Yee – Systems Safety Engineering Division Head
May 23, 2019 — The observance of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is an occasion to remember the patriotism of AAPIs who have served, or are currently serving, in the Department of Defense and our nation. May was chosen as the observance month to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States on May 10,... MORE

IMAGE: James H. Yee is the Systems Safety Engineering Division Head for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Readiness and Training Systems Department.

Navy Professor’s Family History Parallels U.S. Founding Father’s Vision on Education
June 20, 2018 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Who knew that President John Adams could see so far into the 21st century? Dr. Carson Eoyang – keynote speaker at a Navy Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month Observance – posed the question after reciting a quote by the second president of the United States. “I must study politics and war, that our sons may... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (May 29, 2018) – Dr. Carson Eoyang – keynote speaker at the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month Observance – shares 10 rules for success that he learned from his parents and teachers. He fine-tuned the rules while working on degree programs at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford - rules that continued to impact his professional career in federal service. Eoyang credited education as the key to his family’s success after his father emigrated from China to the United States after World War II.

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