Adapt, Learn and Overcome with America Makes Events

for 248 years our United States Navy has protected American Shores we win Wars deter aggression and maintain Freedom of the Seas we have the greatest naval force in the world we have the most resilient Sailors and the most dedicated civilian Workforce my name is R Aral Deon English and I am the director of logistics and the deputy chief of Naval operations Fleet remist and Logistics office the Navy maintains its ships aircraft carriers and its submarines and other systems on board those systems have to be functional and usable when the Navy calls us to serve our Sailors our skilled civilian Workforce at Depot and our expeditionary Personnel should not have to question whether or not they'll get the supplies Parts and Equipment needed to maintain our vessels and systems most aircraft carriers are supplied for a number of months and can accommodate up to 5,000 Personnel up to 90 m aircraft but eventually we need to resupply and for systems over than 10 years supplies Parts and Equipment are not always available so how does the Navy fulfill its Mission if we can't get everything we need as a Navy we adapt and we learn and by learning we overcome additive manufacturing is a term for industrialized 3D printing a user can create three-dimensional objects like Parts by depositing metal plastic and other materials in layers the technology is flexible and a user can build anything from a small plastic knob for panel instrumentation to metal engine parts but before our Sailors and civilian Workforce can start making parts we need the knowledge the training and the skills to understand and apply this technology so we call America makes the first step to adopting any manufacturing technology is familiarity familiarity with machines and an understanding of the materials in the processes America makes is a public private partnership that was established by the Department of Defense our charge is to help military services understand and integrate additive manufacturing to support Warf fighter operations and Beyond America makes in the Office of Naval operations customized and Industry vetted additive manufacturing training program Sailors and Technical civilian Workforce better known as civilian Artisans can be trained to three levels of skill apprenticeship journeyman and master Craftsman and now we're scaling up that training to support Dy personnel and operational environments where Sailors and civilians at Warfare centers Depot and onboard ships can learn the skills to use and apply the technology the new Naval Aviation school for additive manufacturing offers the training program developed by opnav in America makes Taylor for the Naval Air systems command the Navy is investing to upskill their Workforce their approach to integrating Advanced manufacturing technology recognizes the importance of the human element that exists Beyond machines the Navy has a quote that says a naval force that adapts learns and improves the fastest has the war fighting Advantage I'll add to that a naval force that has the manufacturing technology Advantage can sustain Warf fighting Advantage America makes is the nation's additive manufacturing Innovation Institute and our partnership will continue to help empower the Navy its Sailors and our civilians to fulfill our duty unimpeded by supply chain shortfalls so we can build beyond the limits and continue to be a global Force for good