Coastal compass december 2014

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InsideThis Edition

Navy Mentors Engineering Students ......... 2

View from the Bridge ......................................4

Command Presents Annual Awards.............5

Building 110: Replacing Elevator ..................7

Members Inducted into Inventors Society ....8

Command Names 2015 Deputy CHENG....8

PCD Hosts Children’s Christmas Party ........9

EWA Christmas Luncheon Held at Marina ..9

Advanced Sensors - A periodical reprint ......10

OPSEC: Cyber Criminals ............................12

HR: The Award Goes To ..............................13

PCD Celebrates Diversity ......................14-15

Command Hosts Industry Day 2014 ..........16

HM-14 Participates in VULCANEX .............16

Code A20 Takes Plunge to Support Kids ...17

Navy Mentors Electrical Engineering StudentsBy Dan Broadstreet

Office of Corporate Communications

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Florida State University Panama City senior electrical engineering students gather with Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Electrical Engineer Bill Porter and Executive Director Linda Macbeth of the Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida by the students’ capstone project, the Dashing Illuminated Creature Exhibit (DICE). The students plan on donating the project to the museum in the spring once the DICE exhibit has been completed. Standing left to right are: Jonah Cleveland, Gavin Taylor, NSWC PCD Electrical Engineer Bill Porter and Museum Execu-tive Director Linda Macbeth. (Photo by Dan Broadstreet, NSWC PCD/RELEASED)

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – It’s no secret that the U.S. Navy is reaching out to inspire students of all ages in the disciplines of sci-ence, technology, engineering and math-ematics (STEM). Such was the case again Dec. 4, 2014 when Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Electrical Engineer Bill Porter attended as a student mentor at Florida State University Panama City’s (FSU PC) Engineering Project Dem-onstrations and Presentations.

Professor for Electrical Engineering Dr. Jeffrey Brooks at FSU PC’s School of Engineering described the event’s goal as an effort to familiarize students with a real-world experience for electrical engineers.

“This capstone project is structured much like a preliminary design review, which is required of all electrical engineers to be capable of presenting to their superi-ors in industry,” said Brooks. “So this se-mester, the students haven’t yet built their projects, but they’re here to practice pre-senting and proposing their designs to the public.”

Brooks said professional engineers

from local industry and NSWC PCD were mentoring students, helping them to gener-ate senior capstone project ideas and were also helping students throughout the school year.

“I think the Navy is definitely helping to reach out to students by giving them the op-portunity to work with professionals in the field,” said Brooks. “Electrical Engineer Bill Porter is an example of how the Navy is bridging that gap.”

Porter said he and other engineers at NSWC PCD are trying to actively attract students of all ages to STEM-related stud-ies and careers.

“America is currently experiencing a shortage in students graduating with STEM-related degrees who can acquire a security clearance and go to work for the Department of Defense as scientists and engineers,” Porter said. “By our warfare center’s STEM professionals volunteering to mentor local students in STEM-related studies and activities, we can help inspire them to become more actively engaged in their academic studies, especially those re-lated to STEM disciplines.”

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MENTOR from page 2Porter said in this case, he saw a way to mentor senior electrical

engineering students by proposing a challenge that would enrich their application experience in project design and simultaneously benefit the community’s local Science and Discovery Museum.

“Basically, I saw a senior class that needed help in generating ideas for electrical engineering senior design projects, specifically projects that would help them acquire some real-world engineering application experience,” said Porter. “I also saw a Museum that had a low budget, but a need for new fresh science and discovery exhibits to inspire children’s appreciation for STEM-related sub-jects and to learn that science can be fun.”

FSU PC senior electrical engineering student Jonah Cleveland explained how he and his team of engineering students were meet-ing that challenge by designing a capstone project called Dash and Illuminated Creature Exhibit (DICE).

“The Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida is making a new themed room that focuses on Florida Wildlife and environment,” said Cleveland. “So, with our DICE exhibit, children will be able to choose an animal native to Florida’s wildlife and then actually be able to race a strip of illuminated LED lights on a track, which will help the children learn how each animal chosen has a distinct pattern of movement and run-

ning characteristics.”Executive Director of the Science and Discovery Center of

Northwest Florida Linda Macbeth said the project was beneficial for all parties involved.

“I’m obviously happy with the Navy’s mentor relationship with FSU Electrical Engineering students. It’s been an enjoyable and a learning experience for the students, me, and Bill Porter. In this type of partnership, the Navy, FSU PC and the Science and Discov-ery Center of Northwest Florida – including the local community – benefit from this project,” said Macbeth. “This is advantageous for everyone in the community, especially our next generation of leaders – some of the children inspired by such exhibits.”

Macbeth said it was a community networking experience that helps to further educate graduating seniors of today as well as fu-ture generations of students.

