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DAHLGREN, Va. - Eighty-two individuals and 19 teams were honored with 21 different Navy and Dahlgren Division awards as the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division held its annual honor awards ceremony May 18. "Congratulations to all of our honorary award winners," NSWCDD Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Durant told an audience encompassing military, government civilian, and defense contractors at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren campus. "Thank you for contributing to such a banner year of accomplishments for NSWC Dahlgren Division." The annual ceremony honors the men and women of the NSWCDD workforce who demonstrated exceptional resolve to meet the command's mission objectives in addition to those who significantly impacted the community through volunteer service. "It is also important to recognize our awardees' families and co-workers, who are partners in the career successes we celebrated today," Durant wrote in the Annual Honorary Awards Ceremony program. "To the spouses, children, parents, and friends - thank you for your patience and understanding when long hours and extended travel were necessary." Laura DeSimone - director for acquisition for the Missile Defense Agency and previous NSWCDD employee - spoke to a Dahlgren audience for the first time as a keynote speaker. "I always introduce myself as a Dahlgren engineer first. It definitely See AWARDS, page 2
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DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Durant presents Michael Pompeii with the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award at the NSWCDD Annual Honor Awards ceremony on May 18, 2016. Pompeii was honored for his numerous substantial contributions to Naval Sea Systems Command as Chief Engineer for the NSWCDD Chemical, Biological, and Radiological (CBR) Defense Division. “Mr. Pompeii has provided leadership to CBR Defense equipment designs, influenced CBR Defense policy and shipboard procedures, and increased the Navy’s CBR Defense scientific, engineering, and test capabilities,” according to the citation. “He has challenged the status quo to define more realistic threats and has spearheaded several cost reduction initiatives that simultaneously achieved multi-million dollar savings for the Navy and increased fleet CBR Defense readiness.”
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has been the foundation of my career," said DeSimone. "What I learned at Dahlgren was the role of the civil service. The important role that we play with the [Department of Defense] in the development of weapons, in the concept development of weapons, in the assessment of weapons, in the testing of weapons, and the safe fielding and employment of weapons." As a Dahlgren engineer for 18 years, DeSimone helped carry out NSWCDD's mission to provide research, development, test and evaluation, analysis, systems engineering, integration and certification of complex naval warfare systems related to surface warfare, strategic systems, combat and weapons systems associated with surface warfare. The command also provides system integration and certification for weapons, combat systems and warfare systems and fulfills other responsibilities assigned by the NSWC commander. "I'm watching all of your achievements and contributions from afar," said DeSimone, regarding workforce efforts in support of the command's mission, while pointing out that several awards presented at the ceremony represented achievements in the Missile Defense Agency group. "There are new challenges that face us in cybersecurity; the increased complexity of the integration of systems, and systems of systems; and directed energy weapons," she projected. "I see Dahlgren at the forefront of solving all these problems. You have my extreme admiration for the work that you do now, and the work that you'll continue to do in the future." Families and co-workers watched as awardees were honored at the morning individual awards and afternoon group awards sessions. Navy Superior Civilian Service Award Michael Pompeii received the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award. The honor recognizes employee contributions that are exceptionally high in value, but affect a smaller area than the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award and are more significant than those for which the award of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award is made. The Superior Civilian Service Award may be awarded for contributions that serve as a model for other commands. Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award Ten NSWCDD employees were presented with the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award - Shellie Clift, John Kaelin, John Allwine, Larry Swinford, Todd Fairfax, Charles Lansing, Eric Laxton, Doyle Green, Michael Dossett, and Jerico Slavin.
