Guided by Assistant Professor Tony Pollman, a Naval Postgraduate School team belonging to the Department of Systems Engineering developed a unique apparatus using a dual-Stirling engine charge and recovery technique for liquid air energy storage (LAES) platforms.
2 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Capt. Richard Jones relieved Capt. Gregory Burton as the 48th commander of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) during a change of command ceremony held June 4 onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. On the grounds of the shipyard’s historic Building One, the physically-distanced ceremony, along with a video livestream, provided friends, family and colleagues the opportunity to witness the time-honored naval tradition.
Burton, who has served as shipyard commander since July 2017, expressed his gratitude to the workforce for their perseverance and dedication to the mission throughout his command tour. Though many challenges presented themselves over the past four years, Burton emphasized how the workforce’s resiliency and sense of Aloha helped overcome obstacles and pushed the Nō Ka ‘Oi shipyard towards their best performance in decades.
Rear Adm. Huan Nguyen s road to an admiral s star was not a journey for the faint of heart. Arriving in this country as a teenage orphan from Vietnam, he faced an uphill climb. He credits his Asian heritage and community with helping him get to the top.
On Oct. 19, 2019, Nguyen put on a rear admiral s star, making him the first Vietnamese American to attain flag rank in the U.S. Navy. That October day was a far cry from his roots as a boy in the 1960s, growing up in the South Vietnamese city of Hue at the height of the Vietnam War. His is a story of personal loss and adversity and the resilience he found in himself through serving his adopted country.
Reducing Cybersecurity Risk With Minimal Resources
In this exclusive interview, Mike Davis, CISO for alliantgroup, offers practical ways to assess, mitigate and manage cybersecurity risks in your organization even on a tight budget.
How can organizations protect critical information resources? What processes and procedures work best? What are the challenges to reducing risk?
To answer these questions and much more, I turned to a cybersecurity industry thought leader from Texas: Mike Davis.
Mr. Davis is the CISO in alliantgroup’s Houston national office, where he operationalizes data security, privacy and risk management while advising leadership on protecting critical information resources and managing an enterprise cybersecurity portfolio. Mike and his team’s mission includes executing a risk-based security strategy that supports enabling the company’s success objectives by securing and protecting both sensitive company and client information and resources.