January 2019 Coastal Compass

January 2019

THE FORCE BEHIND THE FLEET

Chief Of

NAVAL OPERATIONS Admiral Richardson

Visits NSWC PCD

NSWC Panama City Division

Ensuring Warfighting Dominance in the Littoral Battlespace

About the Publication

THE FORCE BEHIND THE FLEET

January 2019 | Vol. 7 Issue 1

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.

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As we begin a new year, the January issue of the Coastal Compass features the visit of the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith who delivered a message to NSWC PCD of hope for the future and recovery of Hurricane Michael.

U.S. Navy photos by Eddie Green.

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Happy New Year! I would like to welcome the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Team back to work after the holidays. I hope everyone had an opportunity to take some time off during the holiday season to enjoy it with family and friends.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, the Technical Director and I want to assure you we are committed to the reconstitution and rebuilding of NSWC PCD. Our goal is to improve our facilities to enable NSWC PCD to more rapidly innovate, deliver, and support the next generation of warfighting systems within our mission areas — a new year with new beginnings.

Many veteran employees have probably noticed the many new faces among our growing workforce. Consequently, I would like to take this opportunity to focus my remarks this month on where the command has historically been and where we are going.

By Capt. Aaron Peters NSWC PCD Commanding Officer

On July 20, 1945 the U.S. Navy Mine Countermeasures Station was established and 10 years later achieved laboratory status being renamed the U.S. Navy Mine Defense Laboratory in April 1955. Our mission expanded to include not only mine countermeasures, but also torpedo countermeasures, helicopter mine countermeasures, mine hunting and other advanced countermeasures.

In March 1978, the name changed again to the Naval Coastal Systems Center to more accurately reflect the broader range of products and services being provided. From January 1992 through October 2007, we were known as the Coastal Systems Station under Dahlgren Division. NSWC PCD stood up as its own division in October 2007 with primary mission areas in mine warfare, expeditionary warfare, special warfare, diving and life support systems, and other missions in the littoral regions.

Unlike the early years as a laboratory, NSWC PCD now enjoys a robust science and technology (laboratory-like) work load as well as a significant amount of work in program development, test and evaluation, project management, and In-Service Engineering Agent operations and sustainment.

Moving into the future, NSWC PCD will 1) Continue to support the execution of the National Defense Strategy, CNO’s Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority Version 2.0, and NAVSEA Campaign Plan to Expand the Advantage. 2) Rebuild our facilities and 3) Execute the NSWC PCD’s new Strategic Campaign Plan’s goals and objectives which will be officially coming out in February 2019. The new NSWC Strategic plan has three main goals: • Rapidly deliver solutions to ensure warfighting dominance.

• Be the undisputed technical expert throughout the littoral battlespace.

• And, to be recognized as a model organization.

NSWC PCD’s workforce showed its strength of character in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael by helping family and friends and providing minimal interruption with many of our Command’s missions. In addition, many of you also went above and beyond by coming to the assistance of many victims of the storm throughout the entire community.

The Leadership Team is proud of our workforce and I am confident the command will bounce back even stronger in 2019. Your resilience and strength of character are second to none. Let’s continue to look forward to starting over in 2019. We will come back, we will rebuild, and we will be stronger and better than ever before.

The TD and I are proud of you, keep charging!

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PANAMA CITY, Florida - Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith held an all-hands call at Naval Support Activity Panama City, home of Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Dec. 12, 2018. He discussed the current and future status of the Navy. Richardson and Smith also took questions from the audience about topics, such as Post-Hurricane Michael quality of life, suicide awareness, pilot evaluation system, changes to advancement exams and Selective Reenlistment Bonus and other incentives. While aboard, the CNO and MCPON visited NSWC PCD's Littoral Warfare Systems Facility to learn how NSWC PCD is expanding the advantage as the home of mine warfare.

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Reenlistment by CNO

PANAMA CITY, Florida – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson reenlisted five Sailors, to include Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division's Logistics Specialist First Class Michael Semler during an all hands call at Naval Support Activity Panama City Dec. 12, 2018.

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Technical Spotlight

Seabed Mapping Synthetic Aperture Sonar THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR IMAGING TECHNOLOGY

By Dr. Daniel D. Sternlicht, Dr. Michael P. Hayes, Dr. Roy E. Hanson, Contributing Writers Active synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) is a powerful imaging technique that coherently combines echoes from multiple pings along the trajectory of a towed or robotic platform to construct a long virtual array of hydrophones. When synthetic aperture techniques are applied at sufficiently low acoustic frequencies, where sound absorption in the ocean medium is reduced, a modestsized side scan sonar can generate seabed imagery with a constant azimuth resolution comparable to that of higher frequency sonar systems, but with longer range.

