Defense News in Brief: Trailblazers: NIWC Atlantic Logistics Leader Enables Innovation through Collaboration

Source: United States Navy

‘Trailblazers’ is a four-part feature series celebrating the incredible innovation and highly technical accomplishments of Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic’s female workforce. During this special Women’s History Month tribute, readers are encouraged to learn from the personal experiences of those spotlighted and the unique ways their contributions are blazing new trails for future generations to come. This story is the first installment of NIWC Atlantic’s Trailblazers Campaign.

Defense News in Brief: “Find your Passion and it will Rarely Feel like Work”

Source: United States Navy

“I hope she understands hard work and dedication can be rewarding and you can have an amazing career and be a wife and a mother,” says Commander Alana Huber when asked about what she hopes young women see when they look at her 22 years of service and accomplishments in the United States Navy. “Find your passion and it will rarely feel like work.”

Defense News in Brief: VP-46 Coordinated Operations in the Black Sea

Source: United States Navy

Operating alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) and USS Porter (DDG-78), two Turkish frigates, the TCG Orucreis (F-245) and TCG Turgutreis (F-241), and two Turkish F-16 fighters, the Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 “Grey Knights,” participated in their first joint air and maritime training mission in the Black Sea. These operations with Turkish naval forces serve to fortify the importance and unique benefit of the maritime alliance with our NATO partners.