FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, Indiana ~ 19 JULY 2016

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Road Trip: Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, Indiana

 

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division is the principal tenant command located at Naval Support Activity Crane. NSA Crane is a United States Navy installation located approximately 25 miles southwest of Bloomington, Indiana and predominantly located in Martin County, but small parts also extend into Greene and Lawrence counties.

It was originally established in 1941 under the Bureau of Ordnance as the Naval Ammunition Depot for production, testing, and storage of ordnance under the first supplemental Defense Appropriation Act. The base is named after William M. Crane. The base is the third largest naval installation in the world by geographic area and employs approximately 3,300 people.

 

With an increasing demand in the 1990s and 2000s by the U.S. military for bases to support multiple functions rather than being sole-purpose installations, Crane has taken on a broad variety of development and support operations.

These include expeditionary warfare systems, fleet maintenance and modernization, radar, power systems, strategic systems, small arms, surface and airborne electronic warfare, night vision systems, and undersea warfare systems. Crane is also involved in systems development for the upcoming DD(X) class of destroyer for the U.S. Navy and the Littoral Combat Ship.

The Expeditionary Electronic Warfare Division models and simulates: Counter Radio Controlled IED Electronics Warfare (CREW) systems; radio control trigger devices for IEDS; and, the RF prorogation paths involved in the engagement and defeat of RCIEDS, allowing former field tests to be run in a controlled laboratory environment.

The Maritime Electronic Warfare Systems Division models a systems engineering sustainment system that automates Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems sustainment activities. The model is created using the IBM Rational Rhapsody tool using the SysML modeling language and DoD Application Framework (DoDAF).

The sustainment model implements life-cycle activities including logistics delays based on real or proposed replacement part reliabilities, quantities, and locations, along with workflows and processes to support a performance-based sustainment (PBS) solution for Electronic

Warfare Systems. Using SysML and DoDAF, the interactions between Crane employees, automated tools, the Electronic Warfare systems, and data to accomplish PBS are simulated.

Learn More About Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division HERE!!

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[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hope the day hasn’t made y’all pull your hair out. I know it must be a rough one and I feel for ya.

[Kathy in Alaska]

HJ...how are you? Keeping busy? Do you still have plants at work? Growing well?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope you had a good Monday. Mine is swamped!!

[luvie]

Howdy, Jinxy! (((hugs)))

Always seem to miss you, and I hope all is well with you and your family!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....freedumb grabs the gold!!

[radu]

It must be a little cooler there because the heat’s moved over here. LOL!

It was a decent day here. Didn’t do much but a little housework. Too miserably hot to go outside.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in second....HJ snags the silver!!

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening ~

~ Welcome To My World ~

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....The Mayor bags the bronze!!

[HiJinx]

I came back! Still waiting on dinner...we all came home late so the meat loaf went into the oven late.

I went to do some chores while waiting on folks to show up!

[PROCON]

Yo radu!

I had a great weekend. I spent Friday and Saturday with my sister just hanging out, playing cards and eating a lot, LOL. We didn't go anywhere, just enjoyed each other's company.

Sunday I headed North into the big, bad traffic mess called Seattle and had a nice visit and brunch with my daughter before heading back home.

How wuz your weekend?

[HiJinx]

It goes well, but I’m in a new office now. No plants. No windows, still. And certainly keeping busy! We’ve nearly doubled the work force with this new contract.

[radu]

Well hey there! Glad I didn’t miss you after all. Don’t get to see you very often.

How’ve things been going out your way?

[HiJinx]

We’re okay. Nana’s talking seriously about retiring in a little over a year...

[luvie]

Awesome! Good for her! She has worked hard and deserves some fun!

I’m thinkin’ about it, too. Just don’t tell my boss. LOL!

[HiJinx]

How’ve things been going out your way?

They're good. New company, new contract, same old work for me. Nana and the Flyboy are working at our local hospital. It's good work for both of them; making sure their patients are well taken care of.

[HiJinx]

Hey, after awhile you need to do stuff for yourself. Before you can’t!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, ML...((HUGS))...hope you slept well, and are feeling better.

[radu]

Glad you had a good time.
Who needs to go anywhere to have fun? Sounds like you and your sister had plenty just hanging out together. :-)

Quiet here. I thought I’d have to pull the afternoon shift at our HQ today but as I was getting ready to go, the gal working mornings called and said it was so dead she was closing it up for the day. So I puttered around the house.

How fun. Not!