NAVSEA Commander Vice Adm. Paul Sullivan presents his All-Hands brief to over 250 NSWCDD personnel. The event was broadcast live to the NSWC Dahlgren workforce and available via Dahlgren Division TV video-on-demand.
Vice Adm. Paul Sullivan, Commander Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), visited with Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) on March 14.
Sullivan presented NAVSEA’s new mission and vision statements to over 250 NSWCDD employees in person and to a workforce watching via live broadcast and video-on-demand on Dahlgren Division TV.
NAVSEA’s new mission statement: ‘‘We develop, deliver and maintain ships and systems on time, on cost for the United States Navy.”
NAVSEA’s new vision statement: ‘‘We are the Nation’s team accountable for achieving the 313 ship Navy.”
‘‘We must operate as a diverse organization with a single purpose to ensure the U.S. Navy remains the preeminent maritime power,” said Sullivan. He added that NAVSEA must, ‘‘be supported by a modern, efficient industrial base ... be a world class employer of choice that inspires innovation,“ and must, “set the value-added standard for acquisition, engineering, and maintenance.“
NSWCDD Commander, Capt, Sheila Patterson, presented the NSWC Dahlgren Lab Echelon IV review to Sullivan, outlining Dahlgren Lab’s alignment to the Warfare Center Enterprise Executive construct and initiatives. The NAVSEA Commander also received a brief on Directed Energy and visited the Chemical-Biological Lab for a briefing on the Collective Protection System.
In his All-Hands brief, Sullivan also spoke to employees about accomplishments and challenges regarding his Top 5 priorities for NAVSEA and the Warfare Centers:
Drive our behavior to align with the Naval Enterprise
Transform NAVSEA to a competency aligned organization
Focus on diversity
Measure our output with customer-driven metrics
Document and improve our processes through Lean-Six Sigma
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