Naval Agility

03/30/2022

Out now: NavalX is working to change the culture of the Navy and today on the show we have two subject matter experts with the Culture of Excellence branch which aims to do the same. Our guests are Captain Matthew Fry, the Culture of Excellence branch head at the 21st Century Sailor Office, and Captain Kevin O'Brien, the deputy branch head for the Culture of Excellence branch at the 21st Century Sailor Office. Together they hope to improve sailor morale by engaging them with a clear picture of how they fit into the Navy’s mission, by empowering them to set high standards for themselves and by giving them the tools to stay mentally fit.

The pair joins hosts Liz Mildenstein, Rodney C Flowers, and Brad Goodrich to discuss how the Culture of Excellence branch helps to give sailors what they need to be the best versions of themselves. Join us today on the NavalX Connecx to learn about the outstanding programs that are focused on taking care of the sailor in mind, body, and spirit. Check the links in the comments to listen and subscribe to hear the latest episodes as they're released!

03/28/2022

Applications are due Friday for NavalX’s Spring Dream Team! If you’re ready to start an exciting new journey along your career path, make sure you get you application in before the deadline! Visit our ‘Join Us’ page for the application link. https://www.secnav.navy.mil/agility/Pages/join_us.aspx

Positions available include:
🌸 Deputy Director
🌸 Tech Bridge Staff
🌸 Operations Team Support
🌸 Human Centered Design Facilitator
🌸 Centers for Adaptive Warfighting (CAW) Staff
🌸 Event Operator
🌸 Digital Team
🌸 Strategic Communications Support
🌸 and more!

Have a friend who might be a good fit for NavalX too? Tag them in the comments!

03/25/2022

Call for submissions! Check out how our NavalX Tech Bridges are collaborating with each other and with other innovation networks on their latest challenge, the “US Navy Challenge: Autonomous Detection of Marine Mammals”.

Government, state, and local organizations across the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast regions, including the Northwest Tech Bridge at NUWC Keyport, Northeast Tech Bridge at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, and 401 Tech Bridge, are collaborating on the development of technological solutions that support detection of southern resident killer whales and northern right whales. Each region faces a similar challenge of working to protect key marine mammal species while supporting a growing density of maritime traffic and technologies, to include autonomous vessels. As a starting point, the organizations are hosting a challenge to develop a system of sensors to these whales with at least one above-water sensor and one below-water sensor. The challenge has a total award pool of $75,500 with no less than $50,000 awarded to the best submission that meets the solution requirements of the challenge. With a submission deadline of March 31, 2022, we can’t wait to see what the “solvers” bring to the table! Get the details here: http://ow.ly/5kBb50IstLf
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03/24/2022

Naval Junior Officer Counsel (NJOC) was created as a forum for junior officers in the Navy to share their ideas and concerns with senior leaders. They call this, “Bridging the Gap”, and hope that their efforts will get the Navy one step closer to leveraging the diverse perspectives it needs to be truly innovative. NJOC Deputy Director Lt. Robert Craig Veech and Lt. Daniel Connely, a Naval Medical Service Corps Radiation Health Officer, join NavalX Connecx Podcast hosts Rodney C Flowers, Liz Mildenstein and Brad Goodrich to learn about all things NJOC. Veech and Connely highlight personal experiences, successes, challenges, and share their path forward.

NJOC is working tirelessly to raise the voice of every junior officer to help improve the Navy and collaborates with NavalX on some of their missions. Join us today for a deep dive episode on the NavalX Connecx Podcast. Listen at the links in the comments!

03/23/2022

This we're highlighting the wonderful women behind NavalX! We're proud to have such a great group of women taking on leadership roles, heading up major initiatives, challenging the status quo and doing great work every day. Whitney, Ling, Caitlin, Ngoc, Desi, Candra, Liz, Alyssa, and Olinda thank you so much for all that you do to help us carry out our mission!

03/21/2022

This Tuesday join us LIVE for our Recruitment Ask Me Anything Webinar! There are just 10 days left to apply for NavalX’s Spring Dream Team, so if you have lingering questions before you submit your application, NOW is the time to have them answered! Join us on our LinkedIn page or our YouTube channel this Tuesday, March 22 at 1600 EST.

Have you already decided to open an exciting new chapter in your career? Visit our ‘Join Us’ page for the link to apply.

Positions available include:
🌸 Deputy Director
🌸 Tech Bridge Staff
🌸 Operations Team Support
🌸 Human Centered Design Facilitator
🌸 Centers for Adaptive Warfighting (CAW) Staff
🌸 Event Operator
🌸 Digital Team
🌸 Strategic Communications Support
🌸 and more!

03/18/2022

"nExT TiME wiLl Be EaSIeR", they said. Well, people, we can conclusively report that watching our NavalX-ers rotate out doesn't ever get easier! In the first two months of 2022, we've said goodbye to three amazing NavalX rotationals.

