Photo by Stacia Courtney | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division | 10.12.2018
DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 12, 2018) - Lt. Adam Mattison cuts the cake in celebration of the Navy's 243rd birthday at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The event featured Mattison as the command's youngest Sailor cutting the Navy's birthday cake with the command's oldest Sailor, Cmdr. Steven Perchalski. The Navy birthday cake-cutting ceremony is important to all Sailors, as it......
Photo by Stacia Courtney | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division | 10.12.2018
DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 12, 2018) - Lt. Adam Mattison examines a World War I bombsight - used to conduct testing at the Dahlgren Naval Proving Ground in the 1920s and 1930s - during a celebration of the Navy's 243rd birthday held at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The aircraft course-setting bombsight is one of the few surviving examples of the many bombsights tested......
Photo by Stacia Courtney | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division | 10.12.2018
DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 12, 2018) - Cmdr. Steven Perchalski, right, and Lt. Adam Mattison examine a World War I bombsight - used to conduct testing at the Dahlgren Naval Proving Ground in the 1920s and 1930s - during a celebration of the Navy's 243rd birthday held at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The aircraft course-setting bombsight is one of the few surviving......
Photo by Stacia Courtney | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division | 10.12.2018
DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 12, 2018) - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) military personnel are pictured in front of a World War I bombsight - used to conduct testing at the Dahlgren Naval Proving Ground in the 1920s and 1930s - during a celebration of the Navy's 243rd birthday. The aircraft course-setting bombsight is one of the few surviving examples of the many bombsights......
Photo by Stacia Courtney | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division | 10.12.2018
DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 12, 2018) - Cmdr. Steven Perchalski cuts the cake in celebration of the Navy's 243rd birthday at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The event featured Perchalski as the command's oldest Sailor cutting the Navy's birthday cake with the command's youngest Sailor, Lt. Adam Mattison. The Navy birthday cake-cutting ceremony is important to all Sailors, as......
Photo by Stacia Courtney | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division | 10.12.2018
DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 12, 2018) - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) celebrated the Navy's 243rd birthday with a cake, speeches, conversations, and a curious artifact that seemed to preside over the celebration. An aircraft course-setting bombsight - one of the few surviving bombsights tested at Dahlgren was on display as a historic reminder of Dahlgren's impact on the Navy......
Photo by Stacia Courtney | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division | 10.12.2018
DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 12, 2018) - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) celebrated the Navy's 243rd birthday with a cake, speeches, conversations, and a curious artifact that seemed to preside over the celebration. An aircraft course-setting bombsight - one of the few surviving bombsights tested at Dahlgren was on display as a historic reminder of Dahlgren's impact on the Navy......
Photo by Stacia Courtney | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division | 10.16.2017
DAHLGREN, Va. (Oct. 16, 2017) – Capt. Michael O’Leary, Capt. Godfrey ‘Gus’ Weekes, John Fiore, Jim Colvard, and Lt. Joshua Okwari – honor the American Flag as the Navy Band plays the National Anthem at the Dahlgren Centennial commemoration kickoff ceremony. More than 8,000 personnel working at the base along with its tenant commands will join the community to travel down memory lane......