Synthetic aperture concepts originated in the radar community in the mid-20th century. It was not until the 1970s that the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and others in the sonar community began to show the feasibility of applying these concepts for underwater imaging. With evolutionary advances in enabling technologies, SAS systems are now being fielded on a variety of platforms and over a wide range of commercial The synthetic aperture technique combines multiple pings coherently along the path of the sonar trajectory to construct a synthetic array of hydrophones. In the and military applications. conventional single-ping process, the along-track resolution of the area imaged is

dictated by the projection of the sensor’s beam pattern onto the seafloor; however,

The first open publication in side-looking SAS was the 1969 patent creation of a long synthetic array allows for the creation of fine-, constant-resolution awarded to G.M. Walsh of the Raytheon Co., “Acoustic Mapping images at long range.

Apparatus” (U.S. Patent 3484737), stimulating a series of concept studies within the international community. In this time period Sea surface multi-path interference continues to be a nuisance; there was agreement that SAS had tremendous potential; however, however, mitigation has come in the form of range-dependent the challenges of making a practical system were daunting. These beam shading and adaptive beamforming made possible by vertical included limitations in coherent multiping processing caused by the apodization of the receive array. perceived severity of medium sound speed fluctuations; the limited area coverage rate (ACR) set by the along-track sampling distance SAS Development by NSWC PCD and Partners traveled between pings (generally described as half a projector The tradition of pioneering new sensing technologies for maritime length per ping, or finer); the inability to sufficiently measure reconnaissance dates back to the founding of NSWC PCD at the end random motion of the sonar platform for coherent signal processing; of WWII, known also throughout the years as the USN Mine Defense multi-path interference; and data processing requirements that Laboratory (USNMDL) and the Coastal Systems Station (CSS). An were prohibitively complex for the computing platforms of that era. example is the 1950s invention of the seabed imaging side scan sonar. This technology transitioned to the Westinghouse C-MK-1 Experiments conducted during the 1970s and 1980s instilled SHADOWGRAPH mine-hunting sonar fielded on minesweepers in confidence that sound propagation in the ocean is sufficiently the early 1960s, which in turn led to development of the U.S. Navy’s stable over the modest range and time intervals required to create AN/AQS-14 (predecessor to the AN/AQS-24) and French DUBMa synthetic aperture. Employment of a multichannel vernier receive series mine detection sonars. array to increase the ACR would be developed by NSWC PCD and others during the 1970s.

In 1969, USNMDL scientist D.H. Brown, a specialist in acoustic lensing and holography, published the paper “Application of the Synthetic In the 1980s and 1990s the evolution of inertial navigation systems Aperture Concept to High Resolution Sonar” for the Mine Advisory (INS) toward smaller, less expensive packages with speed estimates Committee of the National Academy of Sciences, National Research aided by Doppler velocity logs (DVL), combined with techniques Council, wherein he identified the concept’s feasibility, usefulness to employ the SAS vernier for precise estimates of lateral sonar and challenges and described the vernier SAS approach to increase motion, led to development of the sub-wavelength-scale motion area coverage rate. Under direction by the Naval Ship Systems estimation techniques required for SAS image formation.

Command (now NAVSEA), development at the lab commenced in 1973 and would continue through the decade.

This was followed by techniques correcting residual phase errors along the synthetic aperture due to unaccounted-for platform Augmented with an inertial measurement unit (IMU), one of the motion or medium sound speed fluctuations, developed in the form actively navigated SHADOWGRAPH tow vehicles was used for the of data-driven autofocus algorithms. first synthetic aperture sonar field experiments. This system had a high-frequency (100 kHz) four-element vernier system on top and a From the 1990s through the 2000s, the burdensome computational low-frequency (30 kHz) system suspended from the midsection, requirements of SAS beamforming were addressed by innovations establishing the multiband mine-hunting approach (high band for in SAS algorithms, such as Fourier-based image reconstruction high resolution; low band for sediment penetration and buried techniques, and large-scale parallel computing architectures for object detection) that would continue to this day. fielded systems—until DSP/FPGA boards and, finally, single-board computers were able to manage the processing loads in the 2000s On calm days, synthetically formed beams from the high-frequency and 2010s, respectively. system processed offline were reported to achieve nearly theoretical resolution at 100-m ranges. Given no corrections for

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through autofocus). These developments led to commercial offerings in real-time SAS processing for wide-swath, high-resolution sonars, as well as the first commercially sold SAS system (with Edge-Tech Inc.).

