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Tidewater Times November 2019 Newsletter ASNE Tidewater “Quick Look” Date Upcoming Event Page Nov. 20, 2019 Dinner/Meeting (Guest Speaker: Stephanie Douglas, Director, 3 Industrial Operations (SEA 04) Nov. 25, 2019 Tour of M80 STILETTO at JEB Little Creek 6 Dec. 18, 2019 Dinner/Meeting (Guest Speaker: Rear Admiral Tom Anderson, SEA-21 / CNRM) Jan. 22, 2020 Dinner/Meeting (Speaker TBD) Feb. 19, 2020 Dinner/Meeting (Guest Speaker: Vice Admiral Dave Lewis, DCMA) ASNE Tidewater Featured Articles / News Article / News Item Page November Dinner/Meeting Program . 3 October Dinner/Meeting Program Recap . 4 Calling All Members! . 5 ASNE Tidewater Special Events . 6 Scholarship Named for RADM Dave Donohue . 7 FMMS 2020 - Virginia Beach, VA . 8 USS THRESHER Memorial Ceremony . 9 NEJ Now Digital . 10 ASNE 2020 Events Vision . 11 Our ASNE Tidewater monthly dinner/ Future Program Dates meeting programs are in full swing! December 18 2019 5:30 - 6:00 PM Registration / Social January 22 2020 (4th Wed) 6:00 - 7:00 PM Dinner February 19 2020 7:00 - 8:00 PM Program March 18 2020 April 15 2020 May (TBD) 2020 (Social) 1 Tidewater Times Nov 2019 Chair’s Letter to the Membership SECTION OFFICERS Greetings Naval Engineering Professionals and Friends, Pamela Schools - Chair 572-7839 // [email protected] What a great World Series we had the opportunity to experience. Andy Vasquez - Vice Chair Go Nats! Even after watching every game in the series, I still do 434-8223 // [email protected] not know a great deal about baseball, but it has been exciting to watch the games and the fans. It was great to see what the power Joyce Tucker - Treasurer of competition can do for a team, city and a nation. More 897-2796 // [email protected] importantly, the National’s motto of Finish the Fight aligns with what we have in front of us in the Naval Engineering Community. Andi McCusker - Secretary 630-4173 // [email protected] As RDML Greene mentioned earlier this month, we are SECTION COMMITTEES all a part of another great power competition in the world. Our neighborhood here in Hampton Roads is a cornerstone in the David Jarvis - Announcements/Newsletter 636-1661 // [email protected] Navy’s maintenance and modernization plan to win that great power competition through a ready and relevant fleet! We are all Charlie Pfeifer - FMMS 2020 a part of this race and the Navy depends on us and our many years 424-2013 // [email protected] of Naval Engineering experience, ingenuity and enthusiasm to put our fleet into a winning position. We are a great community -- and Jessica Galassie - FMMS 2020 in baseball parlance -- able to catch a foul ball using no hands, 297-2295 // [email protected] smacking home runs and closing it out in the 9th inning for a win. Dave Zilber - MegaRust We support each other through completing complex overhauls, 266-2193 // [email protected] delivering the most ready and relevant warships back to the fleet. We Finish the Fight! Jamie Ray - Membership Chair 472-2590 // [email protected] Please join us as we tour one of industry’s newest vessels, Andi McCusker - Newsletter the M80 STILETTO at Joint Expeditionary Base (JEB) Little 630-4173 // [email protected] Creek on the 25th of November at 2:00 pm. This stealthy experimental ship is designed for high speed military operations Mike D’Amato - Programs Co-Chair in very little water or very rough seas! It will be fascinating to see 226-1114 // [email protected] all the new and creative designs that went into accomplishing this vessel’s unique requirements. Vince Janowiak - Programs Co-Chair 534-1904 // [email protected] I am looking forward to seeing everyone on November 20 Herb Hood - Section Councilor as Ms. Stephanie Douglas, Director for Industrial Operations, 617-4014 // [email protected] NAVSEA 04 is our guest speaker! Please join us and bring a guest! Pam Schools - Social Media 572-7839 // [email protected] All my best, Lon Scofield - Web Master 635-3613 // [email protected] Pam (Area code 757 unless specified) ASNE TW Section Chair - Pam Schools https://asne-tw.org [email protected] 2 Tidewater Times Nov 2019 ASNE TW Dinner/Meeting Program November 20, 2019 Our next dinner/meeting program occurs November 20, 2019. Event details provided below and a description of our honored guest speaker, Stephanie Douglas, Director, Industrial Operations (SEA 04). Place: Holiday Inn Virginia Beach - Norfolk at 5655 Greenwich Road, Virginia Beach A Note About Military Dress: Time: 5:30 - 6:00 Cocktails and Networking; 6:00 - 8:00 Dinner and Program For our Navy and Coast Guard Cost: members and guests, we hope you • Members: $28 in advance; $30 at the door • Student ASNE members: $10 can join us for all our TW events. • Nonmembers: $33 in advance; $35 at the door in advance / $15 at the door If you attend in uniform, Service Khaki / Summer White / Tropical • Military in uniform: • Student non-members: $15 in Blue, as well as Service Dress Blue Junior: $15 in advance / $20 at the door advance / $20 at the door are appropriate military dress. Senior: $20 in advance / $25 