Coastal Compass January 2017

THE FORCE BEHIND THE FLEET

DIVING AND LIFE SUPPORT ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY

Coastal Compass | January 2017 | Vol. 5 Issue 1

CAPTAIN PHILLIP E. DAWSON III Commanding Officer, NSWC PCD

MR. EDWIN A. STEWART, SES Technical Director, NSWC PCD

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FORCE BEHIND THE FLEET FEATURE

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WORKFORCE CONNECTION

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Diving and Life Support Depot

On the Cover Welcome Aboard Upcoming Mandatory Training High-Grade & Supervisory Promotions DONCEAP Assistant Program iFusion Communication Tool Rear Adm. Tom Druggan Visits Duty in Florida: Destination Panama City Beach

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Tech Screener Corner 16 16 CO/TD Suggestion Box SUPSALV 75th Anniversary 17 NSWC PCD Official Calendar of Events 17 FIAR 18 FSA FEDS 18 19 Did You Know? Armed Forces Ranks

PRODUCTION MANAGER

DON MCCALL Head, Congressional and Public Affairs Division (Code 103) and Head, Visual Information Branch (Code 1032)

MANAGING EDITOR

JACQUI BARKER, Public Affairs Officer Head, Communications and Community Relations Branch (Code 1031)

STAFF WRITERS

DAN BROADSTREET, Public Affairs Specialist KATHERINE MAPP, Public Affairs Specialist

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HALEY WALKER, Graphic Designer JANICE GRANT, Printing

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RONALD NEWSOME, Photographer ANTHONY POWERS, Photographer EDDIE GREEN, Photographer

AWARDS 20 Length of Service Highlight Achievements 2016 Annual Awards Ceremony

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LIFESTYLE 24 Calendar of Events Stay Safe Fleet and Family Support Center: Stalking MWR Services

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COMMUNITY 26 Veterans Affairs Clinic Grand Opening Man on the Street Naval Air Station Pensacola Airshow

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By NSWC PCD Technical Director Mr. Ed Stewart (SES)

"THANKS FOR A GREAT 2016 AND THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO FOR OUR NATION’S WARFIGHTERS IN 2017!"

– MR. ED STEWART This month’s VFTB is a replay of last month’s State of the Division address, presented at the NSWC PCD Annual Award ceremony.

Since many of you were unable to attend, and because this is a good synopsis of the health of the Division, I wanted to make it available to the entire workforce. It is largely reflective, but also gives some insights into what those of us on the Bridge see as upcoming challenges and focus areas for 2017. Enjoy the read and Happy New Year. Thanks for a great 2016 and thanks in advance for what you will do for our nation’s warfighters in 2017!

T E C H N I C A L D I R E C T O R ’S 2016 S TAT E O F T H E DIVISION ADDRESS:

Good morning! Today, we welcome special guests and former Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Senior Executives Mr. Jim Thomsen, Dr. Ace Summey and Mr. Leon Walters. We also welcome our 2016 Patent Awardees, and our Annual CO/TD Award recipients, and their families.

Thank you all for joining us today to reflect on the achievements of so many in support of our Department of the Navy assigned mission areas. Before I deliver the 2016 State of the Division address, I want say a few words about our Annual Awards ceremony.

This ceremony is important to our Command and to our people, not only because we recognize the best and brightest for their talents and technical achievements, but because of what these achievements represent on a grander scale. Our winners have found success because they put first the mission and Core Values of this Command as well as the warfighter. They collaborated, innovated, demonstrated remarkable leadership skills, and teamed to successfully deliver technologies that are gamechangers and critical to the U.S. Navy’s overall goals. From right here in Bay County, Florida, we are delivering disruptive capabilities to ensure our nation’s warfighters are never in a fair fight. We are also delivering tools that facilitate efficient humanitarian civic assistance missions, and tools that enable our Navy to be a force that goes beyond sea power.

Last year, we celebrated our Division’s 70th anniversary. This year, we focus on the future and celebrate our recent achievements. These achievements are the building blocks for tomorrow’s new and enhanced warfighting capabilities. In 70 years from now, hopefully, future PCD employees will look back at our accomplishments and innovative solutions with the same admiration that we have for those who came before us.

Captain Dawson and I are very proud of our winners this year, as well as those who were nominated. We thought last year’s competition was tough, but this year’s pool of nominees were even more impressive. Congratulations to you all!

Again this year, it gives me great pleasure to deliver the State of the Division report. For those of you unfamiliar with this address, this is my annual report to the Division that speaks to the health of our organization.

We continue to be guided by the Balanced Scorecard construct. As an industry standard, it allows us to assess how well PCD is performing

by measuring the areas of stakeholder support—in our case, Warfighter Readiness, Customer Support, Financial, People and Processes.

I am proud to declare our Balanced Scorecard approach indicates that we are GREEN overall.

Let’s spend a few minutes discussing each of the elements beginning with Warfighter Readiness, an area in which we are a solid GREEN.

WARFIGHTER READINESS – GREEN

As you will hear in this year’s Annual Awards Ceremony, we’ve enjoyed several outstanding technical accomplishments that are having a positive effect on current and future readiness.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Automatic Target Recognition was delivered to the MK 18 UUV program. This technology transition allows the detection of significantly more mines than those without ATR assistance.

We made significant progress in a number of ONR sponsored FNC initiatives; for example, single sortie detect to engage, and several concepts for advanced mining. The Coalition Warfare Program (CWP), Allied Munitions Detection – Underwater Initiative executed a successful joint UUV survey in the Baltic Sea, demonstrating the capability to rapidly survey potential UxO sites.

MINE WARFARE

IOC was achieved for CSTRS, ALMDS and AMNS in 2016—the first wave of transitions that will ultimately get the mineman out of the mine field by conducting end to end MCM via unmanned systems deployed from LCS. Panama City continued to provide stellar support of legacy MCM systems. For example, we established and stood up the depot-level effort to overhaul and recondition the AN/ SLQ-48 Mine Neutralization System. In its first year, the Team conducted Overhaul and Reconditioning of 3 systems as Ready for Issue assets; all 3 were delivered to support Fleet operations. The Team also conducted 48 Conditional Assessment and Repair Evaluations on six systems. [continued] JANUARY 2017 | 3

We successfully completed Set-Based Design on the Smart Mine Initiative for DASN RDT&E; and we used internal NISE dollars to move the project forward in support of a demonstration in late 2017.

EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE

We continued to make real progress readying the Division for the LCAC100 production line. The LCAC C4N Engineering and V & V team completed successful Environmental Qualification Testing, EMI Testing and Formal Qualification Testing of the next generation LCAC C4N System Baseline. The Baseline will provide the fleet with significant unit cost savings (50%) as well as size, weight and power reductions compared to the existing design.

NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE

We completed four Regular Overhauls of Seal Delivery Vehicles converting two of the systems to incorporate deeper depth capability.

Looking forwarded to the next generation of submersibles, we successfully completed a SOCOM sponsored, 5 month Characterization Test (CT) of the S351 Technical Demonstrator, a prototype Dry Combat Submersible (DCS).

