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Making the cut: Team turns an employee idea into a process improvement that will save thousands of hours of labor — every time it's used.
June 23, 2022 — When a team of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility planners was gearing up to replace the tubing on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier reboiler, a work leader from Shop 26, Welders, asked herself if there might be a better way to complete the job. After thinking through the problem, she suggested the team try doing the job much... MORE

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, congratulates Tracy Hartz, work leader, Shop 26, Welders, during a Bravo Zulu award ceremony May 27, 2022 at PSNS & IMF in Bremerton, Washington. Hartz, who started as a PSNS & IMF helper-trainee eight years ago, suggested cutting away a much smaller portion of the reboiler tank to access the tubing inside. This suggestion eventually resulted in an estimated 4,400 labor hours saved — every time the team does this job. (U.S. Navy photos by Scott Hansen)

USS Ronald Reagan completes availability early
June 15, 2022 — USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) completed a four-month Selected Restricted Availability May 11 in Yokosuka, Japan. The availability was completed two days early—a major win for the entire team.The team was made up of talented and dedicated workers from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility... MORE

The U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) departs Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) for a regularly scheduled deployment, May 20, 2022. Ronald Reagan is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Darren Cordoviz)

PRIDE | Celebrating progress and continuing the journey
June 13, 2022 — June 1 marked the beginning of Pride Month across our nation. It is a month when our nation celebrates the contributions made by the LGBTQ+ community and the progress made on issues of equality, representation and allyship.Pride Month is celebrated in June as a tribute to those who protested police violence against the LGBTQ+ community during... MORE

A graphic created for the celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month. (U.S. Navy Graphic by Seaman Darren Cordoviz)

Juneteenth | America's second Independence Day
June 9, 2022 — Juneteenth will be celebrated as a federal holiday June 20 this year, after becoming an official holiday last year by executive order of President Joe Biden.Juneteenth celebrates the date, June 19, 1865, when the last Confederate community of enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, received word that they had been freed from bondage. Union General... MORE

U.S. Navy graphic by Defense Health Agency Juneteenth graphic.

EXPERT TRADESPERSON | NSS-SY Shipyard Resourcing pillar develops new career path, increases support to mechanics
June 9, 2022 — A new career path at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility provides expert mechanics with the means and motivation to train and mentor the next generation of journey-level workers. The Navy’s four public shipyards are the most consequential driver of fleet readiness and lethality. In order to win wars and deter aggression,... MORE

Workers from Shop 38, Marine Machinery Mechanics, observe a propeller installation for USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Oct. 16, 2018 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. (U.S. Navy photo by Brain Kilpatrick)

PWENG at Women in Trades Fair
June 6, 2022 — The women of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Facility have a tradition in the trades that goes back to some of their first forays onto the waterfront during World War I, working as rivet passers and rivet catchers. Today’s tradeswomen span more than a dozen shops and codes and are represented at every level of the workforce. From... MORE

Women representing more than a dozen shops and codes at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility participate in the 2022 Women in Trades Fair at the Seattle Center, May 6, 2022. The fair is organized by the Washington Women in Trades Association and has been held for more than 40 years. The fair offers an opportunity for women in trades to gather, teach, learn, recruit and inspire. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Shipyard Safety: Seabees lead sidewalk abatement project
June 3, 2022 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Production Engineering and Facilities, Code 980, worked closely with Seabees from Naval Facilities Northwest Naval Construction Battalion to repair uneven parts of the sidewalk along Farragut Ave., beginning in early February.According to Kyle Krogstad, industrial engineering... MORE

Petty Officer Second Class Brandon Kimpel, utilitiesman, (left) and Petty Officer Second Class Justin Reeves, builder, complete hazard abatement work on walkways along both sides of Farragut Avenue February 14, 2022 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Waterfront pillar
June 2, 2022 — The Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard Waterfront Pillar is more than simply a notion for operational improvement. It is a living program that empowers employees at all levels to express their ideas on how to work more effectively through following and improving Project Management Fundamentals.The pillar focuses on education and training, planning... MORE

Rear Adm. Scott M. Brown, deputy commander, Naval Sea Systems Command Industrial Operations, is briefed on Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program by Dave Sweet, deputy program manager, PMS 555, March 31, 2022 during a tour of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Brown is the Waterfront Pillar lead for Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard, one of nine pillars meant to support the mechanics at the deckplate level and empower them to innovate and elevate issues. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Engineering pillar
June 1, 2022 — The Naval Sustainment System – Shipyard Engineering Pillar is focused on removing or mitigating barriers to accomplish work safer, faster and with the highest quality by applying engineering methods and technical authority to challenging requirements and implementing new methods and technology. The Engineering Pillar is led by Rear Adm. Jason... MORE

Rear Adm. Jason Lloyd, chief engineer and deputy commander of Ship Design, Integration and Naval Engineering, SEA 05,
participates in a Q&A session with engineers March 30 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Lloyd is the source of shipyard technical authority, chair of the Engineering Intervention Board and the Engineering Pillar lead. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

CODE 1000i | Shipyard innovation through NCMS
May 31, 2022 — After taking a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Technology Showcase came roaring back in the summer of 2021, offering hundreds of teammates the opportunity to check out industry’s latest innovations.In the six months since the... MORE

Robert Curtis, right, national sales manager for Alpha Quantix, a Los Angeles-based exoskeleton and robotics company, shows Shop 56 Pipefitters (from left) Cole Knuckey and Josh Davies how the "Ironhand" can aid a shipyard worker's grip Aug. 25, 2021, during PSNS & IMF's 2021 Technology Showcase at the Kitsap Conference Center in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

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