“What is unique about this program is that most students, who are involved, live in the local area and intend on staying in the community. So this group of engineers, who went to school to-gether in Bay County, grew up here and will ultimately bring their grandchildren back to visit someday. Projects like this are a real boon for the whole community.” ♦

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View From the BridgeBy Technical DirectorMr. Ed Stewart (SES)

On Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2014 the CO and I hosted the Annual CO/TD Award cer-emony. This is the time of year when we recognize our best and brightest for truly stellar contributions and successes in team-ing, technical support, collaboration, scien-tific/engineering achievement, leadership, Fleet support, innovation, organizational support, program success, and technical excellence. Under a separate cover you will be able read about this year’s winners. The CO and I are very proud of our winners as well as those who were nominated—the competition was particularly strong this year, with so many success stories to cel-ebrate.

Another purpose for this event—and the real purpose for this month’s View from the Bridge article—is for the CO and TD to provide our assessment of the State of the Station. For the last few years, we have purposely moved to a Balanced Scorecard construct to provide an industry standard to assess how well PCD is performing. Under the Balanced Scorecard, high quality orga-nizations, hitting on all cylinders, should be performing well in all five of these areas: Stakeholder support (in our case, warfight-er readiness), customer support, financial, people and processes.

Using this construct, the Captain and I are pleased to declare the State of the Sta-tion to be a solid GREEN. Let’s dive into

each of the areas to understand why.Warfighter Readiness: GREENWe continue to trend GREEN in this

most critical area—our true reason for being. We have an impressive set of ac-complishments yet again this year, which demonstrates our impact on improving both current and future Warfighter readi-ness. I highlighted a few of these accom-plishments in the October issue, and we produced a video this year to document many more accomplishments across all of our product lines. I encourage all of you to spend a few minutes to watch this video so that you can see the many areas in which we are making a difference and contribut-ing real value to warfighter readiness. You can check it out on our YouTube channel (NSWCPCDPAO).

Customer: GREENThe investments we have made in

strengthening our customer relationships are truly paying dividends. We now enjoy strong relationships with nearly all cus-tomers, significantly enhancing our “stock value” and our PCD brand. This year’s customer survey showed 92 percent over-all satisfactions—the highest among the NAVSEA Warfare Center Divisions—and significantly improved from 80 percent in 2010. In all future customer engagements, we must continue to have the courage to do what is right and provide accurate, techni-cal opinions, even when it is unpopular to do so. Remember, we are the technical con-science of those we support, and we must fulfill a key Warfare Center role which is to ensure our customers are informed and understand the technical risks so they can make well informed decisions.

Financial: GREENWe all know that Fiscal Year 2013 (FY

2013) was an extremely challenging year, to say the least. A “Perfect Storm” cre-ated by an extended Continuing Resolution which caused our funding and tasking to be slow in arriving, followed by the dreaded Sequestration which required all of us to be administratively furloughed for 6 days, fol-lowed by a Government shutdown, which saw many of our mission funded colleagues sent home until the Congress resolved the budget. Despite all of this, we managed our way through, and in FY 2014, funding and tasking returned to historical levels across almost all of our product lines. We once again met our financial targets for NOR, overhead and carryover; and FY 2015 look

to be just as promising. We just completed Departmental Initial Baseline Reviews of FY 2015 tasking and there are no signifi-cant funding shortfalls to report. The future, particularly FY 2016, is still somewhat un-certain based on probable budget declines with the debt ceiling and sequestration cuts still looming. However, the workload forecasts in our Business Plans are strong, and the CO and I are confident declaring us GREEN.

People: GREENOur goal here is to continue to hire to

keep our Technical Capabilities strong. We recently completed our annual comprehen-sive assessment of our technical and busi-ness health; and as a result, we are mov-ing out to hire 154 new employees in FY 2015—more than 60 above attrition. That reflects the confidence we have in our work-load demand signal, and it also acknowl-edges the need to hire to fill critical skills that would be made vulnerable if hiring were curtailed. The Captain and I are con-cerned about the bow wave of retirements we are likely to face in the next few years. If hiring does not keep up with the rate of attrition, we could be faced with significant challenges in retaining requisite knowledge areas within the Division. To mitigate that risk, we are challenging each Department to hire, hire, hire in order to maintain our technical health and remain GREEN.

Processes: YELLOW/GREENOur goals here are effectiveness and ef-

ficiency of all our service type functions via technical rigor and accountable leader-ship. The CHENG and his team are work-ing vigorously across all our competency areas to establish and improve the technical processes we use every day to ensure first time quality in the products and services we deliver. We now have a new Quality Management System and Operating Pro-cedures; we have deployed a Knowledge Management System that now allows us to develop, document, and improve our pro-cesses as we strive to achieve improved readiness. We have established career paths and qualifications for all of our technical competencies to help ensure everyone has the proper training and experience to excel at their assigned tasking and to take more control of their career progression. This shift to a more process-focused culture is very hard work and will require all of us to

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be part of the solution. But this shift in culture is vital to our brand and necessary if we are to truly live out our vision to be the Center of Technical Excellence for Littoral Warfare and Coastal Defense. And while we have made great strides, this shift in cultural values is a journey and will require much more hard work; and that is why the CO and I assess Processes as YELLOW/GREEN.

