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Creating an Impact: NSWC Dahlgren Division Cybersecurity Engineer Helps Families in Need
February 7, 2023 — Martina Taylor, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) cybersecurity engineer is... MORE

NSWC Philadelphia Division Pride Month Spotlights Chemical Engineer Juniper Sweeney
June 6, 2022 — Juniper Sweeney, a chemical engineer who uses both they/she pronouns, has been working at NSWCPD for... MORE

Passion and Independence Lead NSWC Dahlgren Division Engineer from Vietnam to the United States
May 10, 2022 — Born and raised in Vietnam, Thao Tran spent most of her adolescent life living in a communist... MORE

Women’s History Month Employee Spotlight: NSWC Philadelphia Honors Mechanical Engineer Dr. Felicia Powell
March 25, 2022 — Dr. Felicia Powell serves as a mechanical engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Head Toyce Small Utilizes Expertise to Build Knowledgeable Workforce
February 18, 2022 — Physics matters. It is a vital science in advancing technology and promoting innovative products for... MORE

Following a Dream: TyJuan Smith
February 18, 2022 — Washington D.C., the nation’s capital. It’s full of history, monuments and for many, it’s simply... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Mark Manzano
September 16, 2021 — Mark Manzano is a software engineer in the Weapon Control Software Branch of the Weapons Control and... MORE

NSWC Panama City Women's History Month Spotlight 2021: Komal Patel
March 8, 2021 — Komal Patel is the accounting lead and currently serving as acting Employee Services Division head... MORE

2020 National Native American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month – NSWC Dahlgren Division Employee Profile: Michael S. Brown
November 23, 2020 — Michael Brown is the Computing Integration and Analysis Branch Head at NSWC Dahlgren Division’s... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division LGBT Pride Month Profile – Yeoman 2nd Class (AW) Joshua Kelley
June 26, 2020 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Yeoman 2nd Class (AW) Joshua Kelley joined the Navy in 2016 and is currently... MORE

NSWC Crane Pride Alliance lead motivated to educate workforce through personal experiences
June 8, 2020 — CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Electronic Security System... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Employee Creates First Education Foundation in Local School Division
April 6, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Tammy Indseth is a pioneer.In 2014, she stepped onto a path to establish a first in... MORE

NSWC Dahlgren Division Employee Responds to Medical Emergencies in Local Community; Abroad
March 31, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Janna Roland has dedicated 17-plus years of her life to saving lives.“I have always... MORE

NSWC Crane Special Emphasis Program Lead Shares Passion for Service
February 20, 2020 — CRANE, Ind. - Cherelle Hines, a Simplified Acquisition Specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center,... MORE

NSWC Crane employee uses more than 25 years of financial experience to teach others
November 18, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – When Judy Mullis was a young student, she would help her teachers in the classroom... MORE

NSWC Crane Manager Propels Team Forward
November 13, 2019 — Crane, Ind. – Andrew Hyden, a branch manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC... MORE

NSWC Crane student intern applies engineering experience to accelerate undergraduate learning
October 28, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) student intern uses... MORE

NSWC Crane New Hire Embraces Diversity Leadership Role
October 21, 2019 — Crane, Ind.- NSWC Crane Mechanical Engineer Luis J. Bastidas may have onboarded six weeks ago, but... MORE

Financial professional finds passion to serve through career at NSWC Crane
October 9, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Adriana Romero, a Business Analyst at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division... MORE

NSWC Crane employee uses professional opportunity to expand perspective, serve warfighter
September 13, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – “My dad was a Marine, and his last duty station was at NSWC Crane,” says Theresa... MORE

NSWC Crane financial professional shares passion for mission with new employees
July 10, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Lisa Miller worked six years for a small business before starting her career at Naval... MORE

NSWC Crane scientist takes initiative to carve her own career path
June 30, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Paige Miller, a Task Manager at NSWC Crane, travels to Poland every other month to... MORE

NSWC Crane employee leads a new data science team to implement artificial intelligence technology
June 5, 2019 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee is leading a new data science team to improve and streamline processes, a method that could improve efficiency by 13 million percent. Alicia Scott, a Data Scientist at NSWC Crane, provides customers better access to the data they already have by using Artificial Intelligence (AI)... MORE

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... MORE

NSWC Crane employee uses career experience to cultivate workforce community
May 22, 2019 — Tiana Roach was working full-time while pursuing a Business Management degree when her father sent her a link to apply to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Pathways Program. The Pathways Internship Program allows college students to work part-time for the federal government... MORE

