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SWRMC Delivers Ships to the Fleet On-Time
December 4, 2024 — Southwest Regional Maintenance Center’s (SWRMC) contract oversight teams, in collaboration with ship’s force and industry partners, completed continuous maintenance availabilities (CMAV) to USS Princeton (CG 59) and USS Sterett (DDG 104) on-time in October and November...

NSWC IHD Announces Public-Private Partnership Agreement with the United States Bomb Technician Association
December 2, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) officially announced the signing of a Public-Private Partnership (P3) Agreement with the United States Bomb Technician Association (USBTA), under the command's Center for Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) designation, in December.“The USBTA is honored and excited to expand our...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

PSNS & IMF conducts special flag-folding ceremony in observance of Veterans Day
November 20, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility senior leadership and workforce members participated in a special Veterans Day observance Nov. 7, during ceremony on the roof of Building 850.The event, hosted by the Veterans Employee Resource Group, featured a U.S. flag-folding ceremony at the flagpole located near the State Street...

Two Generations, One Mission
November 20, 2024 — At Trident Refit Facility, Bangor (TRFB), service runs deep, not just in the daily operations, but within the workforce. Craig Randle Sr. and his son, Craig Randle Jr., are part of a unique subset at TRFB, the subset of generational family members who work at the facility, contributing to the maintenance of the U.S. Navy’s SSBNs...

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