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NUWC Division Newport patent inventors honored during ceremony
April 21, 2023 — The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport has a proud history when it comes to innovation, more specifically, the number of patents awarded to inventors. That pride was evident when 26 of the most recent patent awards were recognized during Division Newport’s Patents, Publications and Transitions Awards ceremony held on March... MORE

Learning to be assertive at work can result in more open, direct communication with both coworkers and leadership
April 21, 2023 — In large organizations, such as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, where complex projects are being executed simultaneously, workplace assertiveness and transparent communication are vital to realizing a team's or project’s full potential. Assertiveness in the workplace aids with open, direct communication with... MORE

NSWCDD Holocaust Remembrance Day speaker’s family rose ‘from the ashes’
April 21, 2023 — Whenever someone asked Pesa or Meyer Tenenbaum how they survived the Holocaust, they often replied it was luck or they do not know.But their son, Dr. Jacob Tenenbaum, believes it was no accident.Tenenbaum’s parents are now deceased but they persevered through the genocide of more than six million European Jews during World War II.Tenenbaum said at... MORE

IMAGE: Dr. Jacob Tenenbaum, the only child of Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivors, served as the guest speaker during Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s Holocaust Remembrance Day Observance April 19. During his presentation, Tenenbaum shared that he was born in the Landsberg Displaced Persons Camp in an American-occupied zone of Germany where his mother and father met and eventually married after being liberated from their respective Nazi concentration camps.

SAPR Chili Cook-Off
April 20, 2023 — Perfect weather today for a chili cook-off competition and some laps around Bainbridge Park in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month... MORE

Reagan project team members, ship's crew celebrate reaching carrier availability's halfway point with tasty barbecue
April 19, 2023 — The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) recently reached the halfway point of its four-month Selected Restricted Availability in Yokosuka, Japan. To mark the occasion, the Reagan Project Team and the ship’s supply department hosted a barbecue to thank the ship’s crew and shipyard and detachment employees for the effort and hard work they’ve put in to reach... MORE

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) project team members celebrate the availability's halfway point with a barbecue March 17, 2023, in Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NSWC Crane innovators partner with industry entrepreneurs to accelerate development of novel technology concept
April 18, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) continues its partnership into 2023 with industry entrepreneurs who won first place in a pitch competition last fall. Blazing Audio, the winning startup company, leveraged NSWC Crane Intellectual Property (IP) during the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) Foundry cohort and Showcase... MORE

NSWCPD Women’s Employee Resource Group & EEO Diversity and Inclusion Office Host Panel for Women’s History Month
April 18, 2023 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Women’s Employee Resource Group (WERG) and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Diversity and Inclusion Office (ED&I) presented a hybrid panel discussion on March 30, 2023, in celebration of Women’s History Month.NSWCPD EEO Program Complaints Manager Crystal Roach highlighted some of... MORE

(from right) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) In-Service Fuel Oil Lead and Women’s Employee Resource Group (WERG) Acting Chair Michelle Klem serves as moderator for a hybrid panel discussion presented by NSWCPD’s WERG and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) Office with Program Manager Monica Schrank, Logistics Management Specialist Marie Ramos-Santana, Mechanical Engineer Taylor Barnett, and Mechanical Engineer Ashley Ferguson making up the panel on March 30, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Phillip Scaringi/Released)

New program streamlines purchasing power to support warfighter
April 18, 2023 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Purchasing Branch began a training effort to teach NSWC PCD’s technical departments about a pilot program available to help them better serve the warfighter, March 28.This new purchasing program, called the Grainger 4PL (Fourth Party Logistics) Program, and the Purchasing Branch... MORE

(center) DeAnna Pedersen, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Purchasing Branch head, briefs NSWC PCD Science and Technology Department (X Dept.) personnel about a new purchasing program onboard Naval Surface Activity Panama City, Fla., March 28. This pilot program, the Grainger Fourth Party Logistics Program, presents a new option for purchasing materials and the effort was a collaboration between the purchasing branch and X Dept. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

Cold Spray Repair Process
April 18, 2023 — SWRMC recently worked with military and industry partners, NAVSEA, Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), Fleet Logistics Support (VRC), and Penn State University, to conduct Cold Spray repairs on two rudder stock bearing journals from USS ESSEX (LHD 2)... MORE

School of Steel: New Shop 11/17 training facility provides more 'structured environment' for shipyard employees to hone their skills
April 16, 2023 — After ten years of effort and working through multiple challenges, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheetmetal, held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the re-dedication of its School of Steel training facility in Building 460 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 5. The new school will provide a safe-to-fail... MORE

Sydney Bennett, shipfitter trainee, Shop 11, Shipfitter, works inside the newly re-dedicated School of Steel training facility April 5, 2023, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)