www.flagshipnews.com | The Flagship | Section 1 | Thursday, May 18, 2023
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IN THIS ISSUE
Newest group of IW WTIs head to the Fleet! On April 13, Naval Information Warfighting Development Center (NIWDC), held a patching ceremony and designated 28 Information Warfare (IW) Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTI) in its tenth iteration of IW WTIs classes. Page A4 VOL. 31, NO. 18, Norfolk, VA | flagshipnews.com
May 18-May 24, 2023
GROTON, Connecticut (May 3, 2023) – The first-in-class USS Virginia (SSN 774) gets underway during routine operations at Naval Submarine New London in Groton, Connecticut, May 3, 2023. Virginia operates under Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) FOUR, whose primary mission is to provide fast-attack submarines that are ready, willing, and able to meet the unique challenges of undersea combat and deployed operations in unforgiving environments across the globe. (U.S. NAVY PHOTOS BY CHIEF PETTY OFFICER JOSHUA KARSTEN)
SUBLANT Completes Exercise Agile Player 23 By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cameron Stoner NORFOLK, Va. — Multiple submarines under Submarine Force Atlantic’s (SUBLANT) organizational structure participated in Exercise Agile Player 2023 (AP23). Multiple submarines under Submarine Force Atlantic’s (SUBLANT) organizational structure participated in Exercise Agile Player 2023 (AP23). AP23 is a training exercise to assess warfighting readiness and build capacity for the joint force. Submarines from Norfolk, Virginia; Kings Bay, Georgia; Groton, Connecticut and Port Everglades, Florida deployed on short notice to demonstrate the capability, flexibility and lethality of the Submarine Force. “Our Submarine Force warriors are the most lethal force in the world and exercises like Agile Player ensure they continue to be prepared to respond to any range of missions they may encounter in support of national security,” said Vice Adm. William Houston, Commander, Submarine Forces. “The exercise also provides our Force the opportunity to improve our current doctrine, test new capabilities, and evolve our tactics to ensure the Navy’s undersea superiority over strategic competitors.”
GROTON, Connecticut (May 3, 2023) – The first-in-class USS Virginia (SSN 774) transits the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut, May 3, 2023.
AP23 increases the ability of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platforms to respond rapidly in any high-intensity environment from both coasts with increased vigor and effectiveness. “The Submarine Force continually holds
exercises to ensure the undersea forces are ready to safely and efficiently conduct global combat operations on short notice,” said SUBLANT’s Director for Plans, Policy and International Engagement, Capt. Daniel Packer. “While our Sailors remain
the foundation of our Force, they are equipped with and operate systems which are unmatched in their effectiveness, lethality and flexibility. These capabilities combined with our Sailors’ knowledge from years of training and experience creates a Force that is incomparable and essential to deterring conflict.” The Submarine Force continually holds exercises to ensure the undersea forces are ready to safely and efficiently conduct global combat operations on short notice. AP23 highlights the Submarine Force’s ability to remain at a high state of readiness necessary to deliver a full range of undersea lethal effects when assigned global tasking in support of national security. Submarine Forces execute the Department of the Navy’s mission in and from the undersea domain. In addition to lending added capacity to naval forces, Submarine Forces, in particular, are expected to leverage those special advantages that come with undersea concealment to permit operational, deterrent and combat effects that the Navy and the nation could not otherwise achieve. Submarine Forces and supporting organizations constitute the primary undersea arm of the Navy. Submarines and their crews remain the tip of the undersea spear.
MARMC’s STEM Team participates at Joint Base Langley-Eustis’s Air Power Over Hampton Roads event By Emily Casavant HAMPTON, Va. — Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) STEM team hosted a Science Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) exhibit during Joint Base Langley-Eustis’s (JBLE) “Air Power Over Hampton Roads” event May 5-7. The event, which includes static displays, food and activities, is a three-day long air show with the first day being a STEM day reserved for Hampton Roads area students and JBLE families. “We are a military environment and every military environment has a lot of engineering elements in it,” said Arvin Persaud, coordinator for MARMC’s STEM team and a mechanical engineering technician in MARMC’s Production Research and Planning Division. “The kids of Hampton road’s parents are part of that environment so, with this, they can see what their own future may look like.” The goal of STEM programs is to motivate and inspire young people to generate new technologies and ideas. The MARMC STEM team spends over 250 days a year traveling to schools, competitions and hosting STEM events in the Hampton Roads area. “Playing with the robots was cool when I was a kid, and once I actually got into it, it was more than that,” said Ivy Bonham, a sophomore at Maury High School in Norfolk
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and MARMC’s youngest STEM team member. “It’s fun and it’s a learning experience where we get to do a lot of new things.” Earlier this year, MARMC’s STEM students won the Gold Award for robotics following their participation in STEM competitions. This recognition earned MARMC’s STEM team an invitation to set up an exhibit during JBLE’s air show- a first in the history of the event. “My favorite part of this is seeing the excitement on kid’s faces when they see some new technology,” said Persaud. “Sometimes they ask questions that, as adults, we may not even think about.” This year’s “Air Power Over Hampton Roads” STEM day welcomed 22,000 students from over 40 schools and 30 homeschools. The next two days of the event were open to the public with continued participation from the STEM teams. “This is important because it gives younger kids new experiences,” said Bonham. “They get to do stuff they wouldn’t get to normally do like soldering or drilling or putting things together.” “The program is going to spark something in these kids,” said Persaud. “Kids like playing video games. We are going to teach them to make their own controllers.” To volunteer on MARMC’s STEM team or request them to come to your school, contact Arvin Persaud at Arvin.v.persaud.
(HAMPTON, VA) Volunteers with Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) team show students how to use aquatic robots during the“Air Power Over Hampton Roads”air show at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE), May 05, 2023. The STEM day welcomed 20,000 Hampton Roads area students from 40 schools and 30 home schools. (PHOTO BY EMILY CASAVANT)
civ@us.navy.mil MARMC, a field activity under Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), provides surface ship maintenance, management
and oversight of private sector maintenance and fleet technical assistance to ships in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Petty Officer First Class shares education journey, encourages Sailors to utilize education benefits A Sailor stationed at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads is sharing his off-duty education journey, and advising Sailors to take advantage of Tuition Assistance (TA) and other opportunities as soon as they are eligible. Page A4
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