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ALRE team works at historic pace to finish work on 3 Nimitz catapults
March 6, 2024 — The Aircraft Launch and Recovery Team at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility is performing three catapult alignments on USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in a historically short period of time.According to Chris Krueger, topside assistant project superintendent, Code 368, Carrier Program Office, the ALRE team is taking on an ambitious... MORE

Aircraft Launch and Recovery team members from Shop 38, Marine Machinist, work to align catapult #4 aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Jan. 7, 2024, during a six-month planned incremental availability for the aircraft carrier at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

HRMC Completes Wayne E. Meyer Maintenance Ahead of Schedule
March 1, 2024 — Members of the Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center (HRMC) completed a scheduled maintenance availability for Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) eight days ahead of schedule last month, allowing the ship to return to service early... MORE

USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) is moored at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.

Hundreds land on-the-spot job offers during two-day PSNS & IMF employment event
February 29, 2024 — More than 2,000 job seekers came to downtown Bremerton, Feb. 23-24, in search of new employment opportunities, during a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Hiring Fair at the Kitsap Conference Center. New opportunities are exactly what they found.The two-day event resulted in 262 on-the-spot job offers to work at the... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, shakes hands with Dwight Stephens, a job applicant from Bremerton, Washington, Feb. 23, 2024, during a two-day PSNS & IMF Hiring Fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton. (U.S Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Program helps leaders prioritize safety, accountability
February 29, 2024 — He stared into the room before entering. Eight feet away, a co-worker lay sprawled across the floor. Andrew Gorton, supervisor, Shop 06, Maintenance, quickly called out.“Hey! Are you OK? Do you need help?”When an answer didn’t come immediately, Gorton quickly began to find help and let others in the area know what was going on.From the other side... MORE

Idrese Manning, middle left, waterfront safety advocate, Code 900S, Waterfront Safety, conducts a "1001 Steps Supervisor/Work Leader Safety Course" for (from left) Rick Tally, supervisor, Shop 26, Welders, Chris Holiness, work leader, Shop 99, Temporary Services, and Andrew Gorton, supervisor, Shop 06, Logistics, Feb. 12, 2024, in Building 460 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Celebrates Milestone at Historic Dry Dock Construction
February 26, 2024 — The Navy celebrated an early milestone in its largest construction project to date - Dry Dock 5 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) - at an Anchoring Ceremony Feb. 24, 2024... MORE

Capt. Jones signs piles Dry Dock 5 Ceremony

Black History Month: African Americans & the arts
February 6, 2024 — In September 1915, decades after the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery as an institution within all U.S. states and territories, historian Carter Woodson and Minister Jesse Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, an organization dedicated to researching and promoting the achievements of Black Americans and... MORE

Katherine Dunham is a dancer that many historians have named the most important women of African American dance. She was considered both a dancer and an anthropologist. Dunham was one of the first modern dance pioneers, combining cultural, grounded dance movements with elements of ballet. (Photo by Roger Woods, courtesy of the New York Library digital collections.)

Knowledge sharing event helps Code 350 employees align with established team objectives, expectations
February 6, 2024 — Employees with Code 350, Inactive Fleet, Submarine Recycling and Reactor Compartment Disposal (IRR) program, held their first Integrated Project Team Development Step III knowledge share fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton, Jan 13.The team-focused IPTD Step III training focused on aligning team members with established,... MORE

Tracy Steevers, general foreman, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheetmetal, stamps passports Jan. 13, 2023, during a Code 350, Inactive Fleet, Submarine Recycling and Reactor Compartment Disposal knowledge fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

21 Southwest Regional Apprentice Program graduates receive certificates of completion
February 5, 2024 — Students from Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, Southwest Regional Maintenance Center and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Detachment San Diego were celebrated Jan. 18, 2024, during a graduation ceremony at Southwestern College, in Chula Vista, Calif., in honor of their successful completion of the Southwest Regional Apprentice Program.Twenty one... MORE

Kyle Weir, deputy apprentice program director, Detachment San Diego, and Reuben Farley, director of student programs, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, congratulate Apprentice of the Year Steven Tomika, machinist, Shop 941, Inside Machinist, Jan. 18, 2023, during a graduation ceremony in Chula Vista, California. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

SurgeMain Sailors participate in annual two-week deployment exercise in support of vital Navy mission
February 1, 2024 — The U.S. Navy Reserve is an essential element of the workforce that makes up America’s Navy. Wherever the important work of the Navy is done, Reservists are there to support the mission. Reservists seamlessly support, actively contribute, effectively lead and serve a key role in helping the U.S. Navy meet its mission of fleet readiness.Puget Sound... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, speaks to SurgeMain Sailors Jan. 7, 2023, at Naval Base Kitsap’s Olympic Lodge Training Center, in Bremerton, Washington. His briefing helped kick off the start of "DEPLOYEX24," a two-week deployment exercise, utilizing over 110 Navy Reservist's for PSNS & IMF'S six areas of responsibility. (U.S Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

PSNS & IMF honors shipyard carrier program manager
January 25, 2024 — Chris Hughes, carrier program manager, Code 312, Aircraft Carrier Program Office, received the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award Dec. 21, 2023, during a surprise ceremony at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.Hughes, the carrier program manager at PSNS & IMF since 2016, was honored for his “superior contributions to... MORE

Chris Hughes, carrier program manager, Code 312, Aircraft Carrier Program Office at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, poses with his wife, Julie, and their four children (from left), Katie, Joseph, Charles and Nicholas, Dec. 21, 2023, after receiving the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award during a ceremony at PSNS & IMF, in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)