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USS Bremerton continues inactivation process
October 23, 2020 — Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) entered Dry Dock 1 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Oct. 14, 2020, to continue its inactivation process.According to Gary Van Horn, project superintendent, while the ship is in dry dock, the propulsion plant will be deactivated and defueled; components and parts...

Warfare Centers Provide Robust Support During 2020 Valiant Shield Exercise in Indo-Pacific
October 22, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), alongside NSWC Dahlgren, supported the 2020 Valiant Shield exercise by ensuring program sponsors halfway around the world could tune into the event.Valiant Shield is a large joint force exercise which concluded on Sept. 25 involving all branches of the military. The biennial 12-day...

FDRMC Contributes to Fifth Fleet Readiness with Completion of Coastal Patrol Availability
October 22, 2020 — Manama, Bahrain – Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Bahrain recently delivered USS Hurricane (PC 3) back to the fleet after successfully completing its Docking Phased Maintenance Availability (DPMA).Hurricane is one of ten Coastal Patrol (PC) ships homeported in Bahrain. The primary mission of PCs is to provide...

Navy in Norco Joins Inland Empire Business Owners for Industry Day Networking Event
October 22, 2020 — More than 180 business owners, entrepreneurs and government representatives took part in the 8th annual Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona Division’s Industry Day networking event Oct. 14 and their first-ever virtual Industry Day.The event, hosted in partnership with the Riverside Community College District’s Procurement Technical...

NSWC Crane engineers provide virtual STEM programming for students
October 21, 2020 — Crane, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) engineers teamed up with the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to create a video made for young students to learn from home. The video follows Materials Engineers Olivia Clancy and John Holaday as they heat and cool various materials.This video is...

Future Inland Empire Scientists and Engineers Participate in STEPCON 2020
October 21, 2020 — The Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) Conference for Inland Empire students had its largest participated event and showcased Navy technology from engineers and scientists at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division Oct. 8.NSWC Corona’s yearly participation is designed to show children how fun and lucrative a career in...

Albert Einstein Fellows Begin Work with Carderock
October 21, 2020 — Addressing the ever-changing landscape of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) arena is a task that requires dedicated efforts from its professionals.For the second consecutive year, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, is partaking in the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship (AEF) Program, a Department of...

USS Devastator Returns to Fifth Fleet Upon Completing Availability
October 20, 2020 — Manama, Bahrain - Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Bahrain has returned USS Devastator (MCM 6) back to operations after successfully completing a scheduled Selected Restricted Availability (SRA).The USS Devastator, one of four Mine Countermeasure Ships homeported in Bahrain, is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures...

Mobile devices now available for PSNS & IMF workforce
October 20, 2020 — More than 700 employees at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility are taking advantage of portable tablet technology that increases efficiency, reduces delays and puts valuable information within reach, wherever they are working.The tablets, which are part of the command’s Mobile Workforce Enablement initiative, have been...

NSWC Panama City engineer chosen to be a panel member at Naval Postgraduate School workshop
October 19, 2020 — Jason Boxerman, a systems engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division who is currently detailed as the mine warfare science and technology lead for the Program Executive Office-Unmanned & Small Combatants, was selected as a panel member in the Warfare Innovation Continuum’s (WIC) four-day workshop at Naval Postgraduate School...

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