DIVING AND LIFE SUPPORT

Many said it could not be done, but with perseverance, cooperation and determination, we achieved accreditation of the Gas Analysis Facility. This accreditation authorizes NSWC PCD to conduct Deep Submergence System off-gassing and gas analysis for Fleet customers.

We modernized 29 MK 16 MOD 1 UBAs. And the Diver Augmented Vision Display caught a lot of people’s attention in 2016. This project is what we can expect when PCD employees feel free to be innovative, listen and are responsive to customer needs, employ new, Additive Manufacturing concepts, and are committed to rapid prototyping. Look for great things to come from the DAVD project team in the upcoming years! We also completed thousands of firefighting and damage control unit installations on over a hundred ships!

Our NISE and i-Cell projects, despite having to weather some unplanned, in-stride cuts, led to some significant advances, several of which were selected by DASN(RDT&E) to be showcased to Navy and DoD leadership at a Pentagon event. And believe it or not, these are a just sample of the many accomplishments the Captain and I were proud to oversee in 2016.

CUSTOMER – GREEN

In 2015, our Customer score was YELLOW. In less than 12 months, we fully rebounded— finishing #1 overall in the Warfare Center Customer Satisfaction Survey. This score was reinforced in the Big Rocks discussions I had with senior executives throughout the year who fed back to me how pleased they were

with the great work you are doing; they also recognized how critical PCD is to the success of their programs. So I am declaring the CUSTOMER dimension to be GREEN.

"WHAT I AM MOST PLEASED WITH IS THAT WE ARE MUCH MORE CONFIDENT NOW IN EXERCISING OUR TECHNICAL AUTHORITY ROLE." – MR. ED STEWART What I am most pleased with is that we are much more confident now in exercising our Technical Authority role. We have learned to balance the near-term need of customer satisfaction with the long-term responsibility of providing our customers with the frank, technical truth and facts. Speaking truth to power, especially when the message is unwelcomed and not what our customers want to hear, is our single most important role and responsibility—and in the end, our customers will appreciate us all the more because they will know they can come to Panama City for technical ground truth.

Our improved customer survey results show that we get this, and the Captain and I are very proud of this area’s improvement.

Congratulations to everyone on a job well done. Now, we must continue to raise our voices and be heard as we head into a challenging year with LCAC 100, CUSV and Knifefish—programs that carry significant technical risk.

FINANCIAL – YELLOW/GREEN

First, don’t be alarmed. Last year, I reported this was a solid GREEN. This year, I’m reporting our financial status YELLOW/ GREEN because of the overhead challenges we are facing in FY17.

As some of you know, we had overhead challenges in FY16 as well that forced us to cut back in several areas. For example, we pushed the 2016 Director’s Cup competition into 2017, and we scaled back several of our NISE and Innovation Cell projects. But these cuts were primarily driven by external factors—we needed to make a little money to offset losses elsewhere in our Warfare Center family.

This year’s challenges are more internally driven. Although we proudly opened the GAF Lab for business, the work has not yet shown up and the lab is expected to operate at a loss this year. The Aviation Unit will also operate at a loss this year—the result of taking AMNS and ALMDS to IOC. I believe it is no small coincidence that the first MCM MP systems to deploy on LCS are the Airborne MCM systems. There is a direct correlation to the success of these programs and having

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a dedicated Aviation Unit at PCD to support development and testing. Now that these systems have deployed, the AVUNIT will run a loss due to limited flight hours over the next several years.

The Leadership Forum is working our way through these and other overhead challenges this year; but until we have a clear path forward that has the approval and support of HQ, we believe YELLOW/GREEN is the appropriate grade for the FINANCIAL element.

Outside of our fence line, there are many financial uncertainties as the country prepares to inaugurate a new Commanderin-Chief. What gives me confidence that we will persevere through these uncertainties is knowing that our mission areas are critical and seeing that recognized by Navy leadership.

We can see our product areas and product lines in the Chief of Naval Operation’s Sailing Plan and the Naval Sea Systems Command’s Strategic Business Plan. Opportunities abound for those who understand warfighting in the Littorals, and PCD is the leader in the Littorals.

PEOPLE – GREEN

Several weeks ago I had the privilege of asking the CNO what are the critical factors that make the Naval Reactors program so successful. He answered that the most important element was having a government team that was deep in technical expertise—expertise that exceeded the capabilities of industry. The Captain and I believe the Panama City workforce also holds that distinction for our assigned mission areas.

We have world-class scientists and engineers who understand the technical dimensions of problems that our warfighters are facing in the littorals; we have the capability to rapidly respond to those problems with solutions; and we can certify that safe and effective solutions have been delivered.

The entire Leadership Forum is committed to maintaining our world-class workforce, and in 2016 we took positive steps to that end: We designated Lanshava Booker as our New Professional Advocate to help hundreds of recently hired scientists and engineers come up to speed more quickly.

In 2015, we had something like 4 external awards; but in 2016, NSWC PCD was the most improved Division by having our employees nominated for 25 external awards and winning 18.

We added approximately 20 new technical high grades, and created the first comprehensive succession plan for all high grade positions.

We announced Dr. Dan Sternlicht as our new Chief Scientist to oversee and ensure the continued relevance of current and future S&T efforts.

"WE ARE IN A HARD CORE PUSH IN 2017 TO MOVE THE BALL WELL DOWN THE FIELD TOWARD INSTITUTIONALIZING TECHNICAL RIGOR THROUGH DISCIPLINED PROCESS EXECUTION. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE WILL BE DONE AT THE END OF 2017—IMPROVEMENT IS CONTINUOUS AND ACHIEVING TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE IS A JOURNEY AND NOT JUST A DESTINATION." – MR. ED STEWART We added two new SSTM Executive positions: Dave Everhart as the Command’s CTO; and Steve Hunt as Littoral Warfare Rapid Prototyping Lead. In the next few weeks, we will begin recruiting for a second SSTM technical Deputy TD, and I will announce the selection of a new Senior Leader in MIW Mission Engineering. This will bring the total number of Senior Executive positions across the Command to 10—four years ago PCD only had one SES position.

Looking forward, I am hopeful that we will be able to get 1 to 3 more SSTM positions added, and we have been approved to increase our NISE budget from 1% to 1.75% of reimbursable dollars, adding $3M to our already $4M NISE program. This enables more money for hands-on engineering for rapid prototyping, allowing our best and brightest to work real solutions to real warfighting problems.

I also want to thank those who work so diligently on the business side of the house—the hard working folks in finance, contracts, IT, security, facilities, HR, corporate communications and other areas that keep this Command running efficiently. Your jobs often go unheralded, but your work is critical to executing this Command’s mission. The Captain and I are proud of your commitment and for what you do on behalf of our sailors and marines every day.

I could go on and on, but to summarize, as you have probably already concluded, the Captain and I proudly declare the PEOPLE dimension to be a solid GREEN.

PROCESSES – YELLOW/GREEN

We just completed year four of a five year Pursuit of Technical Excellence. Over the last few years we have strengthened our Competency construct, institutionalized technical and business processes, and added corporate tools across all our Competency

domains. Here are a few examples of what we did in 2016: We institutionalized standardized Value Management reporting for all direct projects, consistently producing monthly internal reports and meeting all external requirements. We finalized implementation of a standardized corporate risk management solution command wide.