State of the Station: GREENGiven the above, I trust that you agree with the Captain and me

that the State of the Station is GREEN with a bright future. We will continue to be challenged by budget pressures which will require us to stay focused and bring rigor and discipline to the job every day, delivering real value through timely execution of products and services. We will also need to embrace the values of continu-ous personal and organizational improvement while challenging requirements that do not add value or come at too high of a cost. The challenges that lie ahead will be great, but I am confident that we will all, once again, rise to the occasion. We should all be very proud of the work we do, what we have accomplished, and where we are headed. Captain Dawson and I are honored and privileged to lead this premier organization. We want to thank all of you very much for what you do for our warfighters every day. ♦

NSWC PCD Year-in-Review Video LinkThe URL link below will link will enable youu to watch the final 2014 Year-in-Review video as presented during the 2014 Annual Awards ceremony. The video is now available on NSWC PCD’s YouTube channel. To watch the 2014 Year-in-Review of NSWC PCD’s research, development, test and evaluation highlights and business achievements, simply connect to your favorite Internet search engine and copy and paste or type in the followng URL: http://youtu.be/RjLV0a0Amjo. Should you lose this URL, you may simply search YouTube for key words, like NSWC PCD or NAVSEA, or you may also use a Google search.

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Command Recognizes State of Affairs and Presents Annual AwardsBy Jeff Prater


PANAMA CITY, Fla. – PANAMA CITY, FL – Naval Surface War-fare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) held its annual State of the Division address and 39th annual awards ceremony on Dec. 9, 2014 at the Long Glass Conference Center in Panama City, Fla.

Historically, the annual State of the Division address serves as a year in review of technical excellence and warfighter support. While this year’s address from Technical Director Ed Stewart looked back at a year’s worth of technical support, it also looked forward as he delivered new goals, objectives and vision.

“For the last few years, we have purposely moved to a Bal-anced Scorecard construct to provide an industry standard to as-sess how well NSWC PCD is performing,” said Stewart. “Under the Balanced Scorecard, high quality organizations, hitting on all cylinders, should be performing well in all five of these areas: Stakeholder support (in our case, warfighter readiness), customer support, financial, people and processes.”

Stewart said that NSWC PCD’s warfighter readiness is the divi-sion’s true reason for being.

“The Command has an impressive set of accomplishments yet again this year, which demonstrates our impact on improv-ing both current and future warfighter readiness. We produced a video this year to document many of our accomplishments, which can be viewed on our YouTube channel (NSWCPCDPAO). Previ-ously, NSWC PCD was near the bottom of the barrel for customer engagement and now the Command leads the way with our cus-tomer engagement strategy and others emulate us. This year’s cus-tomer survey showed 92 percent overall satisfactions—the high-est among the NAVSEA Warfare Center Divisions. Our financial

numbers have bounced back from the sequestration and continu-ing resolution and we are seeing a strong forecast. Our people and technical health are solid and we are hiring vigorously, and now we have the challenge of being able to hire enough new employees to get all of the work done. Lastly, the only thing which is not green is Processes. We still have work to do to put together standardized processes which will lead to a roadmap for any given career field. Using this construct, the Captain and I are pleased to declare the State of the Station to be a solid green. It’s been a great year and I believe we are well poised for the future,” said Stewart.

The NSWC PCD Annual Awards ceremony dates back to 1975 when Orman R. Holley received the first command excellence award that is still referred to as the Commanding Officer/Techni-cal Director, or CO/TD award. The ceremony recognizes Warfare Center employees who have gone above and beyond in the per-formance of their duties. Recipients chosen for awards represent less than one percent out of a workforce of approximately 1,300 employees.

“Given the depth and breadth of the achievements of our win-ners, those nominated but not selected should really hold their heads high because the competition was stiff and selection was very difficult because we have so many success stories to celebrate this year,” said Commanding Officer, Phil Dawson.

The Annual Awards categories recognize noteworthy ac-complishments and contributions in the areas of: Collaboration, Technical Support, Leadership, Fleet Support, Innovation, Orga-nizational Support, Program Success, Technical Excellence, Team Achievement, and Scientific and Engineering Achievement.

The NSWC PCD Annual Award winners for 2014 are:

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AWARDS from page 5Team Achievement Award – The Dry Combat Submersible

S301i Test Team exemplified technical rigor and met all customer requirements by effectively completing test planning, hosting, risk mitigation, testing, and test analysis on the leased S301i dry sub-mersible vessel. They teamed very effectively with NSA Panama City Port Operations and Transportation, contractors from Lock-heed-Martin and Submergence Group personnel who operated and logistically supported the S301i vessel, as well as with sponsors, customers and Test Directors from US Special Operations Under-sea Systems and the Naval Special Warfare Group THREE, to con-duct required testing on cost and on schedule. The team includes: Bobby Dixon, Garrett Leavitt, Charles Green, Carley Parker, Rus-sell Shepherd, Ben Schlorholtz, Allison Lewis and Steen Jensen.

Collaboration Excellence Award – Karl Morris, Head of the Mine Warfare Sustainment Division was selected to lead an ef-fort integrating Warfare Center personnel from Panama City, FL and Port Hueneme, CA for the sustainment of the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasures Mission Package. His team baselined the Mission Package sustainment requirements and identified any potential or realized seam areas. They developed a sustainment Concept of Operations which has alleviated any issues, identified cradle-to-grave responsibilities, and has provided demarcation lines for coordination, enabling a smooth transition from acquisi-tion to sustainment.

