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MIL CARES

Dinner with The Patuxent Partnership

MIL is a proud member of The Patuxent Partnership (TPP) and was pleased to sponsor a table at the organization’s annual
dinner held on June 8th at Historic St Mary’s City. This year’s guest speaker was VADM Jeffrey ‘Huge’ Hughes, Deputy Chief
of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development, N7, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Staff representing MIL at the
members-only event included Tom Clark, Paige Painter, Shahram Bavani, Adele Bavani, Rick Miller, Barbara Miller, Larry
Hollingsworth, Harvil Jenkins, Patrick DeBoe, and Adam Burton.

TPP is a non-profit organization whose goal
is to “advance technology through speaker
programs, forums, and networking; to
advance science and technology transfer
through the exchange of ideas, information,
and data related to technologies; and to
increase workforce development through
an array of programs and initiatives.” As
member of TPP, MIL keeps current on
events, trends, and technical advancements
impacting the NAVAIR community, while
simultaneously networking and growing
our business profile in the Southern
Maryland/Pax River area.

kudos

Matt Myers Barry Freese

MIL staff member Matt Myers was the recent recipient of the The Director of the Joint Simulation Environment at
Triton Test Team’s “MVP Parking Spot” award. In the words NAWCAD, Blaine Summers, recently offered the following
of MQ-4C Triton Lead Test Engineer Amanda Marge, Matt words of praise for MIL’s Barry Freese:
was selected “for his hard work in rapidly getting up to speed “We appreciate the tremendous support Barry Freese has been
as the SIGINT FTE.” “In the brief time that Matt has been on providing to the JSE program. Barry is an absolutely vital
the team he has worked closely with his project officer Sean member of the team. JSE is a very complex, high demand
Lawson to lean forward in coordinating test plan reviews, environment and Barry makes meaningful contributions daily.
amendments, test event scheduling, technical requirement Specifically, Barry’s subject matter expertise has been critical to
discussions, and more. Thank you, Matt!” solving hard network engineering challenges, improving data
Matt’s superior performance was also recognized by Ivan recording and distribution, implementing automated software
Thomas, the Tekla Resources PM supporting NAVAIR’s build processes, and improving several team workflows.
Integrated Warfare Test and Evaluation Services (IWTES) Barry’s contributions are a huge part of JSE’s recent successes
program. Matt currently serves as an Information Systems directly supporting warfighter training needs. We’ve hosted
and Cyber Security Associate on MIL’s subcontract work multiple USAF and USN squadrons over the last few months,
supporting IWTES. providing the best available F-35 training against near peer
Congratulations, Matt! threat systems. Barry has played a key role in the success and we
appreciate MIL’s contribution to our team.”
Keep up the great work, Barry!

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