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DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Durant presents Dohn Burnett with the John Adolphus Dahlgren Award for his years of exceptional technical and organizational leadership of NSWCDD at the command’s Annual Honor Awards ceremony on May 18, 2016. “Mr. Burnett achieved numerous technical milestones throughout his exemplary career, including the integration and installation of the Aegis Baseline 9 combat system, basis cyber capability integration, establishment of the Fast Frigate Program, and the foundation for integration of railgun and laser systems into surface combatants,” according to the citation. The third highest Navy civilian award honors civilian employees supporting the Department of the Navy for meritorious service or contributions resulting in high value or benefits for the Navy or the Marine Corps. It was established to recognize those individuals whose leadership or important contributions to major projects of the Navy have demonstrated outstanding achievement. John Adolphus Dahlgren Award The John Adolphus Dahlgren Award, the command's highest award, was presented to Donald Burnett and Barry Mohle. The Dahlgren Award is named for Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren - who is considered the "Father of Modern Naval Ordnance" - and honors individuals with significant achievement in science, engineering or management. C.J. Rorie Award Fire Controlman 1st Class Lloyd Bartlett received the C.J. Rorie Award, established to recognize military personnel assigned to NSWCDD whose excellence in the performance of their
duties contributed significantly to the effectiveness of the Division's military operation. Dr. James E. Colvard Award Three employees - Kimberley Payne, James Mims, and William Houchins - received the Dr. James E. Colvard Award in recognition of their leadership and substantial contributions to the development of NSWCDD as a technical institution. Bernard Smith Award Two Dahlgren employees - Robert DaSilva and Benjamin Tritt - were recognized with the Bernard Smith Award, established to recognize individuals with exceptional, significant and technical contributions in engineering or science, especially those made in the face of unusual odds or significant opposition. Helen Springer Award Three employees received the Helen Springer Award - Gregory Johnson, Candice Thomas, and Meghan Stoltzfus - which recognizes individuals who have made a notable and significant impact to
business operations at NSWCDD. The award was named in honor of Helen Springer, a former NSWCDD Deputy Human Resources Director who was instrumental in transforming business operations at Dahlgren from a paper-based system to an electronic environment. Walter T. Lewis Acquisition Award Joel Walor received the Walter T. Lewis Acquisition Award in recognition of his demonstration of the key tenets of teamwork, integrity and accountability in the achievement of acquisition excellence in support of the NSWCDD Mission. This award is named in honor of Walter T. Lewis who was the command's first civilian contracting officer with unlimited contracting officer authority, the first small business specialist, the first competition advocate, and the first deputy for procurement serving as the NSWCDD acquisition expert. Leadership Award Four employees - Ronald Flatley, Camille Ward, Traver Sutton, and
Robyn Ryan - were honored with the Leadership Award - established to recognize individuals who have made a notable and significant impact to NSWCDD through their outstanding performance in project leadership, line management or both. Employee Development Award The Employee Development Award was established to recognize those individuals who - through their leadership and commitment - have made exemplary contributions to the development of others. Audrey Lohr, Michael Wehrle, and Dwayne Craft received the award for their impact as role models who created a positive and supportive work environment for continuous employee development, building employee commitment to the organization and its core values, while fostering employee motivation and overall well-being. Commander's Diversity and InSee Honors, page 8
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clusion Award Julie Heflin, James Yee, Tara Lalonde, and Cornealius Flakes, received the Commander's Diversity and Inclusion Award for their continuing contributions in management and leadership while demonstrating commitment to policies and programs that promote equality, diversity and inclusion in the federal workplace. Technology to Warfighter Award Richard Hodge, Paul Brastrom, and David Hurley received the Technology to Warfighter Award for his direct and significant impact on the warfighter by developing needed capability and transitioning it into operations. Dr. Charles J. Cohen Award of Excellence for Science and Technology