Collaboration Excellence Award – Kendall Smith collabo-rated across the Warfare Centers to accredit, transition, and go-live with the Configuration Management Professional (CMPro) data-base into the Department of Navy data center. The integration of CMPro within the Navy is the first computer program/database to be transitioned successfully into the Navy’s data center. His efforts have provided the basic groundwork, processes, and procedures for other computer programs and databases to transition into the Navy’s data center and will result in substantial cost savings to the Government as the Systems Commands will be able to leverage CMPro as a Navy Enterprise Solution.

Exceptional Technical Support Award – Jason Ten Broeck is the technical leader of a multi-organizational team that achieved an Authorization-To-Operate certification for the Computational Analysis Facility. This was a significant technical achievement that demanded superior technical competence, personal work ethic, and the ability to meet information assurance, information technol-ogy, and cyber warfare requirements. The Computational Analysis Facility contains over 200 computers, servers, switches, and other network-related equipment for more than 100 users. The Facility provides a technically complex software and simulation develop-ment environment for many major programs. These simulations and operational software applications directly impact the system development of current and future mine countermeasure systems that are critical to our Navy’s ability to achieve unimpeded global access.

Exemplary Leadership Award – Leslie Lugo serves as the Head for the Off-Board Systems Development Branch. Lugo ex-cels at leading, inspiring, encouraging, and developing personnel. She has fostered a positive work environment that challenges and empowers each individual while stressing the importance of diver-sity, differing perspectives and opinions, and including the contri-

butions of all team members towards achieving established goals. As a result of her leadership and mentoring, project personnel have dramatically improved customer satisfaction, receiving letters of appreciation for outstanding support. Additionally, they contrib-uted greatly to the completion of the Remote Minehunting System Reliability Growth Program, which recently earned a Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Award nomination. Ms. Lugo also serves as the Champion for the mentoring program and on the Diversity Council.

Outstanding Fleet Support Award – Peter Keddie is the Tac-tics Lead for the MK 18 MOD 2 Kingfish autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) used by the Navy for mine detection missions. In FY14, he traveled to Bahrain on numerous occasions for tactical and data collection events. He provided detailed Mine Warfare and Environmental Decision Aids Library tactical train-ing to sailors, provided Mine Countermeasures tactical theory and post-mission analysis, collected and analyzed exercise results, and subsequently delivered detailed feedback to both the Fleet and Program Office. This type of work requires a complex un-derstanding of a variety of tactical disciplines. He assisted Fleet forward-deployed leadership in developing theoretical concepts for employing UUVs in an integrated scheme of maneuver in nu-merous real-world scenarios. Feedback from the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, the Program Office, and Mine Countermeasures Squadron FIVE unequivocally rate his perfor-mance as exceptional.

Outstanding Innovation Award – Dave Everhart is Panama City Division’s leading technical expert and mission area advo-cate for the development and sustainment of U.S. Navy sea mining capabilities, and is a true leader of innovation in Littoral Warfare advanced concepts. He has distinguished himself as the Navy’s research and development professional in naval sea mines, lead-ing the transformation of traditional mining capabilities to better meet the warfighter’s demand for affordable autonomous undersea multi-mission payloads. He has successfully led his team in devel-oping, implementing, and verifying innovative solutions that make sea mining more relevant and advantageous in 21st century naval missions. Mr. Everhart has played a critical leadership role in tran-sitioning concepts into successful proposals and programs, which will transform conventional mining into revolutionary Under Sea Warfare effectors providing much greater military utility.

Outstanding Organizational Support Award – Tommy Chat-man has distinguished himself as a highly respected and effective Engineering Liaison Officer through his keen understanding of Navy and the Department of Defense acquisition processes and programs. His service as the Engineering Liaison Officer on key NSWC PCD projects of strategic importance such as the Airborne Laser Mine Detection System, the Remote Minehunting System, Airborne Mine Countermeasures legacy systems life cycle main-tenance, and Diving and Life Support systems was instrumental to the successful award of multiple, very significant, support con-tracts. Additionally, he provided support for Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships customers as well as support for the Navy Experimental Dive Unit. Chatman led the coordination of

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Coastal CompassNaval Surface Warfare Center

Panama City Division

Panama City, FL, 32407-7001

(850) 235-5990 DSN: 436-5990

Commanding Officer

Capt. Phillip Dawson III, USN

Executive Officer

Cmdr. Paul G. Werring Jr.

Division Technical Director

Edwin Stewart (SES)

Office of Corporate Communication

Public Affairs Officer

Jeffrey Prater

Editor and Media Liaison

Dan Broadstreet

Public Affairs Specialist

Jacqui Barker

Coastal Compass is published monthly by NSWC PCD and is an authorized medium for news of gen-eral 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 pro-vided and prepared by the NSWC PCD Office of Corporate Communi-cations. For details about submissions, con-tact NSWC PCD Corporate Commu-nication Editor Dan Broadstreet at (850) 235-5990.