NSWC Crane engineer receives third Purdue University Materials Engineering award for exemplary accomplishments
May 8, 2019 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee received his third Materials Engineering award from Purdue University. Dr. Aaron Pedigo, a Materials Engineer at NSWC Crane, was recognized with the Outstanding Materials Engineer (OMSE) award for demonstrating exemplary accomplishments and leadership in his field. The award ceremony took place in West Lafayette, Indiana on April 25... MORE

NSWC Crane leader recognized throughout Navy for driving rapid innovation
April 30, 2019 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) leader was recognized with the Department of the Navy (DoN) Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his contributions to the Navy and Marine Corps. Andrew Brough, the NSWC Crane Expeditionary Warfare Lead across Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), has led initiatives to pursue Expeditionary Warfare rapid prototyping development to address operational gaps and needs identified by the Navy, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command (SOCOM) operational forces. ... MORE

NSWC Crane employee recognized for contributions to the flexible hybrid electronics industry
April 24, 2019 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee was recognized for his contributions to advancing the flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) ecosystem. Craig Herndon, the Program Manager for the DoD Executive Agent for Printed Circuit Board and Interconnect Technology, received the NextFlex 2019 Fellow Award in Monterey, California... MORE

NSWC Crane employees empower young women of color to pursue STEM careers
March 20, 2019 — NSWC Crane employees actively participate in an organization designed to empower young women of color (WoC) to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The I CAN PERSIST (ICP) STEM initiative is a new, year-long program at Indiana University that aims to promote STEM persistence among girls and WoC... MORE

NSWCDD Employee Spotlight - Jennifer Ferrell: NSWCDD Financial Analyst and Administrative Specialist
March 14, 2019 — Jennifer Ferrell is a division financial analyst and administrative specialist for the Test and... MORE

NSWC Crane employee’s experience as a sailor provides insight into today’s warfighter needs
February 20, 2019 — James Garrett is a Logistics Management Specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and helps provide the logistics element of the Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) Life Cycle Support Program for the OHIO Class and COLUMBIA Class Submarine. He provides product support, data management, quality assurance, training, and more to ensure sailors are successful... MORE

NSWC Crane employee builds civilian career from Naval internship program
February 13, 2019 — When Christina Bizzell-Redden was a Senior in college in North Carolina, she wasn’t sure where her career would take her. In search of job opportunities, she attended a local career fair. “I noticed there was a booth for a Navy intern program,” says Bizzell-Redden. “Initially, I wasn’t sure I’d be interested in working for the Navy, or what that would be like. I finally approached the booth to learn more and found they had a civilian program for new college graduates.” ... MORE

NSWC Crane employee and reservist shares his rules for career-long success
January 23, 2019 — John Hamilton is a physicist and Branch Manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), but once a month, he drives hundreds of miles to Des Moines, Iowa to serve as an Officer in Charge of a Navy Reserve Unit. As a Branch Manager at NSWC Crane, Hamilton says his job is to remove obstacles that get in his team’s way. As Officer in Charge, he trains sailors so they are ready to deploy to a combat zone. Though these positions are different, they are centered around one of Hamilton’s core leadership beliefs: Taking care of people. ‘Taking care of people’ is one of his rules of success. ... MORE

NSWC Crane employee awarded Medal of Valor for extinguishing fire, saving lives in war zone
January 16, 2019 — A Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee was awarded one of the highest civilian honors for an act of bravery overseas. William (Bill) Taylor, an AC-130W Weapons Specialist at NSWC Crane, received the Command Civilian Service Medal for Valor and Courage in a combat zone for saving seven lives and extinguishing a fire... MORE

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

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

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

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

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

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

Black History Month Employee Spotlight: Terrence Thompson
February 20, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. – Terrence Thompson was born to be an engineer. Thompson’s father is a mechanical engineer for Pratt & Whitney and his mother was an engineer for Boeing and General Electric. Both parents emphasized to Thompson the importance of having a plan and being prepared for every situation. ... MORE

Black History Month Employee Spotlight: Brandon Ellis
February 13, 2018 — CRANE, Ind. – When Brandon Ellis, 26, started working at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) as an electrical engineer in November of 2016, he was immediately struck by Crane’s diverse, innovative and family-like culture... MORE

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