Southeast Regional Maintenance Center

Talking Shop: Celebrating NNSY’s Metal Forger Shop (Shop 11F)
March 14, 2025 — Metal forging is a craft that began between 4,000 – 7,000 B.C. and has been an integral part of human history since. The skill of shaping metal through hammering, heating, and cooling has been used over the centuries to create tools, weapons and intricate works of art. Blacksmiths have played a vital role in shaping civilization, just like the Metal Forging Shop, Shop 11F, consisting of eight metal forgers, has a role to play in supporting Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) mission of repairing, modernizing and inactivating the Navy’s warships and training platforms... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Metal Forging Shop (Shop 11F) Metal Forger Ian McHorney started his shipyard career in the Shipfitter Shop (Shop 11) approximately 10 years ago. It wasn’t until eight years later that he became a metal forger. “I have always been fascinated with forging. When I had the opportunity to work in Shop 11F, I jumped all over it,” said McHorney. “The job requests are always changing from making a tool one day to inspecting an anchor chain the next. This is what makes the job fun.”

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Contracting Personnel Complete Contracts Management & Practical Acquisitions Skills Workshop
March 14, 2025 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Contracting Department (Code 400) executes approximately 1,400 contracts each year. To ensure that all Code 400 personnel are familiar with and adhere to various policies, rules and regulations, Code 400 recently held its inaugural Contracts Management & Practical Acquisitions Skills (CMPAS) Workshop (pronounced “compass”) for nine new personnel... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Contracting Department Business Operation Division Head Donyette Rodgers (left) presents the Contracts Management & Practical Acquisition Skills (CMPAS) Workshop completion certificate to Contract Specialist Chaunsa Saunders. Saunders was one of nine to attend the inaugural 13-week program, which consisted of over 100 hours of academic instruction and 50 hours of hands-on training through mock procurements.

Design Your Future: NSWC Philadelphia Celebrates National Engineers Week
March 13, 2025 — NSWCPD marked National Engineers Week (Feb. 18-21, 2025) with a focus on "Design Your Future!" The... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Commanding Officer Capt. Joseph Darcy (left) and Technical Director Nigel C. Thijs, SES (right) present the a Certificate of Appreciation to Thomas Perotti, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Executive Director for its Naval Systems and Logistics Directorate (SEA 05) (center), for serving as the command’s National Engineers Week Kick-Off Event keynote speaker on Feb. 18, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Phil Scaringi, ctr)

Navy Regional Maintenance Center Holds Change of Command
March 13, 2025 — NORFOLK – Rear Adm. Dan Lannamann relieved Rear Adm. William Greene as Commander, Navy Regional... MORE

Rear Adm. Dan Lannamann relieved Rear Adm. William Greene as Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia

Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 112
March 13, 2025 — NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion... MORE

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