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AWARDS from page 6requirements development for key FY 2014 NSWC PCD contracts. Largely due to his efforts, the NSWC PCD Engineering Li-aison Office has been recognized as a best practice by the Naval Sea Systems Com-mand.

Outstanding Program Success Award – Mr. Chiyan Ng is the Project Manager for the Expeditionary Command and Control Suite project. During fiscal year 2014, Mr. Ng led his team through the design, pro-curement, production, testing, fielding and training of 59 Expeditionary Command and Control Suite Special Compartmented Information Kits, 12 Rapid Response Kits, and 2 Expeditionary Command and Con-trol Suite Consolidated Base Stations. This effort represented an execution of $31M in project funds, on time and on budget. All 59 Expeditionary Command and Control Suite kits and the 12 Rapid Response Kits have been fielded to United States Marine Corps forces across the globe. The Marine Corps sponsor remarked that Mr. Ng’s ef-forts were a “Homerun!” Mr. Ng managed his government and contractor resources, by procuring all materials, conducting re-ceipt inspections, hardware, network, soft-ware integration, functional acceptance testing, shipping, joint inventory, system operation verification acceptance testing and training per a detailed integrated mas-ter schedule and all delivery commitments were met on time.

Technical Excellence Award – In 2014, the Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) conducted an Operational Assess-ment. During the testing, an unprecedented number of failures occurred. As a result, an Engineering Investigation (EI) was initiated to look into these failures. The AMNS EI team quickly identified hypotheses along with statistical testing methods to prove/disprove those hypotheses. They developed a compre-

hensive, rigorous approach and then devel-oped an inclusive cause map that included all other hypotheses to conduct statistical testing and assess the viability of the hypotheses. To refine the hypotheses, the team conducted a detailed analysis of all historical data for the 54 AMNS missions. Software was developed to automatically extract data, which pro-duced detailed information regarding a vari-ety of critical factors. Within three months, the AMNS Engineering Investigation Team completed an extensive evaluation process to identify all premature destructor termination causal factors, analyzed and evaluated these factors, prioritized and identified root causes, and provided recommended corrective ac-tions to Navy leadership. The AMNS Engi-neering Investigation Team members includ-ed: Robert Walker, Dr. Randy Jacobson, Kate Brackett, Rusty Weathers and Tim McCabe.

The Dr. David P. Skinner Award for Outstanding Scientific and Engineering Achievement – Dr. James “Tory” Cobb is recognized for his innovative contributions supporting mine warfare science and technol-ogy. Over the past several years, he has led a research effort to develop seabed models that characterize seafloor environments which use these models to automate the process of labeling seabed regions. Dr. Cobb is recog-nized within the Navy and the international community for his expertise in mine warfare ATR technology.

He has served as a U.S. Navy represen-tative to the NATO Joint Research Program meeting on mine warfare for four years. He has given invited presentations on automated seabed characterization at the University of Missouri, the Naval Post Graduate School and the University of California-San Diego. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering and has authored or co-authored over 30 technical publications. ♦

Building 110 Elevator Unavailable Due to New ReplacementATTENTION Building 110 Employees:The elevator in Building 110 is being replaced. Due to normal wear and tear, it has

reached the end of its service life. The original elevator was installed in 1957.All Building 110 occupants who depend on the elevator will be temporarily relo-

cated to the first floor. Please plan accordingly when scheduling large meetings or conferences.

Building 110’s auditorium and Room 3B15 will not be accessible for those who are unable to climb stairs. Construction is expected to begin in February 2015 and last thru July 2015. During this time the elevator will be out of service.


NSWC PCD Inducts 14 New Members into Inventors SocietyBy Jeff Prater


PANAMA CITY, Fla – Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) inducted 14 employees into the NSWC PCD Inventors Society on Dec. 9, 2014 during the Command’s annual awards ceremony.

The Inventors Society was established in 2010 as a means to recognize employees who have submitted and received patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Society is a one-time induction for a first-time inventor and according to NSWC PCD Patent Program Administrator Brenda Squires, mem-bership acknowledges the individual as an official inventor.

“Membership in this honorary society is limited to those em-ployees who have made and disclosed new inventions of interest to the Navy, and have cooperated in the work necessary to protect the patent rights of the Navy in the invention, thereby demonstrating a high standard of devotion to duty,” said Squires.

Each NSWC PCD employee who is listed as an inventor on a complete invention disclosure submitted to and accepted by the Office of Legal Counsel receives a $400 award. When a patent application is filed with the USPTO, each inventor receives $300. When the application issues as a patent by the USPTO, each inven-tor then receives $500. Aside from monetary gain, each inventor receives a copy of their patent from the USPTO and is recognized at the annual awards ceremony. Also, if it is their first patent, their name is engraved on the Inventors Society plaque, which dates back to 1956, and hangs in the Command’s main building for all employees and visitors to see.

“A patent is a permanent public record of each inventor’s inno-vation and contribution to advancing the technology,” said NSWC PCD Patent Attorney Jim Shepherd. “In addition, the number of patents awarded is a metric frequently used to measure the innova-tion at government research & development facilities.”

