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NSWC Crane leader trains service dogs for blind clients across the country
December 17, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. – If you step inside Jeff Schafer’s office, you’ll see an assortment of things you might expect, like a coffee mug and a computer. You may not have anticipated, or even noticed, a service dog-in-training to be lying patiently by Schafer’s feet... MORE

If you step inside Jeff Schafer’s office, you’ll see an assortment of things you might expect, like a coffee mug and a computer. You may not have anticipated, or even noticed, a service dog-in-training to be lying patiently by Schafer’s feet.

NSWC Crane SME uses problem-solving passion to support the Warfighter
November 6, 2018 — Matthew D. Sale received his first book about electricity in junior high from his late uncle, a technician for McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. The book, along with interests in HO scale model trains, the Radio Shack 100-in-1 electronics kit, radio controlled model airplanes, and a “dad that could fix anything” fostered a brain hungry to know how anything and everything worked... MORE

Matthew D. Sale received his first book about electricity in junior high from his late uncle, a technician for McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. The book, along with interests in HO scale model trains, the Radio Shack 100-in-1 electronics kit, radio controlled model airplanes, and a “dad that could fix anything” fostered a brain hungry to know how anything and everything worked.

NSWC Crane Employee Spotlight: Electrical Engineer Tom Raley
September 11, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. - Tom Raley’s career as an electronics engineer may have started when he won a chess tournament in a third grade classroom on the southside of Chicago. Raley, who always had strong math and science skills, decided to pursue and engineering major in college after taking interest in the work of his peers. ... MORE

CRANE, Ind. - Tom Raley’s career as an electronics engineer may have started when he won a chess tournament in a third grade classroom on the southside of Chicago. Raley, who always had strong math and science skills, decided to pursue and engineering major in college after taking interest in the work of his peers.

NSWC Crane Engineer Finds New Home in Indiana
August 28, 2018 — Chemical Engineer Mackenzie Alameda had never even been to Indiana when she took a job at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) right after graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2015, but the promise of opportunity drew her in. Alameda grew up in New Jersey and went to college in Massachusetts, a long way from Crane, Indiana. But she knew she wanted to work for the Department of Defense (DoD), and NSWC Crane had a position open in a field she found interesting... MORE

Chemical Engineer Mackenzie Alameda had never even been to Indiana when she took a job at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) right after graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2015, but the promise of opportunity drew her in.

NSWC Crane Employee Uses Deployment to Keep Mission in Mind
August 1, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. - Logistics Management Specialist Lance Shirley has been working at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) since before he graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Informatics. He went from shredding papers his first week as an intern to his work today, a complex role requiring collaboration with the Mobile Technology and Repair Complex (MTRC) and Rapid Innovation and Prototyping Laboratory (RIPL)... MORE

CRANE, Ind. - Logistics Management Specialist Lance Shirley has been working at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) since before he graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Informatics. He went from shredding papers his first week as an intern to his work today, a complex role requiring collaboration with the Mobile Technology and Repair Complex (MTRC) and Rapid Innovation and Prototyping Laboratory (RIPL).

NSWC Crane Employee Works to Bridge Human-Technology Gap
July 18, 2018 — Ten years ago this summer, Erin Calhoun started her career at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane). Even before college, she knew she wanted to study electrical engineering. “I was introduced to electrical engineering in physics during high school,” said Calhoun, an Electrical and Human Factors (HF) Engineer. “I was intrigued by the light and optics portion of the course, so I decided to pursue a degree in that field.”... MORE

Erin Calhoun, Electrical and Human Factors Engineer

Former Marine Dedicates Career to Supporting the Next Generation of Warfighters
January 2, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. – It was 2003, and a young Marine named Rob Templeman had recently been deployed to Kuwait as a communications operator. Under the orders of General James Mattis (now the Secretary of Defense), Templeman’s First Marine Division moved to Iraq, and one night in Baghdad, they began the offensive movement to Tikrit in blackout conditions to minimize contact with adversaries. Suddenly, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Templeman and his unit were traveling in collided with a trailer at a high rate of speed. ... MORE

CRANE, Ind. – It was 2003, and a young Marine named Rob Templeman had recently been deployed to Kuwait as a communications operator.

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