The image products routinely presented to the SAS user have advanced considerably in 40 years. Note the vintage photograph (1976) of the SHADOWGRAPH SAS and corresponding LF imagery of buried targets compared to recent examples of single-pass and circular SAS images created with the ONR small synthetic aperture minehunter.

random motion, utility was of course limited. The modest range low-frequency system, with a sole transmit/receive element and less vulnerability to motion, was used to create perhaps the earliest SAS images of targets from a fielded system. These tests, conducted in the Gulf of Mexico, illustrated numerous basic principles, as well as limitations.

By 1980, an SAS testbed and rail facility was constructed and attached to the old Hathaway Bridge, traversing nearby St. Andrew Bay, in order to conduct detailed performance assessments and explore new methods and techniques. This included measurements showing that the ocean medium is sufficiently stable in tidal environments to form high-frequency synthetic apertures over the range and time intervals required.

These early experiments with fielded systems and controlled rail tests led to more than three decades of innovation, under sponsorship including the Office of Naval Research (ONR), NAVSEA and the Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). With the emergence of smaller, stealthier mines, more emphasis was placed on improving the resolution, as well as range, of these systems. An improved multichannel SAS would be fielded by the end of the 1980s.

In the mid-1990s, NSWC PCD and Northrup Grumman Corp. (formerly Westinghouse) designed and fielded a dual high- and low-frequency SAS payload on a 21-in.-diameter towfish, employing redundant phase center (RPC) motion estimation and real-time processing. In 1998, this system (integrated with magnetic and electro-optic sensors) was rapidly mobilized to locate debris from Swissair Flight 111, which had tragically crashed into the sea off of Nova Scotia. The following year, it performed successfully in the mine-hunting U.S. Navy Fleet Demonstrations of GOMEX 99 (Corpus Christi, Texas) and Kernel Blitz 99 (Camp Pendleton, California), motivating continued refinement of the technology and extension to off-board platforms.

The 2000s and 2010s would see development of the first fielded SAS on board a UUV in 2002; development of a buried object scanning SAS (BOSS); development of the ONR multiband small synthetic aperture minehunter (SSAM) family of systems, deployed on 12.75in. UUVs for detection/classification of exposed and buried mines; and development and integration of a wide-swath, dual-frequency SAS and high-performance forward-looking sonar (FLS) on a 12.75in. UUV for combined volume and bottom mine hunting.

Other US Initiatives Northrop Grumman would go on to develop other SAS technologies, including synthetic aperture versions of the AN/AQS-24 towed side scan sonars. In the 1990s, Raytheon Co., under Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsorship, built a longrange experimental system, for which Dynamics Technology Inc. (DTI) developed the end-to-end SAS processing (motion compensation

DTI merged with Applied Signal Technology Inc., expanding its SAS product line, and eventually merged with Raytheon to upgrade the AN/AQS20 towed mine-hunting sonar for SAS operation.

Other U.S. experimental systems that informed the R&D community during the 1990s include multiple-receiver and sub-bottom swath mapping configurations by the University of California, Santa Barbara/ Sonatech and the University of Hawaii/Alliant, respectively.

NATO Collaborative Developments Beginning with several decades of transatlantic technical exchanges, a rich variety of SAS technologies evolved that include the French DUBM series, the Norwegian HISAS system, the NATO MUSCLE system, as well as the German Vision and Canadian MINSAS systems.

The U.S. and France had a series of technical exchanges that began with the licensing of the C-MK-1 SHADOWGRAPH to France in the 1960s, continuing with SAS research exchanges between NSWC PCD and the Groupe d’Etudes Sous Marines de l’Atlantique (GESMA) in the 1990s. These and French initiatives in the military, commercial and academic sectors (e.g., ACID/ SAMI, IMBAT, ASEMAR, MUSCLE technologies) would contribute to the eventual SAS upgrade of the Thales DUBM series, as well as synthetic aperture developments in buried object imaging.