In 2014, 13 patents were awarded to NSWC PCD employees. The most patents received during a single year were in 2000 and 2002 when 30 inventions were patented. Since 1956, NSWC Pan-ama City Division has successfully patented over 600 inventions,

including the 13 earned in 2014.“These patents are a great individual achievement, but they

also collectively reflect PCD’s technical excellence and our ability as an organization to be innovative,” said Ed Stewart, Technical Director, NSWC PCD, during the induction ceremony.

The U.S. Navy topped the list of international government agencies on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) annual Patent Power Scorecard for the fourth year in a row with a total of 396 patents, more than twice as many as its nearest U.S. competitor.

The following is a list of NSWC PCD 2014 inventors and pat-ent titles:

• Richard Rikoski – “System and Method for Spatially In-variant Signal Detection”

• Greg Reitmeyer, Felipe Garcia, Robert Woodall – “Mine Clearance System and Method

• Gary Sammelmann – “Reflectivity Maps”• Scott Howell – “Underwater Cable Capture and Pass

Through Device”• Scott Lowery, Bryan Johnson – Subsurface Oscillating

Blade Propeller• Christopher Doyle, Felipe Garcia, Robert Woodall –

“Torque Nut Assembly”• Robert Woodall, Robert Adams – “Thermal Effluent to

Electric Energy Harvesting System”• James Carruth, James Fulton, Chris Bottomy, Tommy Ho-

sea, Mark Black – “Monitor for Pressurized Canisters”• Jason Pappafotis, Daniel Flisek, Dave Robinson – “Sys-

tem for Oil Spill Clean Up and Oil Recovery”• Roger Anderson, Jeremy Hatcher – “RFID-Based Mobile

Vehicle Localization”• Brian Price, Patrick Delay, Mark Welscher – “Land Mine

Simulator”• Dustin Bride, Daniel Coats, Michael Conn, Chris Doyle,

John Gwyn – “Remote Jettison Disconnect System for Mine Roller,” and

• Robert Conner – “Tool for Fastening an Attachment Ele-ment to a Surface” ♦

Command Names New Fiscal Year 2015 Deputy Chief EngineerBy Jacqui Barker


PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Naval Surface Warfare Cen-ter Panama City Division top two leaders welcome Andrew Blair as the Division’s fiscal year (FY) 2015 Deputy Chief Engineer (CHENG).

Technical Director Ed Stewart and Commanding Officer Capt. Phillip E. Dawson III, USN, announced the selection of Andrew Blair as the Command’s new Deputy Chief Engineer (CHENG) on August 22, 2014.

The Deputy CHENG position is a temporary developmental position within Robert Walker, Divi-sion Chief Engineer’s office. Stephen Howell served as the FY14 Deputy CHENG.

Blair’s main focus is to help implement the Techni-cal Director’s strategic vision and to assist in the es-tablishment of core competencies across the base. This position will also serve as an opportunity for Blair to gain a better understanding of our organization’s needs and operations in order to improve his effectiveness once he returns to project work.

“The Deputy CHENG position is a competitive opportunity available to our employees,” said Walker. “Andrew brings with him exceptional qualifications and engineering experience and we look forward to all he will achieve in this next year.”Blair earned a Master of Science in Systems Engineer-

ing from the Naval Postgraduate School in 2011 and recently served as the Systems Engineer on the AN/DVS-1 COBRA program. ♦

Mr. Andrew Blair

By Dan BroadstreetOffice of Corporate Communications

Navy Hosts 65th Annual Children’s Christmas Party


Base employees, including CAC Contractors, form triple lines Dec. 4, 2014 that stretch from the Naval Support Activity Panama City (NSA PC) Marina all the way to the The Main Deck’s parking lot to enjoy a free lunch at the Employee Welfare Association’s Christmas Luncheon. This year’s fare was catered by Shane’s BBQ with the menu including a BBQ pork or chicken sandwich on buns, chips, baked beans, dessert, and tea or water. Hundreds of employees lined up to enjoy a free lunch, Christmas music performed by the St. Andrew’s Baptist Church Choir and even a visit by Santa who an-nounced some great door prizes. (Photo by Dan Broadstreet, NSWC PCD/RELEASED)

PANAMA CITY, Fla.—The Naval Surface Warfare Center Pan-ama City (NSWC PCD) Children’s Christmas Party Committee (CCPC) held its annual 65th Children’s Christmas Party Dec. 10, 2014 treating 102 underprivileged Bay County Children to Christ-mas music, toys, a magic show and a meeting with Santa Claus.

CCPC committee member Carla Blake described the event as a volunteer effort coordinated by Navy personnel comprised of mili-tary and civilians who raise funds and organize the event with local community support – all accomplished ‘off-the-clock.’

“CCPC committee members, NSWC PCD personnel and vol-unteers from various Naval Support Activity Panama City com-mands chip in to organize and coordinate this event and they do so on their own time,” Blake said. “These volunteers are organizing fund raisers and preparing for this annual charitable event on their own time, which means all work associated with this event occurs ‘off-the-clock.”

