WEBVTT

00:27.370 --> 00:29.481
Naval Surface Warfare Center . Davern

00:29.481 --> 00:31.259
Division held its second annual

00:31.259 --> 00:33.370
Dahlgren Downtown event where schools

00:33.370 --> 00:35.537
from local communities were invited to

00:35.537 --> 00:37.370
participate in several science ,

00:37.370 --> 00:39.259
technology , engineering and math

00:39.259 --> 00:40.259
activities .

00:53.740 --> 00:55.849
The event inspired innovation and

00:55.860 --> 00:57.916
forged crucial relationships between

00:57.916 --> 01:00.082
students and Dogan employees to expose

01:00.082 --> 01:02.304
young minds to potential future careers

01:02.304 --> 01:03.693
in the Navy and beyond .

01:38.470 --> 01:40.692
Local schools braved the gloomy weather

01:40.692 --> 01:42.748
and students learned how to make ice

01:42.748 --> 01:44.610
cream in a bag , experienced the

01:44.620 --> 01:46.959
effects of static electricity and

01:46.970 --> 01:48.637
participated in several other

01:48.637 --> 01:50.526
interactive stem demonstrations .

03:27.039 --> 03:30.539
No . Later on that day ,

03:30.639 --> 03:32.528
community partners gathered for a

03:32.528 --> 03:35.300
formal evening event to celebrate 105

03:35.309 --> 03:37.031
years of hands on research and

03:37.031 --> 03:40.020
development at Dahlgren and 248 years

03:40.029 --> 03:41.449
of naval excellence .

04:05.710 --> 04:06.710
What

04:40.799 --> 04:43.279
this is Dahlgren downtown , the evening

04:43.290 --> 04:45.512
portion , we we bring community leaders

04:45.512 --> 04:47.401
from around the region of all the

04:47.401 --> 04:49.623
different counties and partners that we

04:49.623 --> 04:51.679
have here in the region to celebrate

04:51.679 --> 04:53.623
Dahlgren S birthday and the Navy's

04:53.623 --> 04:55.790
birthday . And over 100 and five years

04:55.790 --> 04:55.410
of partnering with the local region .

04:56.260 --> 04:58.482
The day we're in a stem event outside ,

04:58.482 --> 05:00.704
we're kind of showed off what we do for

05:00.704 --> 05:02.871
the , for the community and what we do

05:02.871 --> 05:02.459
is we kind of have a party behind us

05:02.470 --> 05:04.619
here to really celebrate the

05:04.630 --> 05:06.574
partnerships that we have with the

05:06.574 --> 05:08.797
community , with the educational system

05:08.797 --> 05:10.574
going on around us and with the

05:10.574 --> 05:12.797
industry that helps support our mission

05:12.797 --> 05:14.908
events like this , really further our

05:14.908 --> 05:16.963
integration in the community and the

05:16.963 --> 05:19.074
community's integration into what the

05:19.074 --> 05:21.186
Navy does and what it provides to the

05:21.186 --> 05:23.241
United States . Uh The coordinations

05:23.241 --> 05:25.074
was , was excellent , having the

05:25.074 --> 05:26.908
opportunity to have our wares on

05:26.908 --> 05:29.074
display , hosting a number of students

05:29.074 --> 05:28.309
throughout the day here in downtown

05:28.320 --> 05:30.529
Freddys . Uh just uh fun for our

05:30.540 --> 05:32.709
workforce uh meaningful for us as an

05:32.720 --> 05:34.720
organization . And , and I think we

05:34.720 --> 05:36.442
will make a difference in , in

05:36.442 --> 05:38.553
attracting that talent and wanna join

05:38.553 --> 05:40.720
us . One day . We had several speakers

05:40.720 --> 05:42.998
from the University of Mary Washington ,

05:42.998 --> 05:42.609
the Dahlgren Heritage Museum , the

05:42.619 --> 05:44.563
Fredericksburg Regional Alliance ,

05:44.563 --> 05:46.897
several elected official amongst others .

05:46.897 --> 05:49.063
There's a lot of collaboration , a lot

05:49.063 --> 05:51.063
of innovation , a lot of discussion

05:51.063 --> 05:53.230
about the future of the region . Wow ,

05:53.230 --> 05:52.790
what an outstanding event for Dover

05:53.019 --> 05:55.660
downtown 2023 . Uh just a tremendous

05:55.670 --> 05:57.892
night , hosting our industry partners ,

05:57.892 --> 05:59.837
academic partners uh and , and our

05:59.837 --> 06:02.059
elected officials . It was fabulous . I

06:02.059 --> 06:04.114
mean , we were able to show off some

06:04.114 --> 06:06.170
cool stuff going on . We , we showed

06:06.170 --> 06:08.003
some cool videos and we had some

06:08.003 --> 06:10.170
unbelievable guest speakers to include

06:10.170 --> 06:12.281
Congressman Spa who really showed how

06:12.281 --> 06:12.089
we can support the mission going

06:12.100 --> 06:14.390
forward with her help to support the

06:14.399 --> 06:16.739
Dow mission uh and our ability to get

06:16.750 --> 06:18.917
products out to the fleet , uh support

06:18.917 --> 06:20.861
them in the fight and make sure we

06:20.861 --> 06:22.972
create unfair technological advantage

06:22.972 --> 06:25.139
every time between these organizations

06:25.139 --> 06:27.306
and all of us that actually gets us to

06:27.306 --> 06:29.417
a better state in terms of innovation

06:29.417 --> 06:31.639
and fighting those solutions to the war

06:31.639 --> 06:33.806
fighter that we so desperately need to

06:33.806 --> 06:33.750
maintain the navy's advantage in our

06:33.760 --> 06:35.816
weapon systems to the surface navy .

06:36.809 --> 06:38.976
But it really comes down to the entire

06:38.976 --> 06:41.142
community to come together to meet the

06:41.142 --> 06:43.253
mission to support those sailors , to

06:43.253 --> 06:42.940
support the workforce , to develop the

06:42.950 --> 06:44.839
weapon systems , to protect those

06:44.839 --> 06:47.061
sailors so they can go out and win . We

06:47.061 --> 06:49.339
can't execute our mission by ourselves .

06:49.339 --> 06:51.172
We , we need top talent from our

06:51.172 --> 06:53.172
academic institutions . We need our

06:53.172 --> 06:52.910
industry partners uh providing

06:52.920 --> 06:55.142
additional experts uh to , to the folks

06:55.142 --> 06:57.309
that make up the D division government

06:57.309 --> 06:59.420
workforce and we need to support from

06:59.420 --> 07:01.642
our elected officials around the region

07:01.642 --> 07:03.809
to support our mission . There will be

07:03.809 --> 07:03.410
many positive results that come out of

07:03.420 --> 07:05.476
this event . Uh More folks will join

07:05.476 --> 07:07.642
our team as our industry partners , uh

07:07.642 --> 07:09.864
increased academic partnering . Uh just

07:09.864 --> 07:11.531
so many relationships , built

07:11.531 --> 07:13.753
friendships that we continue to nurture

07:13.753 --> 07:15.976
and then new friends that we make can't

07:15.976 --> 07:18.198
wait for dower in downtown uh 2024 . Uh

07:18.198 --> 07:20.364
And we look forward to coming together

07:20.364 --> 07:19.220
again next year .