Expanded technical exchanges between NATO partners led to initiation of the Mine Countermeasures Joint Research Program (MCM JRP), with participation by the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Canada, Spain and others from the late 1990s to the present. A milestone event for the alliance was the InSAS’00 INSequipped interferometric SAS rail experiments conducted off Elba Island, Italy, with participation by the NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE, then known as SACLANTCEN), the U.K. Defence Evaluation and ResearchAgency (DERA), and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). These and follow-on studies informed the design of a number of SAS systems, including: the CMRE MUSCLE, which was built by Thales Underwater Systems and continues to provide a common research platform for the NATO MCM JRP; the DERA/QINETIQ technologies, which were later acquired by ATLAS ELEKTRONIK and evolved into the Vision family of systems; the Kongsberg/FFI HISAS system, with early developmental emphasis on improved SAS motion estimation by sonar micronavigation aiding of the INS; and the Kraken MINSAS family of systems, developed for broad application across the maritime marketplace. Other European suppliers of SAS systems include the companies Ultra Electronics and iXblue.

Reprinted with special permission from Sea Technology magazine.

To read the full article or for more information about the magazine visit: www.sea-technology.com For a list of references, contact Daniel Sternlicht at daniel.sternlicht@navy.mil.

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Terence Adams Todd Haney John Hutton Rhett Plash David Robinson Robert Scullion

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Pedro Bracho Wendell Cox Brian Delmar

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David Galindo James Hayes Penelope Hutt Frank Knight Aaron Walker Joseph Desormeaux Alfredo Granado Randy Mercado William Pinkerton Nicholas Zeitler

Upcoming Award Opportunities - January 2019 Department of the Navy Agility Awards (previously known as the SECNAV Innovation Awards)

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Hurricane Efforts

Awards

Meritorious Civilian Service Award

Glenn Campbell PANAMA CITY, Florida - Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Commanding Officer Capt. Aaron Peters and Technical Director Ed Stewart (SES) present the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service award to Glenn Campbell in recognition and appreciation of Meritorious Service which has been of high value and benefit to the Navy Dec. 14, 2018.

Meritorious Civilian Service Award "North Lagoon Navy" Team

Sarah Bride and Mike Overend PANAMA CITY, Florida - Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Commanding Officer Capt. Aaron Peters and Technical Director Ed Stewart (SES) present the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service award to Michael Overend and Sarah Bride in recognition of their actions in support of Hurricane Michael recovery efforts Dec. 14, 2018.

Special Act Award

Jason Fraioli and Sean Macri PANAMA CITY, Florida – Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Commanding Officer Capt. Aaron Peters and Technical Director Ed Stewart (SES) present Special Act awards and letters of appreciation to Jason Fraioli and Sean Macri in recognition of their actions in support of Hurricane Michael network recovery efforts Dec. 14, 2018.

U.S. Navy photos by Eddie Green

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Letters of Appreciation PANAMA CITY, Florida – Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Commanding Officer Capt. Aaron Peters and Technical Director Ed Stewart (SES) presented letters of appreciation during a ceremony held Dec. 14, 2018 for their dedication and support to NSWC PCD during the aftermath and reconstitution from Hurricane Michael.

Cindy Coffey, Tami Schwab, Geri Kohler, Shayna Zeleznik and Katherine Mapp

Jonathan Armstrong

Charlotte Lawson

Keith Farney

Henry Brock Poe, Jason Zimmerman and Karen DeBerry U.S. Navy photos by Eddie Green

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Mona Spencer and Ron Shy

Letters of Appreciation

Janice Grant, Haley Walker and Ronald Newsome

John Link

Sheri Corum, Mark Cucchi, Charles Melvin, Brandt Weilbacher and Clarice Williams

Deanna Pederson

Targets ISEA Team - Charles Green, John Pipkin, John Kealy, Michelle Treadway, Robert Montalbano John Howell, Joe Pippin, Mike Bobroski and Robert Sanderson

MK-105 Team - Angel Sarraga, Steve Wallace, Alex Acevedo Sanchez, Jesse Routh and Adam Logan

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Letters of Appreciation

Brett Thach, Leah Dunham, Jason Niemczura and Nicole McWilliams

AN/SQQ-32 ISEA Team - Dennis Shelton, Lee Dittman Dave Brown, John Best, Benjamin Bancroft, Andrew Fonzi, Tyler Tierney, Billy Courson III, Ryan Stewart, Steven Kantor, Bob Stetson and Michael Bobroski