Two employees - David Marchette and David Hubble - received the Dr. Charles J. Cohen Award of Excellence for Science and Technology. The award recognizes those who fundamentally impact science or technology with work that also measurably impacts capability. NSWCDD Award of Excellence for Analysis The NSWCDD Award of Excellence for Analysis is newly established to recognize individuals who have made a notable and significant impact to NSWCDD through their outstanding performance in analysis - warfare, design, engineering, modeling and simulation. Five employees - Rolando Pancotti, William Kenney, Kelley Weiland, Jang Park, and Jonathan Brown received this award for performance or achievements that are exceptional in nature and have resulted in a significant organizational contribution. NSWCDD Award of Excellence for Software Engineering and In-
tegration The NSWCDD Award of Excellence for Software Engineering and Integration was established to recognize individuals who have made a notable and significant impact to NSWCDD through their outstanding performance in Software Engineering & Integration. Six employees - Hunter Delano, Jason Field, Aaron Cox, Teresa Berra, Larry Fontenot, and Jonathan Higgins - received this award which honors individuals with performance or achievements that are exceptional in nature and have resulted in a significant organizational contribution. NSWCDD Award of Excellence for Systems Engineering and Integration The Award of Excellence for Systems Engineering and Integration was established to recognize individuals who have made a notable and significant impact to NSWCDD through their outstanding performance in systems engineering and
integration. Franklin Sharer, Jennifer Roames, Kenneth Wallace, Donald Engel, and Michael Blum were honored this year for performance or achievements that are exceptional in nature, resulting in a significant organizational contribution. NSWCDD Award of Excellence for Test and Evaluation The NSWCDD Award of Excellence for Test & Evaluation was established to recognize individuals who have made a notable and significant impact to NSWCDD through their outstanding performance in Test and Evaluation, the collection, analysis, and assessment of data to characterize and/or measure the performance of a component, system, platform, or mission. Six employees - Dawn Semich, Michael Slocum, Traci Walder, Janice Sullivan, Jamie Kempf, and Michael Jacovelli - received this award which recognizes individuals with performance or achievements that
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are exceptional in nature and have resulted in a significant organizational contribution. Paul J. Martini Award Thirteen employees received the Paul J. Martini Award - established to recognize individuals who demonstrated excellence in an administrative or other support function. The award is named in honor of Paul J. Martini, who was head of the Engineering Support Directorate of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory from November 1951 to December 1973. Receiving the award were: Amy Dunaway, Amy Hennessey, Kimberly Carter, James Doerr, Alisa Dyson, Danniele Hawkins, Amy Settle, Suzanne Stuczynski, Mitchel Laubach, Shannon Layton, Stacey Woodard, Bridget Polan, and Natalie Allard. Distinguished Community Service Award Stephen Hagewood, Patrick Cantwell, Michael Young, Rebecca See Ceremony, page 8
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Banks, Larry Mangold, and Joseph Stefonowich received the Distinguished Community Service Award in recognition of their significant contributions to communities through volunteer service. In-house Laboratory Independent Research Excellence Award Pearl Rayms-Keller and Kevin Boulais received the In-house Laboratory Independent Research Excellence Award which is granted to an individual or group whose research results exhibit outstanding technical or scientific merit - relevant to the mission and thrusts of NSWCDD. Group Achievement Awards Twelve groups of NSWCDD employees received the Award of Merit for Group Achievement; seven groups received the Technology to Warfighter Award for their accomplishments during 2015. The group awards are intended to promote the spirit of teamwork among employees and recognize group effort where cooperation has contributed to the success of the group. The following groups received the Award of Merit for Group Achievement: * AEGIS Ashore Romania E3 Team * AEGIS Baseline 9 Team * Combat System Power System Interface in Support of Electric Weapons Team * CV MV-22 Weaponization Trade Study and Mission Technical Baseline Team * Explosives Safety Group * Hypervelocity Projectile Aerothermal Team * Joint Biological Agent Decontamination System Team * Littoral Combat Ship Cybersecurity Team * Navy Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Defense Acquisition Team * R23 Distributed Training Branch - Joint Information Operations Range * Targeting Message Media Maker
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DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Durant presents Barry Mohle with the John Adolphus Dahlgren Award for sustained leadership and technical excellence across the test and evaluation community at the NSWCDD Annual Honor Awards ceremony on May 18, 2016. “Mr. Mohle’s commitment to implementation of robust business practices, technological advances and workforce development ensures the continued excellence of our test and evaluation workforce’s contributions to the Navy,” according to the citation.
