Master of logistics

Rebecca Jackson Powell '08 was honored as the 2024 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Bernard Smith Award recipient for her dedication to ensuring the delivery of safe and reliable systems to the fleet to meet urgent warfighting requirements.

The award cited her outstanding leadership, technical knowledge and dedication in enabling the rapid delivery of new critical warfighting capabilities to the fleet across multiple Navy platforms.

Powell serves as the NSWCDD Weapons Control & Integration (H) Department certification lead and recently spearheaded a transformative digital overhaul of the certification process. That work, alongside retiring six certified builds for the SUW MP and successful SLAMM execution, earned her the Award of Merit for Group Achievement as a member of Dahlgren Sea Land Air Missile Module team in addition to her Bernard Smith Award.