Karen McGough, Jenny Howell and Rosa Eby

AN/SLQ-48 ISEA Team - Jackie Sandle, Twonette Marshall, Steve Rodgers, Oscar Florez, Engrid Mastin, Guillermo Garcia-Schmidt, Daniel Fopa, Charlotte Mickolick and Pierre Ware

Sweeps ISEA Team: Andy Tatem and Jeff Barr Catherine Munoz, Roxane Batyski and Richard Childress

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Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division

SAILORS OF THE

Year and

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Aviation Machinist First Class AD1(AW/SW) Hyun Park

ANNUAL

WEINGARTEN RIGHTS NOTICE

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Equipment Operator First Class EO1(SCW/EXW/AW/DV) Joseph Rodriguez

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

1. 5 USC 7114(a) provides that a representative of a labor organization that has exclusive recognition at an activity shall be given the opportunity to be represented at: (a) any examination of an employee in the unit by a representative of the activity in connection with an investigation if: (1) the employee reasonably believes that the examination may result in disciplinary action against the employee; and (2) the employee requests representation.

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Workforce Connection

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HIGH-GRADE SUPERVISORY

PROMOTIONS Sheila Schnoering

Mine Warfare Rapid Prototyping Director As the new Mine Warfare Rapid Prototyping Director, Schnoering will be joining the Rapid Prototyping Senior Scientific Technical Manager Directors from other Warfare/ Systems Centers to take a growing and increasingly impactful set of collaborative rapid prototyping initiatives and advance them to the next level. Innovation and rapid prototyping is a high priority of Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research Development Test and Evaluation and Naval Surface Warfare Center/Naval Undersea Warfare Center Executive Director.

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2019 Incentive Programs Begin

Location: MWR Fitness Center For more information, contact 234-4370

Resolution Fun Run/Walk

Time: 7 a.m.

Location: MWR Fitness Center For more information, contact 234-4370

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday (Observed) Federal Holiday

Parent Training Class: Child Abuse Awareness Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Youth Center

Free Popcorn Friday Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Location: MWR Marina

MWR Paint Party

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: MWR Main Deck Pub and Grill Price: $35 per person For more information, contact 234-4188

Steve Hunt

Expeditionary and Maritime Systems (Code E) Department As the new Code E Department Head, Hunt will manage the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division's future in Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence; asymmetric and expeditionary warfare; and a wide spectrum of E Department business areas.

Dr. Frank Crosby

Science and Technology Department (Code X) Department (Acting) As the new Code X Department Head, Dr. Crosby will manage science and technology development in support of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division's mission. Code X develops and transitions innovative technical solutions through collaboration with academia, industry, and other researchers to defend the nation and save lives through Naval superiority in littoral warfare and coastal defense.

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Unauthorized disclosure of CUI poses a significant threat to DoD operations and missions. Safeguarding CUI must be a cornerstone of everything we do – on our information systems and in the workplace.

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HACKING FOR DEFENSE:

Innovation Process Adoption at NSWC PCD A team of representatives from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) facilitated a Hacking for Defense (H4D) Basic Course, a workshop specifically designed for Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) personnel.

The workshop was part of a series of Navy events funded through an ONR sponsored effort known as the Naval Innovation Process Adoption (NIPA) program. The NIPA program has been deployed at ONR headquarters, NSWC Carderock, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport and other Warfare Centers throughout calendar year 2018.

The overarching goal of the NIPA training is to create a holistic Naval Innovation Ecosystem built upon three foundational principles: utilize innovative technical and business pathways that accelerate technology acquisition and deployment to the warfighter; leverage the commercial market and attract private investments to accelerate and reduce the cost for defense acquisition and deployment of technologies that provide capabilities to the warfighter; and employ innovative best practices in contracting that accelerate awards and provide flexibility and speed in technology maturation and acquisition.

By Holly Gardner, NSWC PCD Contributing Writer U.S. Navy photos by Eddie Green

an increasingly complex world, and wrote and then prioritized their problem statements for further consideration. The following day, participants further refined those five prioritized problems by interviewing end-users and determining whether problems were desirable, feasible, and viable and charting a clear trajectory to the development of a minimum viable product.

Participants were able to fully curate eight problems, which they can continue to work on after workshop completion. Their work was full of rich hypotheses that can be tested to gain a deeper, more intimate understanding of the problems, and their eventual answers.

On the third day, a breakout workshop was held at NSWC PCD to explore data needs for mine warfare. Participants built upon the training they’d received, learning new techniques, such as problem mapping, and sharing the process with new participants. During the breakout workshop, attendees worked through a more intense problem curation and prioritization exercise in order to clarify their original problem statement and develop tangible goals.

