A team of scientists and engineers remotely working from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) ensured the success of this year’s Valiant Shield exercise taking place in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.  The Virginia based team’s remote...

Two area heroes died on December 21st by a suicide bomber in Iraq

From Task and Purpose magazine on a day many will never forget

Wreaths Across America in Fredericksburg

Wreaths Across America in Fredericksburg at Oak Hill Cemetery.

The ILIR Excellence Award specifically honors Parks for research resulting in a new understanding and exploitation of weak value amplification for the purpose of weak optical signal detection using a very simple weak value amplifier – COWVAD – that he developed at NSWCDD.

David Ruhren of Stafford was among those who died in the mess hall attack. His mother is quoted in the Task & Purpose article.

“We owe it to the warfighter to make sure that we do the right tests. We owe it to the taxpayer to make sure we are efficient and effective stewards of their money.”

In a driving rain, in a pandemic, a scaled back but moving Veterans Day ceremony in downtown Fredericksburg at the Our Fallen Heroes Memorial by the Fredericksburg Area Veterans Council.

Tai Mamea with the Fredericksburg Area Veterans Council talks about the history of Veterans Day.

This wreath will be used later this morning at the Veterans Day ceremony at the Our Fallen Heroes memorial in Fredericksburg.

Spotsylvania School Board Chairman Baron Braswell–a veteran–says military service is selfless and done for love of country.

Gary Skinner says Vietnam veterans haven’t received the respect they deserve over the years.

The Hometown Hero banners are paid for by sponsors who can be friends, family, community organizations or businesses.

Thanking a veteran. Info on how we can all thank veterans.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division plans to conduct range testing beginning Nov. 9 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. that may produce loud noise on Nov. 10, 12, and 13 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in communities surrounding Naval Support Facility Dahlgren.

Veterans Day in Stafford at the Stafford County Armed Services Memorial at the Government Center

Stafford Sailor participates in simulated mass casualty drill aboard U.S. Navy warship

Davey’s Battle Brothers Memorial Ride. From Fredericksburg to the Quantico National Cemetery. Remembering Army Sgt David Ruhren of Stafford.

Remembering a local hero. Davey’s Battle Brothers Memorial Ride for Army Sgt. David Ruhren who died in Iraq on December 21, 2004.