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Admiral Honors Navy Scientist for BMP Leadership WASHINGTON (June 10, 2016) - A U.S. Navy scientist impacting the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program since 1978 was honored with the Navy Strategic Systems Programs Director's Award, Navy officials announced. SSP Director Vice Adm. Terry Benedict presented the award to Kim Payne, a senior Strategic Systems Division manager, before her civilian Navy colleagues and leadership at the SSP Steering Task Group meeting held in the Washington Navy Yard. "I was pleasantly surprised when I received the phone call from Vice Admiral Benedict, SSP director, informing me that I was one of two recipients of the 2016 SSP Director's Award," said Payne, who is based at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. "Any recognition I am fortunate to receive is a direct reflection of many others - the team that supports me at Dahlgren and throughout Strategic Systems Programs." The NSWCDD Strategic Systems Analysis & Assurance Division head and her team's efforts directly support the United States sea-based strategic deterrent. In the award citation, Benedict recognized Payne's achievements as "fundamental to providing credible and affordable sea-based strategic missile systems". As a co-op student in 1978, Payne began supporting the FBM Program. Now, she leads and directs an organization of 125 scientists and engineers engaged in software and system engineering for the TRIDENT II Fleet Ballistic Missile Program. "These efforts have directly contributed to the FBM Program and successful SSGN [Ohio-class guided-missile submarine] conversion software initiatives," said Benedict in the citation summarizing Payne's accomplishments. SSP develops and deploys the nation's Sea-Based Strategic Weapons Systems. The program directs the end-to-end effort of the Navy's Strategic Weapons Systems including training, systems, equipment, facilities and personnel; and fulfills the terms of the U.S.-UK Polaris sales agreement.
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WASHINGTON (June 2, 2016) Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) Director Vice Adm. Terry Benedict presents the SSP Director’s Award to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) senior scientist Kim Payne for leadership impacting the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program. Payne was honored for her expertise in fire control software and targeting models as well as quality assurance methodology enhancements to improve Fleet Ballistic Missile deployed software product effectiveness and efficiency. Benedict said her efforts, “directly contributed to the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program and successful SSGN (Ohio-class guided-missile submarine) conversion software initiatives.” In the citation, Benedict states that Payne was awarded, "in appreciation of your contribution to the U.S. Navy Fleet Ballistic Missile Program, including your expertise in fire control software and targeting models as well as your quality assurance methodology enhancements to improve FBM deployed software product effectiveness and See Leadership, page 8
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Officials recognize contributions of Asian sailors John Joyce NSWC Dahlgren Division Corporate Communications DAHLGREN, Va. – Matthew Swartz recounted the day his brother signed up at the Virginia Army National Guard unit in Fredericksburg, Va., shortly after 9/11. “He was out of the Army for 10 years and just had his second daughter, less than a year old,” said Swartz. “He had a very stable job as a police officer, and his first daughter was about to graduate from high school.” Swartz – the Executive Director and Command Information Officer for U.S. Fleet Cyber Command – was speaking to his audience at the Naval Support Facility Dahlgren base theater about the 2016 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month’s national theme: "Walk Together, Embrace Differences, Build Legacies." “You can imagine the conversation in his household with his wife when he told her that he was departing for Iraq in less than a month – after making that decision without talking to her,” said Swartz. “Who would do that?” he questioned, as military members, government civilians, and defense contractors listened to the keynote speaker at the May 24 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division-sponsored event. “I think a lot of the culture and attributes that my mother instilled in him in terms of hard work,” explains who would do that, said Swartz. “They
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efficiency." The SSP director recognizes personal contributions - extraordinary in value to the success of the FBM Strategic Weapons System, of no more than two awardees annually. The nominees can be military or government employees who have not had the opportunity to serve in high visibility positions. Their work must be considered significant and important to the FBM Program. "I have always been proud to say that I'm part of this program," said Payne, who has supported the FBM Program for more than 37 years. "We have a strong work family that understands the criticality of delivering quality products to the end users. Their dedication has made my job easier and I consider myself very privileged to work with the incredible professionals that are the foundation of the Fleet Ballistic
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DAHLGREN, Va. - Matthew Swartz – U.S. Fleet Cyber Command Executive Director and Command Information Officer – talks to the audience at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren about the 2016 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month’s national theme: “Walk Together, Embrace Differences, Build Legacies.” Swartz weaved personal stories about growing up at the Dahlgren naval base into his keynote speech. ““In those journeys I used to take with her, I learned from her differences to the point where I finally got comfortable with our differences and started to embrace them,” said Swartz about long walks he would have with his mother and his differences as an American with Japanese ethnicity. “I no longer tried to hide them, which was interesting.”
