Adapt, Learn and Overcome with America Makes

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 Dion English and I am the director of logistics and the deputy chief of Naval operations Fleet read and Logistics office the Navy maintains its ships aircraft carriers and its submarines and other systems on board our Sailors our skill 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 po aircraft carriers are supplied for a number of months and can accommodate up to 5,000 Personnel up to 90 military aircraft 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 and layers 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 called America makes America makes is a public private partnership that was established by the Department of Defense America makes in the Office of Naval operations customized and Industry vetted additive manufacturing training program Sailors and Technical civilian Workforce can be trained to three levels of skill apprenticeship journeyman and master Craftsman the new Naval Aviation school for additive manufacturing offers the training program teller for the Naval Air systems command a naval force that has the Manufacturing tech technology Advantage can sustain War 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