04 September 2024 Robot Rumble: NSWC Philadelphia-Mentored Team Wins Big at FIRST Robotics Championship A high school team mentored by Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently won a world title at the FIRST Robotics Championship in Houston, Texas.That team from the City of Brotherly Love — the RoboLancers of Central High School — earned the championship as part of an...
28 August 2024 NRL Expands Naval Research Horizons for USNA Midshipmen Interns WASHINGTON — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) concluded the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) summer internship program with a farewell tour for a group of USNA midshipmen who explored a wide range of projects, from materials science and information technology to oceanography and space science...
22 August 2024 Air Time: DoN Celebrates New Class of Navy, Marine Corps JROTC Flight Academy Grads The Department of the Navy (DoN) is celebrating the next generation of graduates from the Navy and Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Flight Academy.Graduates of the academy recently participated in ceremonies at Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and...
07 August 2024 FRCE Helps Local Educators Prepare Students for Careers in Industry MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. — Four Craven County, North Carolina, teachers recently participated in a five-day externship program at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), which allowed the teachers to immerse themselves in the command's operations by touring the...
01 August 2024 Battle Blimps: ONR-Sponsored STEM Contest Shows Creativity of Student Engineers Held multiple times a year at varying locations, Defend the Republic showcases numerous university teams led by ONR-sponsored professors who mentor their student participants. Support comes from STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) funding from ONR’s Warfighter Performance...
01 July 2024 NAVFAC Southeast and SAME Host First STEM Camp at NAS Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast and the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) hosted a transformative STEM camp for 47 high school students at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville. The seven-day camp, starting on June 23, aimed to...
15 May 2024 Imaginations soar at Cherry Point Air Show STEM Day Approximately 1,000 Craven County sixth graders attended the MCAS Cherry Point Air Show STEM Day, organized by the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) STEM Outreach Team in support of MCAS Cherry Point and Marine Corps Community Services Cherry Point. Students had the opportunity to interact with...
29 April 2024 Cetacean Celebration: ONR Sponsors Family-Friendly Dolphin Workshops in South Carolina Thousands of wildlife lovers learned about the lives and health of dolphins during workshops sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) — in partnership with the National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF).The interactive events — titled “Dolphin Doctor: On the Front Lines of Marine Mammal...
10 April 2024 U.S. Navy’s SSP Empowers Students with STEM Learning Activities at Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Expo OXON HILL, Md. – The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) team gave visiting students hands-on opportunities to connect STEM activities to real-world Navy missions during the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space STEM Expo, Sunday...
04 April 2024 FRCE Inspires Next Generation of Engineers During E-Week Activities MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. — Fleet Readiness Center East's STEM Outreach Team conducted a total of 54 events at 39 local schools, engaging over 4,700 students in celebration of National Engineers Week. Also known as E-Week, the national observance is one of the...