Miss. native earns undersea bronze

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Clarksdale, Miss., native Dr. Kerry Commander was awarded the 2013 Undersea Warfare Bronze Medal Award for Technical Merit by the National Defense Industrial Association. Commander was chosen for the distinction based on numerous technical fleet program achievements he helped lay the foundation. His recognition marks the 10th Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, Fla., worker to earn the NDIA Bronze Award distinction for technical merit since 1998. Commander is NSWCPC’s senior leader of technical research and development initiatives within the S&T division working in support of mine/undersea warfare and expeditionary warfare. (Naval Coastal Systems Center 10/28/14)