Missile Program." This highly specialized Navy Strategic Systems Programs workforce is composed of military and civilian, scientific, engineering, and professional personnel who work closely with private contractors and consultants. The Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Program at NSWCDD has a 61-year history of providing a credible sea-based strategic deterrent. Submarine-launched ballistic missiles have been an integral part of the strategic deterrent for six generations, starting in 1956 with the FBM Polaris (A1) program. Since then, SLBM evolved through Polaris (A2), Polaris (A3), Poseidon (C3) Trident I (C4) and today's force of Trident II (D5). Each generation has been continuously deployed at sea as a survivable retaliatory force and has been routinely operationally tested and evaluated to maintain confidence and credibility in the deterrent. Trident II (D5) was first deployed in 1990 and is planned to be de-
ployed past 2020. The Trident II (D5) missile is also provided to the United Kingdom which equips the missile with UK warheads and deploys the missile on Vanguard Class UK submarines. Payne and her team are responsible for the quality assurance of
all SLBM products developed at NSWCDD prior to their delivery to U.S. and UK FBM submarine fleets in addition to U.S. Strategic Command and Command Task Force groups. NSWCDD designs, develops, tests and maintains the SLBM
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trained you to do a job, you’re expected to do the job, and you’re expected to do the best you can.” Moreover, Swartz recalled the day his brother deployed as a member of the 29th Infantry Division out of Mary Washington College with a combat badge on his shoulder. “None of the 29ers had it,” said Swartz who quoted his brother’s comment: “There’s not a single guy there wearing a [combat infantry badge]. How can I be from this town with this training and let that unit go forward without me?” Swartz considered the story as an example of “walking together” – the first component of an AAPI Heritage Month theme that defined the struggles Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders faced and overcame in a process that was not always favorable. “I take a lot of pride in what he’s contributed and provided,” said Swartz. “It’s one reason that I continue to do what I do in the Navy as a civilian. It’s the sense of commitment and I think that’s why we are all here. It’s because we are committed to the mission. We are committed to what we do every day and we want to do it the best we can, whether we are wearing a uniform or whether we are wearing a suit. And you have to embrace those differences. I think those differences are what inspired him to do what he does.” This year's three imperatives – walk together, embrace differences, and build legacies – serve to promote equal representation and to remove See Sailors, page 8
weapons control and mission planning software, provides expertise in reentry systems structural, material, aerothermal, and flight mechanics, in addition to performing system level testing and analysis of strategic, test and training targeting data.
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Col. Young-Oak Kim. In 1951, Kim was the First Asian-American to lead a combat battalion in a war. Kim is also the only KoreanAmerican to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions at the Battle of Anzio during World War II. Kim, having reenlisted and promoted to major, became the first ethnic minority to command a regular combat battalion, the first of the 31st Infantry.