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We developed a Technical Career Planning Guide that provides career paths, position profiles, and qualification standards for all technical competencies.

We are in a hard core push in 2017 to move the ball well down the field toward institutionalizing technical rigor through disciplined process execution. That does not mean we will be done at the end of 2017— improvement is continuous and achieving technical excellence is a journey and not just a destination. However, we should be far enough along in each of our Competencies that our efforts should be institutionalized and the culture changed to accept that this is way we do business at PCD. Until then, I am reporting that our PROCESS dimension remains YELLOW, trending GREEN.

STATE OF THE DIVISION – GREEN

In summary, I proudly report our Division continues to remain GREEN overall, knowing that we have challenges ahead but that we will remain committed to process improvement, fiscal accountability, taking care of our people and, most importantly, our sailors and marines. The technical and business health of the Panama City Division is strong! Our work remains relevant to the Department of the Navy, our people continue to excel and deliver innovative, cost effective solutions. It’s good to be at the Panama City Division. In 2017, we will continue to focus on leading the deployment and transition of Mine Countermeasures Mission Package systems, transforming the U.S. Navy’s mining capabilities, advancing the next generation Air Cushion Vehicle, improving capabilities in diving, life support, and Naval Special Warfare mission areas, and pushing the technical envelope in unmanned systems, autonomy, signal processing and advanced sensors.

The CNO has challenged us to become a High Velocity Learning organization that can deliver capability faster than ever before in order to stay well ahead of our adversaries.

We will embrace this challenge and work to become more entrepreneurial and more innovative in the coming months and years ahead, working with our Naval Research and Development Establishment, industry and academia partners to get enhanced capability in the hands of our warfighters more quickly.

ABOUT THE

COMPASS The Coastal Compass is published monthly by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and is an authorized medium for news of general interest about employees of NSWC PCD and their work.

Contents of Coastal Compass are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the Department of Defense or Department of the Navy.

Coastal Compass’ content is provided and prepared by the NSWC PCD Office of Congressional and Public Affairs (Code 1031). For details about submissions, call 636-6168.

To contact NSWC PCD’s Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline, call: 234-4462.

Thank you all for what you do here at PCD, and congratulations once again to today’s award winners. Thank your very much.

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FORCE BEHIND THE FLEET FEATURE

THE DIVING AND LIFE SUPPORT DEPOT Force Behind the Diving Fleet Story by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Robert R. Sanchez Defense Media Activity PANAMA CITY, Florida - Whether at sea, in the air or on land, the U.S. Navy’s elite depend on their equipment to be mission ready at all times. Sailors assigned to Naval Special Warfare and Explosive Ordnance Disposal units rely on two underwater breathing apparatuses while conducting missions beneath the surface – the MK-16 and Viper rigs.

“The MK-16 is a deep-diving set and electronically controlled,” said Neil Patterson, a retired Navy saturation diver. “The Viper is a mechanically controlled shallow-water dive set. The MK-16 is for both SPECWAR and EOD, and the Viper is for EOD.”

“THE MK-16

IS A DEEP-DIVING SET AND ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED...

THE VIPER IS A MECHANICALLY CONTROLLED SHALLOW-WATER DIVE SET. THE MK-16 IS FOR BOTH SPECWAR AND EOD, AND THE VIPER IS FOR EOD.” – NEIL PATTERSON Although divers are trained to perform basic planned maintenance on the rigs, the Diving and Life Support Depot (DLSD) at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, Florida performs extensive repairs on the equipment.

“This is the only facility for the repair and maintenance of the MK-16 or the Viper,” said Patterson, now employed at the DLSD. “We’ve been trained on how to repair the components [of the rigs]. Some of these components are not very robust, so people putting their hands in there and pulling the wires will end up breaking it instead of fixing it.

“We’re responsible for fleet safety, the knowledge to maintain the rigs and dive it safely,” added Patterson.

The rigs use 100 percent oxygen, which can be very dangerous if not maintained properly, thus require special cleaning to prevent contamination. “Three thousand pounds of oxygen going through a small line,

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with contamination in it, will start a fire,” said Patterson.

“High-pressure oxygen can be very dangerous if you do not have clean tools or you don’t clean your components properly. That’s why it is very important to have oxygen cleanliness when you are working on any of these sets. It has to meet 1330 standards, which is the oxygen cleaning document that you have to follow.”

The 1330 standards provide the requirements for precision cleaning and testing of oxygen or oxygenenriched systems and components; oxygen generating plants including nitrogen, hydrogen and demineralized water support systems and components; and helium, helium-oxygen and hydrogen life support systems and components. With the amount of responsibility that the rig technicians have, they must be knowledgeable about all aspects of the rigs. Fortunately, they get a lot of practice.

“We work on these rigs every day so we’ve stayed proficient,” said Patterson. “Remember, this is lifesupport equipment, this is going to keep you alive. So when you send the item in, you want the system experts to be working on your equipment.”

In fact, the employees at the facility are skilled enough that they are able to instruct Sailors on how to fix a problem with the rig over the phone. “When somebody calls us from overseas, a long distance phone call, and they got to get in the water [because] they got a mission to do and one of the rigs is acting up,” explains Patterson.

“They just call us, 24-7, they can call us up and I can walk them through that. Nine times out of ten, we can fix the problem over the phone. We have a lot of tools available for the guys in the fleet to get information from us.” As long as Sailors continue to use the MK-16 and Viper, the repair specialists at the DLSD will continue to support their mission. NSWC PCD is a research, development, test and evaluation command located in Panama City, Florida that employs both military and civilian personnel. The command serves as the Force behind the Fleet for mine warfare, naval special warfare, diving and life support, amphibious and expeditionary maneuver systems, and other missions that occur in the littorals.

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WORKFORCE CONNECTION

Success Through People

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DIVING AND LIFE SUPPORT ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY

DIVING & LIFE SUPPORT DEPOT

Keeping the Navy’s diving rigs operational.

The MK16 UBA - Underwater Breathing Apparatus".

Read more under "Force Behind the Fleet Feature, pgs.6-7

SYNTHETIC HAGFISH SLIME NSWC PCD scientists and engineers have successfully recreated a natural material used for marine wildlife defense to assist military personnel. The synthetic component of hagfish slime was produced from the alpha and gamma proteins of the Pacific hagfish. Comparison of the authentic and synthetic hagfish slime properties helped researchers successfully replicate the slime. The intended use of the synthetic slime is to provide nonlethal and non-kinetic defense to the Fleet. Read more about this project on pages 14-15.