at the door Register and pay in advance at https://asne-tw.org/events. Please RSVP online by noon Tues, Nov. 19, 2019. Ms. Douglas currently serves as the Director for Industrial Operations in the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Ms. Douglas served as the Executive Director for Navy Regional Maintenance Center from 2016 to 2019 where she oversaw the operations and management of the Regional Maintenance Centers in the execution of private-sector, depot-level maintenance and modernization, surface ship intermediate-level maintenance, and fleet technical and engineering support world-wide. Ms. Douglas was selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service in April 2016. She has six years of experience as a civil servant while serving as Deputy Director for Fleet Maintenance (N43B) at U.S. Fleet Forces Command. She was responsible for fleet maintenance policy and a $3.5B fleet maintenance budget supporting two Naval Shipyards, three Regional Maintenance Centers, and Trident Refit Facility (TRF), Kings Bay and Readiness Support Group, New London to deliver mission ready ships to combatant commanders and achieve expected service life. Ms. Douglas previously served as a naval officer from 1981 to 2010, retiring as a Captain with 29 years of service. During her active duty career as an Engineering Duty Officer, she served on USS Emory S Land (AS 39) as Electrical Repair Officer and at numerous maintenance activities. Her tours included Charleston Naval Shipyard (CNSY) as nuclear and non-nuclear ship superintendent for submarines; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) as Baseline Advanced Industrial Management (BAIM) Implementation Manager and Operations Planning Manager; Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, Portsmouth (now a portion of Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center), as Planning Officer; and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) as Production Resources Officer. During this tour, she led the damage removal efforts in Guam for USS San Francisco (SSN 711) following the ship’s collision. She served two tours at Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center, Japan, first as Production Officer and Executive Officer and, finally, as Commanding Officer, where she made all preparations for the arrival of USS George Washington (CVN 73), the first nuclear powered warship to be home ported overseas and successfully completed CVN 73’s first Forward Deployed Naval Forces availability. Her staff assignments include Commander, Navy Surface Forces, Atlantic as the Surface Type Desk Coordinator for amphibious, auxiliary, mine warfare and command ships, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA 04) as the Deputy Director of the Shipyard Management Group, where she developed corporate policy and oversaw business operations for four naval shipyards. Her final active duty tour was as Surface Ship Program Director in the Fleet Maintenance Directorate (N43) on the staff of U.S. Fleet Forces Command. Ms. Douglas graduated from Auburn University where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering and her commission from the NROTC program in 1981. She earned a Naval Engineers Degree, a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Ocean Systems Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1992. 3 Tidewater Times Nov 2019 October Dinner/Meeting Program Recap At the October 16th dinner/meeting program, we had the pleasure of a full house of 90+ guests enjoying professional fellowship and a guest speaker presentation by the new Fleet Maintenance Officer, RDML Bill Greene (USFF N43). Admiral Greene shared his perspective on some of his top priorities and concerns four months into the position, notably the demand signal for maintenance outpacing capacity, aligning contracting strategy to support future investment and surge, and on-time delivery out of both public and private yards. Also during the evening, we recognized and honored our Tidewater Section Chair of 2018-2019, Jessica Galassie, and the 3rd Quarter CY 2019 Engineer of the Quarter (EOQ) recip- ient, Damage Control Chief Petty Officer (Surface Warfare/Air Warfare) Anthony R. Pagliarini from USS VICKSBURG. Anthony had his CO, XO and Chief Engineer joining him in a prideful show of sup- port! Jessica Galassie (right) is honored for her RADM Greene (left) presents EOQ citation to Guest Speaker RADM Greene service as ASNE TW Chair 2018-2019 Chief Petty Officer Anthony R. Pagliarini Pictured right (L to R): XO USS Vicksburg CDR Robert Briggs RADM William Greene DCC SW/AW Anthony Pagliarini CO USS Vicksburg (CG 69) Captain Dave Snee ASNE Chair Pam Schools CHENG USS Vicks- burg LCDR Rolando Machado Mr. Bram Bamford, President of Automatic Coating Limited (ACL), explains new Fluidized Bed Machine installed in SWRMC for coating watertight fixtures 4 Tidewater Times Nov 2019 Calling All Members! We Need Your Help! Fill an Open Position! Awards Chair: ASNE TW presents multiple awards throughout the academic year and we need someone to Chair the Awards Committee.