Rear Adm. Scott Dillon, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division commander, joins NAWCWD graduates of the first cohort of the Naval Postgraduate School’s Applied Trajectory Optimization Certificate program during a ceremony Jan. 31 at China Lake. The graduates, in the front row from left are, Rebecca Garnett, Russell Haverstock, Justin Kang, Douglas Lamb, Robert Mar, Chang Yu and Brandon Norton. Joining the graduates in the back row from left are NPS Professor Garth Hobson, NPS Professor Michael Ross, academic advisor for the program, NPS Professor Mark Karpenko, second from right, program director, and Dan Carreño director of NAWCWD Weapons and Energetics. (U.S. Navy photo)