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NSWC Indian Head Employee Reflects on Service, Family and Thanksgiving
November 26, 2024 — Thanksgiving has always been a special holiday for the Rodriguez family. On Thursday, November 26, 1953, Staff Sgt. Anselmo Rodriguez was serving with the 25th Infantry Division in Korea. Little did he know that when celebrating the holiday with his fellow soldiers in the “Tropic Lightning” that on the same day 11 years in the future, his son... MORE

NSWC PCD Native American Indian Heritage Month Spotlight: Dave Hawes
November 26, 2024 — Dave Hawes, NSWC Panama City Division Information Technology Division head and Activity Command Information officer, is responsible for the operation, maintenance, compliance, planning, leadership and information technology governance for the command.He uses a wealth of technical expertise to impact this Navy lab. He has served on active duty as a... MORE

Dave Hawes, NSWC Panama City Division Information Technology Division head and Activity Command Information officer, is a proud elder in the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Peshawbestown, Mich. His team gives the sailors in the fleet the systems and equipment they need to succeed.

Six NUWC Division Newport employees win Black Engineer of the Year Awards
November 26, 2024 — Six Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport employees have been selected as winners of the 2025 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program in various categories... MORE

Carderock’s Summer Faculty Lecture Series: A Wave of Innovation
November 25, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division recently concluded another successful Summer Faculty Research Program, hosting three distinguished professors who conducted navy-relevant research alongside the command’s scientists and engineers. This year’s program welcomed Dr. Sarah Wolff, an assistance professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Department from The Ohio State University, Dr. Themistoklis Sapsis, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center of Ocean Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Erick Butler, an associate professor of environmental engineering from West Texas A&M University... MORE

Members of the ‘Greatest Generation’ reflect on World War II service during presentation at NUWC Division Newport
November 25, 2024 — About 10,000 Sailors served aboard 130 landing craft support (LCS) ships during World War II. The last two surviving LCS Sailors, J. William Middendorf II and Eddy Desmond, visited NUWC Division Newport to share their stories on Nov. 18... MORE

Keel Laid for Future USS Sam Nunn
November 22, 2024 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The keel for the future USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was laid during a ceremony on Nov. 22 at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division.The ship is named in honor of United States Senator Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr, who represented the state of Georigia, served as Chairman of both the United... MORE

Ingalls Shipbuilding Structural Welder Adam Lee welds the initials of ship sponsor Michelle Nunn and ship namesake Sam Nunn onto the keel plate that will be permanently part of Sam Nunn (DDG 133).

Michigan Students Research Ship Operations in the Arctic for NEEC Project
November 22, 2024 — With the changing climate, the breaking ice in the Arctic has made the seas much more available to travel by water. There is more risk, though, navigating through ice-laden seas. Students at the University of Michigan are researching ideas for mitigating some of those risks, specifically for the U.S. Navy’s opportunity to expand operations into the... MORE

Arianna Kerkmaz and Patrick White, students at the University of Michigan, observe a model of a guided-missile destroyer during testing on Dec. 12, 2023, in the university’s tow tank

Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren inspires middle school students in STEM
November 22, 2024 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), in partnership with the University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg Regional Military Affairs Council and SimVentions, hosted the second Middle School Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren (ICAD) on Nov. 9, bringing together 20 teams from 17 schools across 11 school districts and the... MORE

The team from A.G. Wright Middle School celebrates their first-place victory at the Middle School Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren, showcasing exceptional robotics and STEM skills throughout the competition. (Morgan Tabor/NSWCDD)

NUWC Division Newport engineer receives Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems Individual Excellence Award
November 21, 2024 — Jeffrey Pacheco, a mechanical engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport External Launchers and Defensive Systems Branch of the Undersea Warfare Platforms and Payload Integration Department, received a Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Individual Excellence Award for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024... MORE

Shop 31 employees custom build portable milling machine to support work on submarine hatches
November 20, 2024 — The expert toolmakers in Shop 31, Inside Machinist, recently answered the call to quickly design, build, test and deploy a portable three-axis Logistical Escape Trunk Lug radial milling machine for some emergent work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.The machine is used to help ensure the tolerances on submarine... MORE

Zach Siegfried, Daniel Ryder and Roger Faber, marine machinery mechanics, Shop 38, Marine Machinst, use a new Logistical Escape Trunk Lug milling machine, Nov. 14, 2024, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. The machine was designed by the toolmakers in Shop 31, Inside Machinist. (U.S Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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