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• Michael Ahmad (A31) • Robert Bethea (E11) • Matthew Emigh (X23) • Belinda Gunter (A43) • Omar Hernandez (A13) • Jennifer Jackson (XSTILO) • August Lewis (E52) • Brian Lindmark (X11) • Lauren Love (E10G) • Raven Moore (X14) • Jonathan Propst (E51) • Rachel Robinson (A31) • Tamara Schwab (00) • Keely Westbrook (A32)

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PROMOTIONS KYLE BROWN Scientist Maritime Mission Systems Division Special Operations Development & Acquisition Branch

Face-to-Face Counterintelligence & Active Shooter Building-to-Building Training Location: Long Glass Conference Center A Dept: 0800-1000 and 1000-1200 E Dept: 1200-1400 and 1400-1600 Face-to-Face Counterintelligence & Active Shooter Building-to-Building Training Location: Long Glass Conference Center X Dept: 0900-1100 and 1300-1500 Face-to-Face Counterintelligence & Active Shooter Building-to-Building Training Location: Long Glass Conference Center A Dept: 1000-1200 Codes 00/CO/TD/XO/10: 1300-1500

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Face-to-Face Counterintelligence & Active Shooter Building-to-Building Training Location: Long Glass Conference Center Codes 01/02: 1000-1200

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NAVSEA COUNTERINTELLIGENCE Course Host: Instructor Led

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DON SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION & RESPONSE (SAPR) Course Host: TWMS For more information, contact Workforce Connection Development 234-5678.

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DONCEAP- CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE

Assistant Program ABOUT

Employees today may face challenges juggling work and family. It is not uncommon to become overwhelmed or stressed by relationships, school, health, finances, work, family or other issues which could impact your quality of life. The Department of the Navy values its civilian employees and their families. To support you and the challenges that you face, the Department provides a comprehensive Civilian Employee Assistance Program (DONCEAP) which includes work/life benefits as well as support for a variety of issues (to include childcare, finances, eldercare, identity theft, legal services, alcohol and substance abuse, and more) — at no charge.

CALL! 1-844-DONCEAP (1-844-366-2327) Or visit: https://donceap.foh.psc.gov/

SERVICES

Services we offer include but are not limited to are: Employee Assistance • Access to licensed counselors who provide in-person, short-term counseling • Family or relationship concerns • Emotional issues • Problems at work • Legal and Financial troubles • Crisis management • Supervisor and management coaching Work/Life • Childcare (daycare, preschools, etc.)

• Eldercare (assisted living, in-home care, etc.)

• Daily life (relocation, event planning, etc.)

• Family (adoption, prenatal, etc.)

• Educational (nursery to graduate school)

ANNUAL

WEINGARTEN RIGHTS NOTICE THIS IS A PUBLICATION OF AN ANNUAL NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS PURSUANT TO 5 USC 7114 (A)(3).

In accordance with law, NSWC PCD is required to issue an annual notice to bargaining unit employees of their rights to union representation during investigations. These Rights, commonly referred to as "Weingarten Rights" includes the following: An exclusive representative of an appropriate unit in an agency shall be given the opportunity to be represented at: A) any formal discussion between one or more representatives of the agency and one or more employees in the unit or their representatives concerning any grievance or any personnel policy or practices or other general condition of employment; or (B) any examination of an employee in the unit by a representative of the agency in connection with an investigation if(i) the employee reasonably believes that the examination may result in disciplinary action against the employee; and (ii) the employee requests representation.

If you have any questions regarding your rights under the Weingarten decision, please contact the Human Resources Office at 235-5128.

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REAR ADMIRAL TOM DRUGGAN Visits NSWC PCD

Rear Adm. Tom Druggan dons a prototype diving mask designed to help divers determine depths using a heads up display. The diving mask prototype was developed at the NSWC PCD. U.S. Navy photo by Ronnie Newsome (Released) 161213-N-PB086-015

Research Vessel FSF-1 Sea Fighter attached to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division sits moored to the pier during thick fog conditions on Jan. 18, 2017.

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DUTY IN FLORIDA:

DESTINATION PANAMA CITY BEACH

By Petty Officer 3rd Class Ethan Schumacher, Defense Media Activity

Just two hours southeast of Pensacola is another hidden jewel of the Gulf Coast of Florida: Panama City Beach.

YOU WORK HARD AND THEN AGAIN YOU GET TO PLAY HARD TOO. ON YOUR TIME OFF, YOU RELAX, YOU GO TO THE BEACH,AND YOU GO OUT. WE WORK 12 TO 14 HOURS DAYS SOMETIMES AND THEN WE GO OUT AND RELAX AND WE STILL HAVE FUN OUTSIDE THE WORK ENVIRONMENT. -AWS1 (NAC/AW) Harrison Greenmaki

Known for its miles of sandy white beaches and warm gulf waters, Naval Support Activity Panama City (NSA PC) could be your next duty station. Established in 1945, when the U.S. Naval Mine Warfare Test Station was transferred from Maryland to their current 373-acre tract along the pristine saltwater estuary St. Andrew Bay. NSA PC has grown significantly over 70 years and now hosts many diverse tenant commands such as Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), Navy Experimental Diving Unit and is the home to the military diving community's Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center.

NSWC PCD houses the Mine Warfare and the Dragon Masters Aviation Unit, which is primarily a research, development, test and evaluation unit. Select Sailors comprise the only military aerial search and rescue crew between Mobile, Alabama and Tampa, Florida.

"I really like working here," said AWS1 (NAC/AW) Harrison Greenmaki, a search and rescue swimmer with the "Dragon Masters" of NSWC PCD. Along with the NSWC PCD, NSA PC offers a five-star accredited Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) center that offers high quality fitness, community recreation and recreational lodging just minutes from the beach.

"Throughout the year MWR puts on numerous programs and events such as outdoor movie nights, fun runs, single Sailor activities, outdoor adventure programs and much more," said Brian Connors, Fleet Readiness Director.

THESE IMMENSELY POPULAR FREE EVENTS OFFER FAMILIES SAFE, FUN-FILLED ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE CAMARADERIE AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. - Brian Connors So no matter your taste, Panama City Beach can offer you and your family an abundance of activities. Whether it's letting loose at the local water park; watching the wildlife at one of two nearby preserves; combing the beach for seashells; diving in with the fish and sharks or improving your handicap on the local golf green. Panama City Beach offers more than the quintessential white beaches and warm gulf waters.

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TECH BYTES - MAPPING THE WAY

TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT

IN THE

SPOTLIGHT

NSWC PANAMA CITY DIVISION

EXPEDITIONARY & MARITIME SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT

CODE E

Featured in the NSWC "Soundings" Publication

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) more than 70 years of technical support to the Department of the Navy are rooted in mine warfare, mine countermeasures, amphibious and expeditionary warfare, naval special warfare, diving and life support, and all other missions that occur in the littorals. The Expeditionary and Maritime Systems Department (Code E) has a diverse business base Sheila Schnoering that supports seven of the Division’s E Department Head 11 Technical Capabilities that speak to amphibious and expeditionary maneuver systems, diving and life support, naval special warfare, unmanned systems and missions that occur in the littorals. The department also provides full-spectrum independent test and evaluation (T&E), research and development prototype fabrication services and human systems integration (HSI) in support of all division research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) projects.