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barriers in developing diverse leaders, acknowledging the challenges that still exist today. “It’s an exciting time for me to celebrate our heritage and talk to you about the contributions of the [AAPI] members that are part of our Navy team today, but also those who came before us, recognizing the contributions that they provided,” said Swartz. “This is an opportunity for me. I am of Japanese heritage. My mother was first generation Japanese. She married an American G.I. during the Vietnam War while he was stationed in Japan, and eventually found herself coming to the United States.” Swartz reminisced about growing up on the Dahlgren naval base while his father worked as a government employee. The stories clearly credit his mother and her diversity with shaping him to be who he is today. “If you walk together, embrace differences, embrace each other, and take what you have from each other to do the best that you can as a col-
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said Swartz. “You don’t have to try to build it. I take a lot of pride in my family legacy. We have a pretty robust military background, military heritage and commitment to service. That’s a legacy that we built as a family. If you can find a legacy that you will take pride in or that you’re going to own, I think you will achieve that, and you’re going to get an inspiration in that.” Swartz managed to simultaneously work full-time in a factory and parttime at a bank holding company while drilling as an active Army reservist and attending Mary Washington College where he earned his bachelor’s degree. He went on to earn master of science degrees from the University of Virginia and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces National Defense University. “I think the traits of hard work and dedication will enable you to find out your path and help provide the things you need,” said the cyber command senior executive. “So that’s walking together – what you need to do.” He mentioned another personal example of walking together. “In those journeys I used to take with her, I learned from her differences to the point where I finally got comfortable with our differences and started to embrace them,” said Swartz about long walks he would have with his mother and his differences as an American with Japanese ethnicity. “I no longer tried to hide them, which was interesting.” Swartz and NSWCDD Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Durant reviewed examples of Asian American and Pacific Islander lives and legacies that are bigger than the individual legacy. “I want to pay homage to the folks
who came before us. It’s important to understand who paved the way for us,” said Swartz, recalling legacies of Asian American and Pacific Islanders, including Florence Smith Finch, Col. Young-Oak Kim, and U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye. •Florence Smith Finch, the daughter of an American soldier and a Filipino mother, who was working for the U.S. Army during World War II when the Japanese occupied the Philippines. Claiming Filipino citizenship, she avoided being imprisoned with other enemy nationals at Santo Tomas Internment. She joined the underground resistance movement and smuggled food, medicine and supplies to American captives. Eventually, she was arrested by the Japanese, tortured, and sentenced to three years imprisonment. After serving five months of her sentence, Finch was liberated by American forces. Returning to the United States aboard a Coast Guard transport, she headed for Buffalo, N.Y., her father's hometown. She then enlisted in the Coast Guard to “avenge the death of her late husband,” a Navy PT boat crewman killed at Corregidor. Seaman First Class Finch was the first U.S Coast Guard Women's Reserve member to receive the Asian-Pacific Campaign ribbon in recognition of her service in the Philippines. At the end of the war, she was awarded the civilian U.S. Medal of Freedom. •Col. Young-Oak Kim. In 1951, Kim was the First Asian-American to lead a combat battalion in a war. Kim is also the only Korean-American to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions at the Battle of Anzio during World War II. Kim, having re-enlisted and promoted to major, became the first ethnic minority to command a regular combat battalion, the 1st of the 31st Infantry. When then2nd Lt. Young Oak Kim reported for duty at Camp Shelby, Miss., in February 1943, the commander of the 100th Battalion (Separate), Lt. Col. Farrant Turner, offered him an immediate transfer because "Koreans and Japanese don't always get along." Kim refused on the spot: "You're wrong. They're Americans, I'm American, and we're going to fight for America." The young Korean-American lieutenant was being both patriotic and pragmatic. Born in 1919 in downtown Los Angeles; amid Japanese, Chinese, Mexican and Jewish immigrants, Kim knew his opportunities for advance-