Blake said all participating military and civilian employees who support this event are doing so simply because they wish to give back to the local community.

“Many of our volunteers also wish to reach out to local commu-nity members, especially because much of Panama City’s residents show such strong support for their local military service men and women,” Blake said.

CCPC Chair Eric Weber said U.S. Navy military and civilian personnel support this event annually on their own time because Bay County’s children-in-need consistently exhibit what he likes

An elementary student sits by Santa to be asked what he wants for Christmas at the 65th annual Children’s Christmas Party (CCP) Dec. 10, 2014 held in the Naval Support Activity Long Glass Conference Center. Students who at-tend are underprivileged children whose families are living at or below poverty levels. Bay County School Guidance counselors work with CCP Committee (CCPC) members to identify children in need. The CCPC and school coun-selors also ask children what gifts they would like to receive for Christmas. CCPC members then try to match each child’s wishlist as closely as pos-sible when shopping for the party. (Photo by Dan Broadstreet, NSWC PCD/RELEASED)

to believe is the truest spirit of the Christmas Holidays.“These children show unparalleled joy and gratitude,” Weber

said. “And it’s not just because they’re getting all these toys and gifts either. You can feel it, especially when they drop a toy, just so they can give you a hug. These children’s smiles show they’re experiencing a Christmas like they may have never had before.” ♦

Employee Welfare Association Christmas Luncheon Held at NSA PC Marina


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Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint publicaton from the November 2014 issue of Sea Technology magazine. Expressed permission has been granted by the publisher of Sea Technology to include this article in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division comand newsletter, the Coastal Compass, December 2014 issue.


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OPSEC: Cyber Criminals Take Advantage of Tragedies and Natural DisastersBy Mike Gillian

OPSEC Program Manager

Advertisers are not the only ones that take advantage of tragedies that tug at the emotions of individuals. Tragedies and Disasters bring about fraudulent social media posts and fake on-line accounts by scammers and hackers attempting to take advantage of the public interest.

As the tragic Ebola epidemic unfolds, ‘click fraud’ as it is known in some circles, is becoming more and more wide-spread as innocent Web surfers are attempting to learn more about Ebola, which has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa and infected at least twice that many, according to the World Health Organization.

Do not be lured by official looking banners, web ads or other unsolicited appeals to provide you with additional infor-

mation about tragic events or disasters.To help protect yourself from popular frauds:• Be aware that email scams and malicious websites

quickly surface when any news story breaks. • To get the information or news you need, use caution

when accessing new sites. • Be aware that attackers try to manipulate search en-

gine results in order to get their malicious pages to the top of your search lists.

• Be very wary of unsolicited email and always be cau-tious in your online activity.

With care and caution, you can help protect yourself from online criminals. Be OPSEC aware and prepared.

Think before you click!Think like the Wolf!


National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Tester of the Year Awards Jan American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) Achievement Awards* NAVSEA Excellence Award (Ind Excellence, Team Excellence, Field Activity Excellence)- Qtr 3 & 4 Jan DoN Acquisition Excellence Awards Jan Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards - DoD Thomas Jefferson Awards* Jan NAVSEA Warfare Center Awards Jan

Name of Award PCD Target Month

December LOS Awards

45 Years Ronald Cambier

35 Years Robert Schoeni

30 Years Timothy Chandler, Jimmy Moore

Harold Suiter

25 Years Bobby Burt, Jalal Hyder

Mona Thornburgh

20 Years Teresa Franklin, Angela Maher

15 Years

Roy Ellis, Travis Fuller

10 Years Dawn Hilty

For award information contact your

Department Awards Coordinator or access the NSWC PCD Awards and Recognition portal..

December 2014

NSWC PCD Awards & Recognition Program Managers may be contacted at 636-6382 / 235-5290

Upcoming Recognition Opportunities

CONGRATULATIONS 2014 CO/TD Annual Award Winners:

Outstanding Team Achievement Dry Combat Submersible S301i Test Team

Exceptional Technical Support Jason Ten Broeck

Collaboration Excellence Karl Morris

Kendall Smith

Dr. David P. Skinner Outstanding Scientific and/or Engineering Achievement

Dr. J. “Tory” Cobb

Exemplary Leadership Leslie Lugo

Outstanding Fleet Support Peter Keddie

Outstanding Innovation David Everhart

Outstanding Organizational Support Tommy Chatman

Outstanding Program Success Chiyan Ng

Technical Excellence AMNS Engineering Investigation Team

Awards & Recognition Bulletin

Highlight Achievements



PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division hosted an Industry Day with defense contract part-ners, November 13, 2014 at Gulf Coast State College (GCSC). This year’s theme was “Innovation for Technical Superiority,” which is in line with the recently released Better Buying Power 3.0.

There were over 120 people in attendance, representing doz-ens of defense contractors. The Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) also participated in the Industry Day. Both commands are part of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). NAVSEA is the largest of the Navy’s five system commands and accounts for one quarter of the Navy’s entire budget. As a Provider Command, it has the responsibility of efficiently directing resource sponsors into the proper mix of manpower and resources to properly equip the fleet.