Department tasking within Naval Special Warfare spans the full spectrum of RDT&E, acquisition engineering, In-Service Engineering (ISE) and includes the technology development, facilities, and expertise to develop, acquire, train, sustain and support the systems and equipment, with emphasis on undersea mobility, required by Special Operations Forces to conduct their missions in the littorals. Additionally, the department supports full spectrum RDT&E, acquisition support and man-rated ISE for life support in extreme environments, including the U.S. Navy’s underwater diving and life support systems, Fleet personal protection and life support systems, and specialized equipment, as well as support for tri-service diving requirements. This support is applied to underwater Naval Special Warfare, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, U.S. Marine Combat Swimmer and salvage diving for in-theatre ship repair. It also covers all aspects of Individual Protection for Chemical Biological Warfare and Damage Control/Fire Fighting from initial technology development through system procurement and support.

Deeply rooted in amphibious/expeditionary warfare, department responsibilities include ship to objective capabilities, expeditionary maneuver and expeditionary

command and control. The department conducts full spectrum lifecycle support and provides subject matter expertise for air cushion vehicles, amphibious ship systems integration and well-deck certification, USMC route, reconnaissance and clearance including vehicle capability insertion and land mine/counter-improvised explosive device (IED) technologies/systems and modular/scalable joint and expeditionary command and control (C2). For over 40 years, NSWC PCD has been the hub for the Navy’s air cushion vehicle research and development. As the InService Engineering Agent/Software Support Activity for the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), the department provides highly specialized global support for in-service LCAC and is preparing for the arrival of the next generation craft, LCAC 100. The department provides C2 solutions for joint and naval customers, focusing on expeditionary application. Major customers/programs include Combatant Commands, Naval Expeditionary Combat Command, USMC, NAVCENT, MARCENT, and Expeditionary Sea Base. Additionally, the department has a mission support center that provides global, 24/7, C2 support for Fleet customers. Lastly, the Department supports other missions associated with coastal or littoral regions such as antiterrorism/force protection, stability operations, counterdrug operations, critical infrastructure protection, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief and homeland security operations.

Major Technical Areas Covered by the Department • Amphibious/Expeditionary Warfare • Naval Special Warfare • Diving and Life Support

Major Customers Serviced

• PEO SHIPS/PMS377 • PEO C4I/PMW 790 • SEA 05P • USMC • SEA 06-EOD/PMS 408/PMS 340 • USSOCOM • DHS/TSA

Top Three Projects

• Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)/LCAC 100 • SEAL Delivery Vehicle • Deployable Joint Command and Control

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“Researchers have called the hagfish slime one of the most unique biomaterials known. For the U.S. Navy to have its hands on it or a material that acts similar would be beneficial.”

– Dr. Ryan Kincer

SYNTHETIC

HAGFISH SLIME

U.S. NAVY SYNTHETICALLY RECREATES BIOMATERIAL TO ASSIST MILITARY PERSONNEL

By Katherine Mapp, NSWC PCD Office of Public and Congressional Affairs

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A team of U.S. Navy scientists and engineers aboard Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) have successfully recreated a natural material used for marine wildlife defense to assist military personnel.

Biochemist Dr. Josh Kogot and Materials Engineer Dr. Ryan Kincer have produced a synthetic component of hagfish slime from the alpha and gamma proteins of the Pacific hagfish.

The Pacific hagfish, also known as slime eels, are bottom dwelling scavengers that live on the ocean floor. The hagfish can secrete slime to protect themselves by obstructing the gills of predators that come into contact with the slime.

According to Kincer, hagfish slime consists of two protein based components – a thread and a mucin. “The coiled up thread behaves like a spring and quickly unravels upon contact with water due to stored energy. The mucin binds to water and constrains the flow between the micro channels created by the thread dispersion. The interaction between the thread, mucin and seawater creates a three-dimensional viscoelastic network,” said Kincer. “Over time, the thread begins to collapse on itself causing the slime to slowly dissipate. Studies have shown the hagfish secretion can expand up to 10,000 times its initial volume.”

THE INTENDED USE OF THE SYNTHETIC SLIME IS TO PROVIDE NON-LETHAL AND NON-KINETIC DEFENSE TO THE FLEET. “The synthetic hagfish slime may be used for ballistics protection, firefighting, anti-fouling, diver protection or anti-shark spray. The possibilities are endless,” said Kogot.

“Our goal is to produce a substance that can act as nonlethal and non-kinetic defense to protect the warfighter.” Kincer said the addition of using a material such as the slime will be valuable to the U.S. Navy.

“Researchers have called the hagfish slime one of the most unique biomaterials known. For the U.S. Navy to have its hands on it or a material that acts similar would be beneficial,” said Kincer. “From a tactical standpoint, it would be interesting to have a material that can change the properties of the water at dilute concentrations in a matter of seconds.” The effort to create new synthetic means to behave like the natural hagfish slime is supported

by Navy Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE) funding and the Office of Naval Research Code 32, Ocean Battlespace Sensing Department. The team is researching ways to increase the slime’s surface attachment capability, potential delivery systems and enhanced stability in various environments. From there, Kogot and Kincer will continue to look for innovative applications and explore different variations and properties of the material. They are currently working to increase the slime protein scale and improve protein assembly.

THE HAGFISH SLIME THREAD HAS BEEN COMPARED TO SPIDER SILK. Both are natural, renewable materials that could one day replace synthetic products derived from petroleum based precursors. Kogot said the slime thread has comparable mechanical properties to Kevlar, a synthetic fiber used as a reinforcing agent for rubber products and protective gear.

During synthetic recreation, alpha and gamma proteins are produced in an Escherichia coli bacteria, or E.coli, where each protein is recovered from the bacteria after a series of isolation and purification steps. The alpha and gamma proteins were later combined together and rapidly assembled in a crosslinking solution. A sample of natural and synthetic hagfish threads were compared using a scanning electron microscope to visually confirm the production of the synthetic threads.

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BUSINESS

CO/ TD

TECH SCREENER

CORNER TECHNICAL SCREENING: EFFICIENCY BOOST!

Boost procurement efficiency on your Procurement Request Forms (PRF) with the following MILSTRIP information: On a MILSTRIP PRF, the third block from the top in the “Item #” column is the “NIIN” block.

A National Stock Number (NSN) is 13-digits.

FOR EXAMPLE: 7530-01-364-9496. To determine what the NIIN is, take the last nine digits of the NSN. From our sample above, the NIIN is 01-364-9496. Remove the dashes when placing the NIIN as they are not needed.

Many PRF creators cut and paste the NIIN into the PRF – but due to the dashes, all nine

digits are not captured!

Be mindful of this when generating your MILSTRIP PRF. MILSTRIP: Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures

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Creating a better Business Climate

Suggestion Box Could we possibly open the dining facility to retired military?

I don’t think you would see a high enough usage to put a strain on the facility.

The Seashore Mess, aka galley, being restricted to active duty military is a CNIC directive and is not something the installation has control over. There are a lot of retirees in the area and the galley would probably have to add personnel to handle the increased demand, which they are not allowed to do. NSA PC does have authority to admit other patrons for special occasions which they have done more frequently recently.

Could we put recycle bins around building 544?

NSWC PCD Executive Officer Cmdr. Paul Werring attended an Environmental Management System Management Team meeting where he brought this up, as he has in the past. The problem is Bay County does not have a facility to take recyclables such as cans and glass. He was told this is because there is not enough population at this time in the county to generate enough recyclables to make collecting recyclables feasible. There is hope that this will change in a few years.