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ment would be limited in a "white man's army." "If I wasn't with the 100th," Kim recalled many years later, "I would be a PR [Public Relations] officer or have some insignificant duty someplace else, because nobody was going to let me, as an Asian, command regular troops." •Sen. Daniel K. Inouye. In 2000, he was the first Japanese-American and only second recipient to receive both the Medal of Freedom and the Medal of Honor. Inouye is also the first Japanese-American to serve in Congress. On Dec. 7, 1941, the fateful day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 17-year-old Inouye was one of the first Americans to handle civilian casualties in the Pacific war. During World War II, Inouye served in the U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Composed of Soldiers of Japanese ancestry, the 442nd became one of the most decorated military units in U.S. history. For his combat heroism, which cost him his right arm, Inouye was awarded the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart with Cluster. He practiced law in Hawaii before entering territorial politics in 1954. When Hawaii became the 50th state, Inouye was one of its first representatives in the U.S. Congress. He won an election to the U.S. Senate in 1962. Inouye served as the Senate's president pro tempore from 2010 until his death in 2012. In 2013, Inouye was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, becoming the first senator to receive both the Medal of Freedom and the Medal of Honor. “Asian American and Pacific Islanders have been serving honorably in the United States Military since the War of 1812,” said Durant. “The first Asian American Pacific Islander to reach general officer rank was Brig. Gen. Albert Lyman, who was ethnic Hawaiian. He was the commanding general of the 32nd Army Division that fought in the Leyte campaigns in the Philippines in World War II. The highest ranked Asian American Pacific Islander in the military was Eric Shinseki, recently former fourstar general and Army chief of staff.” Durant also recalled legacies of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Susan Ahn Cuddy, Major Kurt ChewEen, and Rear Adm. (Gordon Pai’ea) Chung-Hoon. •Susan Ahn Cuddy joined the Navy in 1942 after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. She was the first AsianAmerican woman to join the U.S. Navy and became the first female to operate flexible-mount or turretmounted machine guns on an aircraft in the Navy. She left the Navy in 1946 at the rank of lieutenant. Even in her elder years, Susan remained active, speaking at Navy functions and Korean American community events. She died at her home June 24, 2015 at aged 100 in Northridge, California.
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EPIC idea propels Dahlgren group to top award John Joyce NSWC Dahlgren Division Corporate Communications WASHINGTON – It was a day of epic proportions for the U.S. Navy civilian scientists and engineers who are developing a new “EPIC” engine technology. Naval Sea System Command leadership – NAVSEA Commander Vice Adm. William Hilarides and NAVSEA Executive Director Bill Deligne – believe in its potential to transform the Navy surface and undersea vehicle operations. That’s why they presented the 2016 NAVSEA Commander’s Innovation Award to the team of engineers for their work on the breakthrough technology at a Washington Navy Yard ceremony held April 26. Hilarides and his predecessors annually honor NAVSEA innovators with the Commanders Award for Innovation that challenges assumptions and requirements while eliminating the bureaucratic processes preventing great ideas from being implemented. The team developing the Extreme Power Internal Combustion engine overcame the assumptions, obstacles and bureaucracy to turn an idea into a patented engine technology designed to transform vehicle and equipment operations throughout the U.S. Navy in the not so distant future. “Our team has the initiative, drive, creativity, ingenuity, and experience to bring this game-changing, mission transformational technology to reality,” said Greg Buchanan, the inventor of EPIC. “Combined with the rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, and innovation design capabilities of the collaborating warfare centers, we will bring this engine’s decisive advantage to the warfighter.” Buchanan and one of the EPIC developers, Vince Vendetti – both Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division engineers – were also recognized for the innovation at the NSWCDD annual honor awards ceremony, May 18. “We were shocked and excited to learn of the award,” said Buchanan, who collaborates on EPIC with his team of engineers and scientists from NSWC Panama City; NSWC Philadelphia; Office of Naval Research Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Combating Terrorism Department; and NSWCDD in Dahlgren Va., which includes Combat Direction Systems Activity, Dam Neck in Virginia Beach. “To us, innovation is our way of doing business for the Navy,” said Buchanan. “If we are to stay ahead of the designs of our enemies, we can’t worry about what can’t be done and