The NIPA process is based on the proven Lean Innovation process and adapted for defense innovation as H4D. The H4D process employs an innovation pipeline composed of four primary steps, with each step lasting approximately three months. The four key steps of the Hacking for Defense process include: 1) Source and Curate; 2) Discover and Validate; 3) Incubate; 4) Refactor and Integrate NIPA training participants were encouraged to continue engaging with their teams and to leverage this transparent, sharable The two-day workshop, held in September 2018, was hosted at Gulf framework to collaborate with those inside and outside of NSWC Coast State College and was attended by 27 participants including PCD. The participants are now equipped with the knowledge five warfighters and 12 engineers from the NSWC PCD’s technical and skills to serve as innovation change agents, incorporating departments. The NSWC PCD NIPA training participants grasped Navy innovation processes into their daily work, educating their material quickly and intellectually probed the limits of NIPA. colleagues about the NIPA process, and communicating with other Warfare Center employees via a common innovation language.

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Featuring: Kristen Campbell

& What Is Your Position at NSWC PCD?

PCD PROFILE

HOMETOWN Silt, Colorado

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• Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Austin Peay State University • Master of Business Administration from Troy University

Department Code 1014, Human Resources Division Corporate Operations Department

I was recently promoted into a new position where I serve as the Awards Coordinator for NSWC PCD. I review, process and submit external awards that honor and recognize my fellow co-workers and the great work they have done or are doing for the warfighter.

I will also be assisting with the CO/TD awards this year for the first time and am very excited about that. Any opportunity for leadership to recognize individuals and teams for their ideas, innovations, contributions, and accomplishments is an uplifting event, and I am so excited that I get to be a part of that.

What Drew You to Serve at Panama City?

I started my civil service with the Department of the Army in Fort Rucker, Alabama. My husband and I loved coming down to Panama City on the weekends, enjoying the sun and the beach, so the location has always had an appeal for us. We did a year-long stint in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and began plotting out where we wanted to make our forever home. Panama City seemed like a great fit. Though my husband retired from the Army, he started his military career in the Navy so there was certainly an appeal for me to serve both branches as he has done.

What's the One Thing You Like Most About Working at NSWC Panama City Division?

The people. Hands down. Everyone I have encountered here has been so helpful. There was a steep learning curve coming from the Army, but I have come across nothing but obliging and supportive co-workers who seem equally excited about their roles within the Command. The awesomeness of the work we do as a whole comes in at a close second!

What Do You Like to Do in Your Off Time?

I enjoy spending time with family, traveling, and going to the beach!

U.S. Navy photo by Anthony Powers

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Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division personnel

are now able to access Research Commons!

The Research Commons is a digital library portal, which provides access to subscriptions and research services. It is a dynamic website intended to improve access to research; increase awareness of information resources; promote innovation through collaboration and networking; and serve as a hub for Warfare Center research scholarship and professional development. It provides a portal for participating commands to access digital library subscriptions, while also bringing together information and research tools from across Naval Sea Systems Command, Navy and Department of Defense in one central location.

There are many innovative and exciting resources available in the Research Commons. Beyond traditional research tools, the site also provides access to a range of professional development resources and services to encourage collaboration and networking. The main components of the Research Commons include: • Subscriptions • Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery/On-Demand Services • Research Guides • Digital Repository of full text unclassified publications • Specialized Research Support and Assistance

researchers to current and emerging science. This is supplemented by interlibrary loan and on-demand services that give researchers access to content from virtually anywhere. The digital repository in turn makes available the scientific and technical output of participating Warfare Centers.

In addition to all of the research content that the Research Commons offers, it also connects researchers to professional librarians and specialized research assistance. This includes access to professional development and research guides; publishing resources; networking opportunities; and research consultations. Developed and implemented at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport in 2016, the Research Commons was extended to NSWC Carderock in 2018 to help meet local library portal, subscription and library service needs.

This year, NSWC Crane, NSWC Indian Head and NSWC Panama City are also joining the Research Commons. We encourage users at each command to share input and recommendations for research guides, professional development tools, and subscriptions. Together with the contributions of each command’s research staff, the Research Commons will enable its users to further enhance and customize the The subscription services include access to dozens of databases, site to meet the needs of the Warfare Center community. thousands of journals and a variety of e-book services connecting

For more information and to request a Research Commons Confirm and correct the information in all of the fields, then account, find us on inFusion at: https://wiki.navsea.navy.mil/display/RCDL/.