Recommend for future All Hands that they be held in the gym.

The ADM Moore visit had most of the workforce dressed up and it was a miserable sweaty event. The audio was also very poor and most people could not hear or understand what he said.

We will work to improve the quality of the sound system when events are held in the hangar. And we will talk to NSA PC about using the gym during warm weather.

Capt. Pratt provided a method for civilians to use the fitness center during duty hours. It was limited in the amount of time you could take, but it was a great program. Is it possible to start that back again?

The program that Capt. Pratt, former NSWC PCD Commanding Officer, set up was to help with morale and stress during sequestration. PCD has flex hours which allows you to use the gym at lunch or other times with prior coordination with your supervisor.

DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION? Suggestion Boxes for the Commanding Officer and Technical Director are located at the buildings listed.

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• 110 lobby • 371 lobby • 544 second floor • 581 third floor canteen • 582 second floor lobby • 608 lobby

75

Years

NAVY SUPERVISOR OF

SALVAGE AND DIVING CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE

Dec. 13, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the office of the Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV). Established just six days after the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and with the United States at war, marine salvage quickly became a critical component of maintaining a naval force and effective maritime commerce.

Commander William Sullivan was assigned as the first Supervisor of Salvage based on the experience he gained managing a Pacific coast salvage base in LaPlaya, California before the war.

Commander Sullivan reported to the Chief of the Bureau of Ships.

With ship salvage, harbor clearance and ship repair operations established in Pearl Harbor, Commander Sullivan turned his focus on establishing towing and salvage capability closer to home. Through

U.S. NAVY a contract with MerrittChapman and Scott, of New York, the company’s ships and specialized salvage equipment was made available to the Navy and SUPSALV created its headquarters at 17 Battery Place in New York Harbor.

SUPSALV was responsible for offshore salvage operations along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, in the Caribbean, and off Panama and Alaska.

Additionally, to rapidly respond to wartime causalities, a contract with Moran Towing allowed formation of the Navy Rescue Towing Service. The Supervisor of Salvage played a vital role in supporting the rescue of ships and cargo during the war allowing countless number of damaged ships to return to service contributing to the success of the Navy’s war effort. A part of the Naval Sea Systems Command, SUPSALV currently operates emergency ship salvage material bases

around the world with a headquarters staff at the Washington Navy Yard and standing agreements with a cadre of marine salvage, diving and deep ocean operations support contractors ready to respond to Navy, Department of Defense and National missions.

To mark the occasion, SUPSALV recently gathered many of its current and former employees and contractors together for the anniversary celebration.

In attendance were six former and current Supervisors of Salvage and two former and current Deputy SUPSALVs. Pictured below are the aforementioned leadership along with their host, and long standing salvor/diver Cmdr. Jim Bladh, USN (ret) (seated) prior to the ceremonial cake cutting.

The strong tradition of the Naval uniformed and civilian service, contractor partnership, technical expertise, and dedication to our country and the task before them has resulted in numerous high visibility and challenging success stories. Under current and future leadership, the Office of the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving will continue to provide that high level of performance in support of the Navy and our country.

NSWC PCD

OFFICIAL CALENDAR OF

EVENTS

JAN Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Ceremony

18

Location: Long Glass Conference Center

NSWC PCD Tech Demo

25

Located at the Navy Yard, Washington D.C.

FEB

13

Inspector General Inspection

19

Engineer's Week

22

Feb. 13-17

Feb. 19-24

Interagency Working Group Meeting Feb. 22-23

MAR

10

Director's Cup

2017 FEDERAL

HOLIDAYS • Feb. 20 - Washington’s Birthday • May 29 - Memorial Day • July 4 - Independence Day • Sept. 4 - Labor Day • Oct. 9 - Columbus Day • Nov. 10 - Veterans Day • Nov. 23 - Thanksgiving Day • Dec. 25 - Christmas Day

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FIAR

Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness

Every step of the way, people everyday throughout the U.S. Navy are involved in the data that is produced, entered into systems, reported on, and used to make the decisions that enable the Navy to achieve its mission.

FOR THE SUPERVISOR Supervisor Key Contributions:

For Assigned Employees:

• Request processing of personnel actions • Approve time and attendance and maintain documentation • Approve any adjustments to time and attendance and maintain documentation • Ensure departed employees are no longer in the timekeeping system • Ensure that the appropriate level of IT application system access is given to employees • Ensure that access to IT application systems is revoked immediately for departed employees and employees who no longer require access to perform their jobs • Oversee employee performance on assigned duties and review work products • Ensure employees know Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), use SOPs and maintain SOPs • Assign a primary and alternate for all areas of responsibility • Ensure employee job training requirements are met, including annual security awareness refresher training

• Maintain complete employee files; examples include: o Position Descriptions o Performance Plans, Performance Ratings o Training records, Individual Development Plans o Work schedules and leave schedules o Personnel actions o Telework agreements • Maintain proof that work products are reviewed and approved (e.g., signed and dated copy of the product) • Maintain proof that work assignments are monitored (e.g., status reports) • Maintain time and attendance documentation (e.g., OPM Form 71, Request for Leave or Approved Absence) • Maintain evidence of employee training, including annual security awareness and other job training • For all areas of responsibility, maintain documented SOPs

FSAFEDS allows you to save money for health care expenses with a Health Care or Limited Expense Health Care FSA. Eligible employees can enroll in FSAFEDS each year during the Federal Benefits Open Season (the November/December timeframe).

Open Season enrollments are effective January 1 of the following year.

Contact an FSAFEDS Benefits Counselor at (877) FSAFEDS (372-3337) or visit https://www.fsafeds.com/

The money contributed to your FSAFEDS account is set aside before taxes are deducted, so in most cases you save about 30% on your Federal taxes. The average tax savings for a person earning $50,000 who contributes $2,000 into an FSA account is approximately $600. That means you get $2,000 worth of health care purchasing power PLUS pay about $600 LESS in Federal taxes.

Information from the Department of the Navy Benefits Officer

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DID YOU KNOW?

ARMED FORCES RANKS

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AWARDS

Recognizing Achievements

Civilian Awards and RECOGNITION PROGRAM

HIGHLIGHT

2016 NSWC PCD

ACHIEVEMENTS • AWS1(NAC/AW) Harrison A. Greenmaki, Code CXA2, received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement while assigned to NSWC PCD. • AWS1(NAC/AW) David L. Mellies, Code CXA2, was named Sailor of the Quarter, Fourth Quarter, 2016.

• MN2(SW) Andrew A. Boe, Code CXD1, was named Junior Sailor of the Quarter, Fourth Quarter, 2016.