Digital Agility team member Melissa Filsinger is rotating back to NAVFAC where she received a promotion to the Business Directorate using skills she gained during her rotation. At NavalX, Melissa was a rock star, working on projects such as the AI Cloud Hero event, ServiceNow Hackathon with the Navy Chaplain Corps, making improvements to our website, and more. Her facilitation skills were on full display at the DON CIO Cyber Readiness focus group where she helped keep groups going even when energy levels flagged. Melissa will be missed here for her hard work and thoughtful insights, and her cheerful, fun-loving disposition.

Workforce Agility team member Ken Koontz is returning to the F-35 Chief Management Office as their Deputy Director. Ken always stepped up to help make WFA faciliations as enriching as possible, adding endless enthusiasm. He also helped create a standard for prototyping dashboards with multiple customers and capped his rotation with an event that resulted in a recommendation to reduce the Navy ATO process from 18 months to 90 days. Through all his hard work, Ken never failed to share his upbeat personality and laughter in a way that consistently brightened the office!

WFA team member Todd Gaston has taken on a new role as a rotational NOSS Assistant Program Manager at PEO MLB since finishing his rotation. At NavalX he worked on a variety of projects including virtual and in-person events. Todd was an asset for his ability to quickly connect with people during facilitations, often using his sense of humor to help open people up! Todd was also known to take pride in delivering and holding true to his word. Todd is also notable for his ability to evade the camera without even trying, but he was here, we swear!

03/17/2022

Upcoming Event: Spring Recruitment Ask Me Anything with current and former NavalX rotationals. Get your questions about rotations with NavalX answered at this interactive webinar! Whether you’re wondering about what a rotation with NavalX provides participants and home commands or what a day in the life of a rotational looks like, we’re ready to provide answers!

🌸 Happening Tuesday, March 22, 16:00 EST
🌸 Streaming live from our LinkedIn page and YouTube channel
🌸 Rotations open to government employees (Active, Reserve, and Civilian)

03/16/2022

Out Today: NavalX Connecx is diving into the world of with Lieutenant Kristen Alexander, an experimentation lead with Surface Development Squadron ONE where she works across the services, with industry and academia, and with the larger Naval Research and Development Enterprise to evaluate emerging technologies. In the episode, she speaks about everything from how assumptions prevent people from forming a deeper understanding of unmanned systems to her personal experiences of moving up the ladder in a male-dominated space.

According to Lieutenant Alexander, forming a deeper understanding of unmanned systems is the key to working with them effectively, “Hollywood has colored some of the baseline assumptions of what people believe when they start working with unmanned systems. I think that the most important thing that anyone can do when working with these crafts is to get educated first. Really understand the differences between robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and unmanned systems and how it applies to the mission so that when they come to the table we can have informed discussions that are more meaningful.”

Check out today’s episode hosted by Rodney C Flowers, Brad Goodrich, and Liz Mildenstein for more from Lieutenant Alexander–links to listen in the comments below!

03/14/2022

What we're reading: a rundown of Naval Junior Officer Counsel outlining how the group "Bridges the Gap" and helps junior officers share ideas, insights and concerns with senior leadership.

NJOC shares NavalX's desire to put innovative ideas to work for the Navy. Since NJOC began, NavalX has worked closely with the group and we're proud to have NJOC Deputy Director Lt. Craig Veech here on rotation with NavalX! We can't wait to see what these junior officers do next!

The U.S. Navy’s more than 35,000 junior officers have a new avenue for sharing ideas, insights and concerns with senior leadership—via the service’s Naval Junior Officer Counsel (NJOC).

03/11/2022

Think you’d make a great NavalX-er? Then this could be you, our newest NavalX team member!

Our team is comprised of a rotating staff from across the DON and includes members from Systems Commands, Warfare Centers & Labs, Active Duty & Reserves, and Program Executive Offices. We all work together to tackle some of the DONs biggest challenges!

🌸Positions available include: Deputy Director, Tech Bridge Staff, Operations Team Support, Human Centered Design Facilitator, Centers for Adaptive Warfighting (CAW) Staff, Event Operator, Digital Team, Strategic Communications Support, and more!

🌸Open to government employees—civilian, active duty, and reservists

🌸Deadline to apply: April 1, 2022

Be sure to check out our ‘Join Us’ page for more information and to find the application and tag a friend in the comments if you think they'd be a great fit! https://www.secnav.navy.mil/agility/Pages/join_us.aspx

03/10/2022

Out today: Down in the Sunshine State, Team Orlando is not on vacation; they’re working hard and building upon 50 years of collaboration amongst the services happening in the region. Today on the show, we have three representatives from Team Orlando: Carol Ann D***s Logue, the Central Florida Tech Grove’s Co-Founder and Principal Investigator from University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Diana Teel, our NavalX Central Florida Tech Bridge director, and Emily Sherkow, the Team Orlando STEM Outreach Program Manager. Hosts Rodney C Flowers and Brad Goodrich dive into Team Orlando’s evolution and structure to understand what can be learned from their history of successful collaboration. Our guests also share what differentiates the Central Florida Tech Bridge from other Tech Bridges, and explain how they leverage everything from their group’s reputation as a tech leader to the skills and expertise of amateur problem-solvers they call “garage guys''. Find links to listen in the comments!

The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division