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WASHINGTON -Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Philadelphia Division engineer Justin Halls - standing via live video in lower left screen - joins NSWC Dahlgren Division engineers Greg Buchanan and Vince Vendetti at a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) ceremony held in the Washington Navy Yard, April 26. NAVSEA Commander Vice Adm. William Hilarides and NAVSEA Executive Director Bill Deligne honored the engineers with the 2016 NAVSEA Commander’s Innovation Award for their work on a new innovation called the Extreme Power Internal Combustion (EPIC) engine. “Our team has the initiative, drive, creativity, ingenuity, and experience to bring this game-changing, mission transformational technology to reality,” said Buchanan. “Combined with the rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, and innovation design capabilities of the collaborating warfare centers, we will bring this engine’s decisive advantage to the warfighter.” Standing left to right are Hilarides, Halls, Buchanan, Vendetti, and Deligne. collaborate to figure out ways to get plant that enables a transformation Moreover, the EPIC engine would factor to power electric weapons. it done. Our enemies are nimble and of the amphibious assault mission. fill the current power gap by pro“Building on NSWC Dahlgren’s unconventional – we must be also.” “An amphibious combat vehicle ducing high power and torque in a history of successful U.S. Marine EPIC began when Buchanan featuring the efficient, high-power small, lightweight, and fuel-efficient Corps vehicle integration work, pondered a pressing question: How EPIC engine would meet all chal- package. Preliminary calculations Dahlgren could enable the amdoes the U.S. Navy and Marine lenges and outmaneuver future indicate the EPIC cycle engine could phibious combat vehicle program to Corps outmaneuver future rivals in rivals to truly transform amphibi- produce a power-to-weight ratio ex- achieve its challenging power goals, amphibious operations and assault ous assault missions,” Vendetti ex- ceeding that of conventional diesel highlight its development skills, and missions? plained in a Naval Innovative Sci- engines by a factor of 10 and turbo- promote its expertise in additive There are points that must be ence and Engineering White Paper. shaft engines by a factor of two. manufacturing,” said Vendetti. considered before answering the EPIC enables the outmaneuver“The EPIC engine will accomplish question. ing by increasing agility with ac- its high power density with low For starters, modern assault mis- celeration, speed, payload, climb, emission temperatures and volume sions are increasingly complex. An and muscle, expanding operations of emissions to improve stealth,” armored vehicle must be effective with range, endurance, and logistics Buchanan stated. “The engine will in combat under increasing enemy to provide a mission transformation provide excellent power variation, firepower, while maintaining ma- for amphibious combat vehicle am- along with cylinder selection and neuverability and range. Abram phibious operations. low fuel consumption. With the tank designers tried to overcome “The EPIC engine will power ability to stack rotors, its scalablethis challenge via a turbo-shaft heavily armored amphibious com- cylindrical shape, and built-in hyengine, however, the turbine’s fuel bat vehicles to shore at high speed brid electric power or fluid pumping consumption limits the effectiveness in minimal time from the increased capability, the EPIC engine can be DAHLGREN, Va. - The Naval of that solution. standoff distances of U.S. Navy’s am- tailored for a variety of applications Surface Warfare Center DahlSecondly, the next generation am- phibious ships,” Vendetti projected. within the amphibious combat vegren Division (NSWCDD) will phibious assault vehicle – faced with “Once ashore, the engine drives the hicle system.” conduct testing from Monday, the need to float and traverse miles of amphibious combat vehicle far inThis early development work is June 20, to Friday, June 24, rough seas – must overcome difficult land, conserving fuel by using only aligned with NSWCDD’s core thrust between the hours of 8 a.m. challenges at sea. The expeditionary the cylinders necessary to optimize to design, develop, test, and evaluand 5 p.m. that may produce fighting vehicle attempted to meet combat effectiveness. The engine’s ate technology for integration into loud noise in communities these challenges using a heavy diesel reduced weight, size, and fuel re- Navy and expeditionary warfighting surrounding Naval Support engine, with limited success. quirements afford the amphibious platforms. EPIC also aligns with the Facility Dahlgren. Buchanan’s solution: Develop a craft increased maneuverability and command’s electric weapons thrust Call (540) 653-8153. high-power, low-weight, compact, payload to battle through the com- to provide high electrical power stealthy and fuel-efficient power plexities of future assault missions.” generation in a greatly reduced form
Testing may produce noise June 20-24