UPCOMING RECOGNITION

LENGTH OF SERVICE 35 YEARS

30 YEARS

25 YEARS

20 YEARS

Jeffrey Woods

Leslie Lugo Thinh Tran

15 YEARS Michael Bobroski Kyle Brown Kevin Greybill Jamie Ortiz

Gail Bernstein Phillip Bernstein Lisa Wickham

James Brackett Alexander Dence Melissa Lassalle David Smith

10 YEARS Michael Clark Robert Hopp

OPPORTUNITIES Awards & Recognition Bulletin

• American Society of Military Comptrollers • National Awards - January

Department Award Coordinators • Susan Anderson, Code A • Sandy Wicks, Code 10 • Ken Struve, Code 00 • Roxane Batyski, Code E • Jonathan Armstrong, Code 01 • Todd Doucett, Code 02 • Jim Fath, Code X

NSWC PCD Awards & Recognition Program Manager may be contacted at 234-4808

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NOTHING GREAT WAS EVER ACHIEVED WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM. --- RALPH WALDO EMERSON, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER

FY16

NSWC PCD HOSTS 2016 ANNUAL AWARDS

CEREMONY

RECOGNIZES TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE

By Office of Congressional & Public Affairs (Code 1031)

PANAMA CITY, Florida- Fifteen Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) employees were recognized for technical excellence during the 2016 Annual Awards ceremony held aboard Naval Support Activity Panama City Dec. 19, 2016.

But what you do is critical to the men and women who are bobbing around that ocean."

Regarding all of the 2016 awardees, NSWC PCD Executive Officer and event emcee Cmdr. Paul Werring, said award AND THE nomination packages were exceptional and of high quality.

Agenda

Of the 15 awardees, the Division presented three team awards, 11 individual awards and one that stood apart – the Hall of Fame award.

AWARD goes to

" THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR WAS VERY STIFF. WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS EXCEPTIONAL TECHNICAL " SUPPORT CDR Paul Werring – CAPT DAWSONRandy L. Williams The Hall of Fame Awards was presented to a retired

member of Senior Executive Service Jim Thomsen. This STATE OF THE DIVISION OUTSTANDING was very stiff. The nomination award is not an annual award, rather, it is a prestigiousEdwin A. Stewart“The (SES) competition this year ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT Amanda E. Davis and selection process was rigorous and in the end, way for NSWC PCD to recognize a lifetime or a career’s AWARDS Capt. Dawson and Mr. Stewart had the tough job to select worth of accomplishments to the NSWC PCD mission PATENT James T. Shepherd the 2016 Annual Award COLLABORATION recipients,” saidEXCELLENCE Werring during areas.

Dr. Damion D. Dunlap ANNUAL AWARDS the ceremony. Also recognized during the were Smart Mine Initiative ceremony Team PRESENTATION eight employees who earned patents during the calendar Thomsen spoke to the importance of U.S. Navy CAPT Phillip E. Dawson III, USN NEW PROFESSIONAL laboratories, like NSWC PCD. "So there's a fundamental Edwin A. Stewartyear (SES) 2016. Of those eight, seven were inducted into the EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT NSWC PCD Inventor’s Society, Dr. a group of culture in the Navy to have that ability and capability," Matthew J.comprised Bays HALL OF FAME employees who have earned patents said Thomsen. "The labs aren't going anywhere. The Navy Evan W.from McCawthe U.S. Patent CAPT Phillip E. Dawson III, USN The very first CO/TD award was presented to needs the laboratories. The Navy will always need the Edwin A. StewartOffice.

(SES) OUTSTANDING FLEET SUPPORT AND Orman Holley for Support Services back in 1975. labs. You may have to THE do things a little different from time Andrew D. Tatem to time.

AWARD goes to

EXCEPTIONAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT Randy L. Williams

OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT

CLOSING REMARKS NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER CAPT PhillipCITY E. Dawson III, USN PANAMA DIVISION

A AWARDS NNUAL

Amanda E. Davis

OUTSTANDING INNOVATION Dr. Joshua M. Kogot

OUTSTANDING PROGRAM SUCCESS

James M. Chalkley, Jr. Organic Airborne Mine Countermeasures Team

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE David Galindo Lisa M. Winsett

COLLABORATION EXCELLENCE Dr. Damion D. Dunlap Smart Mine Initiative Team

EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP

NEW PROFESSIONAL EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

OUTSTANDING TEAM ACHIEVEMENT

OUTSTANDING FLEET SUPPORT

DR. DAVID P. SKINNER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT

Morgan E. Mahoney

Gas Analysis Facility Team

Dr. Matthew J. Bays Evan W. McCaw Andrew D. Tatem

OUTSTANDING INNOVATION Dr. Joshua M. Kogot

OUTSTANDING PROGRAM SUCCESS

James M. Chalkley, Jr. Organic Airborne Mine Countermeasures Team

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE David Galindo Lisa M. Winsett

Technical Center of Excellence for Littoral Warfare and Coastal Defense

2016

Jenny G. Howell

HALL OF FAME James E. Thomsen

19 December 2016 Long Glass Conference Building

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N AVA L S U R F A C E WA R F A R E C E N T E R PA N A M A C I T Y D I V I S I O N

Awards Annual

“THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL CULTURE IN THE NAVY TO HAVE THAT ABILITY AND CAPABILITY. THE LABS AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE. THE NAVY NEEDS THE LABORATORIES. THE NAVY WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE LABS." -- JIM THOMSEN (SES)

NSWC PCD FORMER D E PA R T M E N T H E A D I N D U C T E D I N T O H A L L O F FA M E , M R . J A M E S T H O M S E N (S E S )

2016 N S W C P C D PAT E N T AWA R D S , INDUCTED INTO THE "I N V E N T O R 'S S O C I E T Y "

Exceptional Technical Support

Outstanding Organizational Support

Collaboration Excellence

Collaboration Excellence

New Professional Achievement Award

New Professional Achievement Award

Outstanding Fleet Support

Outstanding Innovation

Outstanding Program Success

Technical Excellence

Technical Excellence

Outstanding Team Achievement

Dr. David P. Skinner Award for Outstanding Scientific and Engineering Achievement

Randy Williams

Smart Mine Initiative Team

Amanda Davis (Received by Jonathan Armstrong)

Andrew Tatem

Outstanding Program Success

Organic Airborne Mine Countermeausres Team

Exemplary Leadership Morgan Mahoney

Dr. Matthew Bays

Dr. Joshua Kogot

David Galindo

Gas Analysis Facility Team

Dr. Damion Dunlap

Evan McCaw

James Chalkley

Lisa Winsett

Jenny Howell

LIFESTYLE

safe STAY

CALENDAR OF

EVENTS JAN

14 16 17 18

IN A WORLD THAT IS NOT

ARBOR BAY TREE PLANNING

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BIRTHDAY - Federal Holiday ANGER MANAGEMENT COURSE SERIES Location: Bldg. 126 (MWR Fitness Building*) Time: 1200-1300

FROZEN HOOVES, 2.2 Mile Fun Run Location: Bldg. 126 | Time: 0700

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. OBSERVANCE CEREMONY

18

ANNUAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR

18

SAFETY RESOLUTIONS

Location: PCB Conservation Park Time: 1000-1200

18

18

Around and About PCD

Location: Bldg. 308, Long Glass Conf. Room Time: 1000-1100

Location: Bldg. 126 | Time: 1100-1300

READY NAVY – PREPARING FOR DISASTERS COURSE Location: Bldg. 126 | Time: 1300-1400

READY NAVY – PREPARING FOR CHILDREN AND PETS FOR DISASTERS COURSE Location: Bldg. 126 | Time: 1400-1500

19

SAPR VICTIM ADVOCATE REFRESHING TRAINING

24

SAPR ADVANCEMENT STUDY GROUP FOR E-3

25

SAPR ADVANCEMENT STUDY GROUP FOR PO2's

Location: Bldg. 126 | Time: 1130-1230

Location: Bldg. 126 | Time: 1100-1200

Location: Bldg. 126 | Time: 1100-1200

FOR THE NEW YEAR

Prepared By Patrick Beacom, NSWC PCD Safety Specialist

A new year brings new beginnings and time to reflect. What did we accomplish last year and what do we want to accomplish in the year ahead? It is the perfect opportunity to review the activities of the previous year and use that information to set health and safety targets and objectives for the upcoming year.