To request access, follow the instructions below: New AIMTC Users go to https://aimtc.nuwc.navy.mil/ aimtcmanagement/request.asp. Fill in the information fields, then follow steps 1-3 below.

Existing AIMTC Users go to https://aimtc.nuwc.navy.mil.

Select "Click Here to Enter AIMTC." Click on the "My Profile" link in the top menu of the AIMTC main page.

follow steps 1-3 below.

1. In the list of resources, find “Research Commons,” expand the selection, and then check the box next to “Research Commons.”

2. At the bottom of the page, check the box next to "I certify that I have read the User Responsibilities and understand."

3. Click the "Send" button on the bottom of the page.

4. Within 24-24 hours you will receive your login information along with a separate Research Commons Welcome email which will include more information about how to access subscriptions.

If you already have an AIMTC account and Research Commons access, visit: https://aimtc2.nuwc.navy.mil/stlibrary 20 | Coastal Compass | NSWC Panama City Division

SAFETY

By Steve Lock, NSWC Safety Specialist, Contributing Writer

Lifestyle

Corner

Prevent Illness and Avoid Sick Days with Smart Hygiene and A Clean Facility

Chaplain's

By Lt. John Gibson, NSA PC Chaplain, Contributing Writer

Maintain a clean facility using these hygiene precautions While it is not always possible to avoid contact with ill people, you can reduce the risk of contagious respiratory viruses in your workplace. Taking precautions will not only benefit the health and well-being of the workforce by preventing the flu and other illnesses, it will also mean the organization does not have to incur sick days, absent employees and the cost that the organization would have to bear.

Here are some proactive steps you can take to use the best hygiene in your facilities and prevent illness:

Clean surfaces and high traffic areas frequently.

This requires cleaning exposed surfaces that are frequently touched by personnel. Cleaning with appropriate cleaning agents will promptly remove germs before they affect personnel. It is important to clean regularly and often as research shows that the flu virus can live and potentially infect a person for up to 48 hours after being deposited on a surface.

Match your cleaning efforts with proper disinfectants and cleaning agents to remove the germs you want to remove or kill. There are a variety of U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency registered and labeled anti-microbial products suitable for use on non-porous surfaces. Users should carefully follow the disinfection directions on the labels to handle and safely use the products and to obtain the best results.

Use disinfecting wipes on electronic items handled often. Ensure first, however, that

it's safe to wipe the electronics and follow label directions on the wipes. It may be necessary to wipe several times for them to be effective.

Moving Forward with Life after 2018 Hurricane Michael

PANAMA CITY, Florida — 2018 has been a difficult year. Even as I sit here typing, the malaise that has often plagued me over the past year, personally and professionally, is as ubiquitous and palpable now as at any point over the past 365 days. Career obstacles, a hurricane, and other personal hurdles have manifested themselves at various times to make the past year a trying one. And I know I’m not alone.

Perennial sloganeering about “new beginnings” and “new year/new me” have surfaced much like they do near the conclusion of every year. At this juncture, however, for reasons that are well-known to virtually everyone in – and familiar with – Panama City, those words seem to be taking on a new significance. People are aching for a fresh start.

How do we move on from hardship and catastrophe? How do we overcome disappointment, hope deferred, and unfulfilled expectations?

What possible path can serve as a way forward for those of us most deeply affected by events that have taken place over the past year? I honestly don’t know.

A diploma and years of theological and doctrinal study at an accredited seminary both look great on paper, but have often come up woefully short in helping to navigate life’s greater challenges. I know that God is sovereign and that He has a plan. But even that truth sometimes fails to comfort as we navigate the muddy waters of life.

So what can we do? Perhaps a starting point might be for us to reflect on the wise words of the French playwright, Marcel Pagnol, who wrote: “People find it difficult to be happy because they view the past as better than it was, the present as worse than it is, and the future as less resolved than it will be.”

Even now as I reflect on this sage advice, I find myself needing it more than ever. How often do I look upon the past and long for “the good ol’ days,” while failing to realize that those good ol’ days, which I long for had troubles of their own when I was facing them. How often do I miss the reality that the good times of today are passing me by, relegating themselves to cherished memories, which I will one day look upon with fondness …quite probably in the middle of whatever crisis I may be facing at that future date. And speaking of the future, Pagnol is absolutely right: has there ever been a time when the future was not eventually resolved in one capacity or another? More to the point, at least for those of us who hold to some form of religious faith, has there ever been a time when God Himself did not come through for us; and provide for us; and give us new hope?