The Industry Day was designed for small and large business-es currently doing business with or seeking to do business with NSWC PCD and NEDU. Panama City Division performs the sci-entific research and engineering, analysis, and planning support in support of Mine Warfare, Amphibious Warfare, Naval Special Warfare, Diving and Life Support, Underwater Intelligence Sur-veillance and Reconnaissance.

NSWC PCD Commanding Officer, Capt. Phillip Dawson III welcomed the group and in his introductory remarks commented that while business had taken a dip in Fiscal Year 2013 (FY 2013), with the effects of sequestration, it had rebounded in FY 2014 and the command is forecasting an increase for FY 2015. To sum up the year, the command created a Year in Review video to showcase all of the great work.

The agenda for the Summit included presentations by NSWC PCD senior leadership providing: Warfare Area program trends

By Jeff PraterOffice of Corporate Communications

NSWC Panama City Division hosts Industry Day 2014and projections, projected FY 2015 business base and opportuni-ties, latest information technology policies, FY 2014 contract sta-tistics, and trends/hot topics in contracting policies and procedures, as well as individual presentations from the NSWC PCD technical departments.

NSWC PCD’s Chief of the Contracting Office Mary Langfeldt said that, “Our goal is to be transparent and to keep our defense contract partners abreast of our business so that we can all be suc-cessful.”

Langfeldt also discussed NSWC PCD’s commitment to in-creasing competition through less sole source procurement, pre-proposal conferences and allowing for longer bidding periods. More competition would provide better buying power for the tax-payer’s money and is in the best interest of the warfighter.

Positive feedback was given from those in attendance. Mr. Mike Plitman, Vice President/Program Director for SAIC said “It was the best Industry Day yet. The Year in Review video was fan-tastic and made me feel proud to be a part of the team, as Capt. Dawson and Mr. Stewart so graciously mentioned. These events are definitely fostering more competition as intended.”

NSWC PCD Technical Director Ed Stewart wrapped up Indus-try Day by saying, “I appreciate your interest in doing business with us. If you are a current contractor, you can see from our Year in Review video that we are doing great things to help the warf-ighter. So, a big thank you, because we can’t do it without you. For those in the audience who haven’t done business with us, hopefully you can see from the impressive presentations here today that we have a very talented leadership team, and they’ve tried to expose you to the depth and breadth of our business. It spans the entire life cycle and across many different product lines and there is a lot of opportunity for you to make proposals on future work and become part of our team.” ♦

Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Fourteen (HM-14) participated in the VULCANEX Nov. 3-14 in the Gulf of Mexico and were based out of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) in Panama City, Florida. Three MH-53E aircraft, like the one photographed above, and approximately 120 HM-14 personnel participated. VULCANEX is a standard training exercise that is also part of the Helicopter Advance Readiness Program (HARP) during which Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) Weapon Systems Training School (AWSTS) evaluates the Squadron’s pro-ficiency and mission readiness for the AMCM mission. (Photo by Ron Newsome, NSWC PCD/RELEASED)

Helicopter Mine Countermeausres Fourteen Participates in VULCANEX


By Jeff PraterOffice of Corporate Communications

A20 Personnel Plunge to Support Christmas for Kids

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Personnel from Code A20, the Mine War-fare Sustainment Division plunged into the holiday spirit. The di-vision held their fifth annual Dunking Booth Benefit/Division Pic-nic Nov. 6, 2014 to raise funds for the Children’s Christmas Party Committee’s (CCPC) Children’s Christmas Party.

The dunking booth lineup included: Mike Bobroski, Allen Hawkins, Byron Matthews, Rob Coffey, and Dan Summers. Divi-sion members bid prices for the honor of being a dunkee. This year the group, along with Code A42 - Tactics Branch, raised $2,882.47.

Head of the Organic Systems Branch Mary Hulgan said sup-porting funds had been raised.

“This is our second highest total in our fifth year of doing this and only $200 under our highest year,” said Hulgan. “Our employ-ees are extremely generous in addition to being fun loving!”

Head of the Airborne ISEA Branch Allen Hawkins said he was grateful for all the volunteer support.

“I’d like to extend a special thanks to our wonderful cooks and chefs for all the good food and to those good sports for taking — or avoiding — the plunge. I would also like to thank Code A42 for joining us this year. Code A20 has raised $12,096.31 over the past five years,” said Hawkins.

Since 1952, the Navy base has reached out to community chil-dren in need and offered holiday cheer during the annual Chil-dren’s Christmas Party. It is a tradition of Christmas glee provid-ing gifts, stuffed stockings, lunch and music. But the task is not

Mike Bobroski watches Carter Howell as Carter finds there is a more ef-ficient method to dunking than throwing the ball. Madison Dean, daughter of Colee Dean, may have had a hand in that discovery. (Courtesy Photo)

easy and takes a full year of fundraising. This special community outreach effort requires organizing fundraising events, personnel volunteering contributions and the CCPC helping to organize the half-day event; all tasks, which are done voluntarily with many volunteers taking personal leave to support this charitable event every December. The employees of A20 Division are among many volunteers who participate in these tasks to support the command’s tradition of giving to those less fortunate during the Christmas holidays. ♦


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