PORT HUENEME-Calif. -- Naval Facilities Engineering

PORT HUENEME-Calif. -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC), Branch Head, Environmental Technology and Development Branch, Vern Novstrup, (Right) briefs NAVFAC, Commander and Chief of Civil Engineers, RADM Bret Muilenburg at the NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center Seawater Desalinization Test Facility. Muilenburg returned to NAVFAC EXWC April 5, for the first time since becoming NAVFAC’s Commander last October. During his visit, he briefed his NAVFAC mission and vision contained in the recently published Strategic Design 2016 - 2019 to the EXWC Executive Steering Group. Muilenburg stressed that NAVFAC would still maintain its course and speed while serving its customers. "Our Strategic Design is not a change in direction; rather, it is a sharpening of our strategic focus," said Muilenburg. "It's a way to strengthen our NAVFAC team." U.S. Navy Photo by Michael Ard (Released)