Perhaps, then, the answer is best characterized by God’s Word itself in Ephesians 5:15-17: “Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk; not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time because the days are evil.”

How do we achieve this principle? By simply moving forward and seizing each day with a renewed commitment to love ourselves, our loved ones, our communities, and our world.

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PANAMA CITY NAVY PERSONNEL BRING

Christmas Cheer TO LOCAL COMMUNITY AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL

Courtesy photo

By Katherine Mapp, NSWC PCD Public Affairs

After the destruction to the Florida Panhandle caused by Hurricane Michael, providing gifts for Christmas wasn’t on the radar for thousands of families struggling to rebuild their homes and lives, purchasing roofing materials and sheetrock instead of shopping for toys and clothing.

The E40 group learned of a local non-profit dubbed “Operation Holiday Gifts for Hurricane Michael Children,” started by the Panama City Fire Department, first responders, and many individuals within the community. The Division decided to jump at the opportunity to sponsor a child in need for the holidays.

Thanks to personnel from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Children’s Christmas Party Committee (CCPC) and Test and Evaluation and Prototype Fabrication Division (E40), along with several organizations in the local community, the holiday magic that seemed to slip away will shine even brighter this year.

This Christmas, E40 sponsored over 30 children, both from the donated money and individual personnel adopting children to provide Christmas gifts. Once word got out, other personnel from NSWC PCD’s Expeditionary and Maritime Systems Department coordinated with the CCPC to sponsor six additional teenagers and a family of six.

The aftermath of Hurricane Michael forced a cancellation to the local Navy base’s Children’s Christmas Party (CCP), an event held each “I know our Division is a caring group, so I put out the word that year since the 1950’s that provides an extravagant and memorable there were children in need due to the hurricane and donations Christmas experience for 100 underprivileged students. immediately started pouring in. Our community was hit so hard by Hurricane Michael and there was a dire need to help. My own house Jodi Hendrix, CCPC chair, said donations collected after the 2017 had sustained significant damage, but I still had a job and a place annual party and during the 2018 planning, along with several to stay,” said Oliver. “I couldn't imagine having children, having lost large donors and community fundraisers, everything and not being able to have Santa come visit. The children provided Christmas for more than 100 are the ones that really suffer and don't understand, so it is important children. to help them have a little joy this time of year.”

Hurricane

“

Michael brought the community closer together than probably any other event could have...

It is great to see the giving so that those that lost so much were still able to have a Christmas.

– Clint Iles E40 Division Head

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“The combined donations enabled the CCPC to provide the Bay County School District with 392 pairs of shoes, socks, underwear, 800 school shirts, and approximately 500 pairs of jeans,” said Hendrix.

“In addition, gift cards and useful items, such as diapers, toilet paper, First Aid kits, and baby wipes were added to the pile for the Red Cross to hand out to families in need.”

Clint Iles, E40 division head, expressed though the hurricane brought turmoil to much of the area, the outpouring of support from the community is extra special this holiday season.

“Hurricane Michael brought the community closer together than probably any other event could have. Almost everyone took some damage and a lot of people lost everything,” said Iles. “With the Christmas season, it is great to see the giving so that those that lost so much were still able to have a Christmas. The fact that I have a livable house makes me eternally grateful.”

Once E40 Administrative Assistant Paula A community with a big heart and a committee full of faith and hope Oliver, heard the 2018 CCP was cancelled, worked together this year to make this all happen – a magical feat she did not want any child to go without for a magical time of year. for Christmas.

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INTRODUCING Lactation Stations at NSWC PCD

Download the App: https://www.mamava.com/mobile-app/

Design solutions for breastfeeding mamas on the go.

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently installed three Mamava Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compatible pod solutions designed to provide breastfeeding women with a private space to nurse at work. Each pod includes dual grab bars, a spacious bench, a fold-down table, power outlets, and has a 60" turnaround for easy wheelchair access.

The Mamava ADA pods can be located and unlocked with the free Manava app and proprietary Bluetooth-enabled SmartLock.

To date Mamavas at NSWC PCD are located at buildings 110, 581, 490.

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Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division

110 Vernon Avenue | Panama City, Florida 32407 (850) 230-7400 Distribution A - Approved for public release.