As we look to 2017, a best practice that should not be overlooked in the development of any New Year’s resolution is taking a step into the past to determine what key areas should be our focus as we look to reduce future workplace hazards. Reflect on the past year and try to identify a pattern or trend of incidents and how these incidents were handled. It is in this “look back” that realistic and relevant goals should be established for the upcoming year.

If our risk management plan did not perform in an effective and efficient manner, what can be improved? The answers will then form the basis for developing a new risk management plan - our safety resolution for the new year.

I offer this idea to add value to your workplace risk management plan in 2017. Go on a "Hazard Hunt." You may have already assessed the hazards associated with your job and implemented means to either eliminate or mitigate the hazards.

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

1

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Take a look at housekeeping and the condition of work areas.

2

Examine tools and equipment to insure they are safe to use.

Observe the way employees work; you might be surprised by what you see.

4

Is the appropriate personal protective equipment in good condition and readily available?

Identify other, possibly new, hazards throughout your facility and take action to eliminate these risks.

FLEET AND FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER

STALKING: KNOW IT, NAME IT, STOP IT.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS (continued) 24

26 25 26

NSWC PCD TECH DEMO(8hr) JOSH TURNER CONCERT SAPR APOC TRAINING Location: Bldg.

126 | Time: Washington Navy Yard Location: Marina Civic0800-1500 Center Time: 1730

26

JOSH TURNER CONCERT

Provided by Commander, Navy Installations Command

JANUARY IS STALKING AWARENESS MONTH.

Like sexual assault itself, the crime of stalking is about power and control over victims. The National Center for Victims of Crime reports that 7.5 million individuals are stalked annually, the greatest number between ages 18-24. As in sexual assault, victims of stalking typically know their stalker. The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network define stalking as: • Repeated nonconsensual communication via calls or text messages/emails.

• Repeated physical or visual closeness, such as waiting for or following someone.

• Repeated threats against the victim.

Perpetrators utilize digital platforms such as computers and spyware, tablets, cell phones, personalized online posts, engage in video-voyeurism and use Global Positioning System (GPS) to track their victims. These stalking actions can escalate to unwanted sexual behaviors and comments where the recipient can feel uncomfortable and ultimately violated and “…cause a reasonable person to feel fear.”

Stalking laws vary in each state; more information can be found on the Stalking Resource Center website. If you or someone you know is concerned about stalking, contact Department of Defense Safe Helpline at (877) 995-5257.

When in doubt of your immediate safety, always call 911 or base security first.

Tell family, friends, roommates and co-workers about the stalking and seek their support. Tell security staff at your job or school. Ask them to help watch out for your safety.

SOME THINGS STALKERS DO:

• Repeatedly call you, including hang-ups.

• Follow you and show up wherever you are.

• Send unwanted gifts, letters, texts, or emails.

• Damage your home, car, or other property.

• Monitor your phone calls or computer use.

• Use technology, like hidden cameras or GPS, to track where you go.

• Drive by or hang out at your home, school, or work.

• Threaten to hurt you, your family, friends, or pets.

• Find out about you by using public records or online search services, hiring investigators, going through your garbage, or contacting friends, family, neighbors, or co-workers.

• Other actions that control, track, or frighten you.

Location: Marina Civic Center | Time: 1730

DINO DIG DAY | Location: Science &

28

Discovery Center of Northwest Florida Time: 10a-3p | Free for military families, $5 for others

28

MAN IN THE SEA MUSEUM OYSTER BASH | Location: Man in the Sea Museum

31

ANGER MANAGEMENT COURSE SERIES | Location: Bldg. 126 | Time: 1200-1300

Time: 1100-1700

FEB

10

30TH ANNUAL BAY COUNTY JOB FAIR

14

SMOOTH MOVE WORKSHOP

20

WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

28

SPRING JAM - Feb 28-29 Aaron Bessant Park

Location: Haney Technical Center

Location: TBD | Tune: 0900-1100

Federal Holiday

MAR 2017 DIRECTOR'S CUP

10

Location: NSWC PCD | Time: 1000

For more information about courses or events, contact: SAPR (Sexual Assault Prevention Response) 235-5459 or Fleet and Family Support Center: 636-6105. * Note: Bldg. 126 is MWR Fitness Building.

MWR

Services

Check out NSA PC's Morale Welfare and Recreate (MWR) monthly newsletter for information and events.

For more information call: 234-4370.

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COMMUNITY

Living in the Panhandle

VA CLINIC

PANAMA CITY, Florida- The local Sweet Adeline's quartet sing the National Anthem during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Naval Branch Health Clinic Dec. 14, 2016 in Panama City, Florida. The 5,300 square foot clinic will provide patient-centered care for active duty service members assigned to Naval Support Activity Panama City, retirees and their families in a modern and safe facility conducive to health care. Pictured from left to right: Linda Werring, Sharon Norris, Lisa Morris, Lori Zipes.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Fred Gray (Released) 161214-N-TD693-175

MAN ON THE

STREET [workplace opinion]

Suzie Houser X13, Ocean Engineer I support the Fleet by working within the Mission Applications Branch recognizing problems and engineering toward solutions. This comes along with testing and planning to ensure my team and I provide effective solutions to the Fleet’s missions.

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Alioune Ndiaye Fleet Liaison Office (CDX1) U.S. Navy Mineman I support and facilitate the Fleet by acting as a liaison between military operators and civilian research and development personnel with Littoral and Mine Warfare systems.

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Anthony Powers

Code 1032, Scientific Underwater Photographer

I support the Fleet by providing historical and scientific documentation, through photography and diving, of the technological projects being developed at one of the U.S. Navy's most important RDT&E facilities -NSWC PCD.

NAVAL AIR STATION (NAS)

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

AIRSHOW PENSACOLA, Florida - Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Dragon Masters conduct Search and Rescue training Dec. 8, 2016 off the shores of Pensacola, Florida in support of the rescue swimmer school located at Naval Air Station Pensacola. The Dragon Masters unit flies MH-60S and is the only SAR asset along the Gulf of Mexico between Mobile, Alabama and Tampa, Florida.

U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christian Klos-Dunn (Released) 161208-N-QA332-001

U.S. Navy photo by Mike O'Connor (Released) 161111-N-OY319-002

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NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER PANAMA CITY DIVISION 110 Vernon Ave. Panama City, Florida 32407