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Resilient, Resolute, Relentless: Month of the Military Child
April 4, 2025 — Although kids of today may experience some of the issues I had many years (more than I would like to admit) ago, there are issues that our children and teenagers face today that I never had to deal with like cyberbullying, overuse of screen time and trying to separate fake news from not to name a few. However, there are over 1.6 million kids who currently face challenges that most of their peers don’t. Things like moving to a new city, state or country every two to three years; having a parent absent for holidays, birthdays; and having their parents in a combat zone, not sure if they will make it home alive or not. This group of resilient, resolute and relentless children is known as the “military child.”... MORE

Three-year-old Philip Scott, one-year-old James Scott, NNSY Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department (NRMD) Electrician’s Mate (Nuclear) Anh Scott and NNSY’s Fleet Maintenance Submarine (FMB) Rubber and Plastic Shop (Shop 57B) Electrician’s Mate (Nuclear) First Class Michael Scott have been a military family since the birth of Philip Scott.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard has Its Own Cavalry Known as Navy Reserve Surge Maintenance Program
April 4, 2025 — All four public Navy shipyards: Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Portsmouth, Virginia; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington; and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii have their own cavalry, the Navy Reserve Surge Maintenance Program (SurgeMain)... MORE

During their annual Navy Reserve two-week-long training period at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), SurgeMain Charlotte Machinist Mate Third Class Ashton McDaniel (left) and SurgeMain Atlanta Machinist Mate First Class Kyle Leonard (center) watches NNSY’s Outside Machine Shop (Shop 38) Outside Machinist James Derrickson (right) as he demonstrates how to use a top-loaded ball valve, breaking down, taking measurements, using the center line tool to get the stem center line measurement and giving them a little refresher on some of the precision measuring tools that they would use and the proper tools to take apart the valve.

Talking Shop: Celebrating NNSY’s Pipefitter Shop (Shop 56)
April 4, 2025 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) Pipefitter Shop (Shop 56), consisting of approximately 450 shipyard employees, is responsible for bending pipe, fabricating hose assemblies, building complex piping systems, performing brazing operations and testing piping systems and components for carrier and submarine projects at NNSY as well as for off-yard carriers and amphibious warfare ships. Shop 56 also runs the acid room, which consists of large vats of acid solutions used to dip hard-to-clean components; plus, up until recently, Shop 56 had the only gasket-making capability onboard NNSY... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Pipefitter Shop (Shop 56) Pipefitter Jason Roldan uses the tools and knowledge he learned as a physical education teacher for elementary school kids and serving in the U.S. Navy for four years. “Working with elementary school-age children taught me patience and how to work with others. The Navy taught me discipline and what it meant to become an active member of a team with the same common goal. I didn’t realize how the lessons I learned in the teaching field and the Navy would become so beneficial to me at my job here at the shipyard.”

Forging the Future: U.S. Trains First Australian Radiological Control Technicians to Support AUKUS Submarine Force
March 27, 2025 — PORTSMOUTH, Va. – In a milestone for the AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) enhanced trilateral security partnership, four Australian civilian maintenance technicians from the Australian government’s submarine company, ASC, graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Radiological Controls Technician Qualifying School (RCTQS) at the Norfolk Naval... MORE

In a milestone for the AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) enhanced trilateral security partnership, four Australian civilian maintenance technicians, pictured with Norfolk Naval Shipyard commander Capt. James Mosman, graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Radiological Controls Technician Qualifying School (RCTQS) at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard March 26, 2025.

Event helps showcase shipyard apprentice program to current command employees
March 27, 2025 — Since 1901, the Apprentice Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has helped provide the shipyard with highly trained professionals ready to contribute to its mission. Back in those early days, the Shipyard Labor Board selected six men to train under skilled craftsmen at the command. In the ensuing years, that... MORE

Robert Nance, trade instructor, Shop 11, Shipfitters, talks with Jenean Valencia, electroplater helper, Shop 31, Inside Machinist, March 19, 2025, during the Apprentice Program Knowledge Fair at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

New IT vending machine, checkout lockers to ease access to mission-essential electronics
March 27, 2025 — A new information technology peripheral vending machine and three tablet lockers have been deployed throughout Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility to support around-the-clock work.Tablet lockers are now located in Bldg. 850A, on south end of the fifth floor close to Office 550; Bldg. 879, on the first floor; and Bldg. 78,... MORE

IT specialists (from left) Kris Smith and Bill Ziezulewicz, Code 109.32, IT Financial Planning Procurement & Budgeting Branch, along with Frank Spencer, IT service desk support, Code 109.31, IT Service Center, pose for a picture alongside the new IT vending machine located in Building 850A at PSNS & IMF, March 14, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Command employees find fun way to support Kitsap County food banks, relief organizations
March 27, 2025 — A recent friendly food drive competition between Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Sheet Metal and Forge & Heat Treat, and Shop 99, Temporary Services, highlighted how Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees don’t just contributing to national defense every day, they also support the local community.Tricia Hlebechuk, lead... MORE

Kathi Morgan, calibration coordinator, Shop 99, Temporary Services, collects jars of donated peanut butter, Feb. 19, 2025, during her lunch at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NAVFAC Public Works Department Members Honored for Snowplow Know-how
March 18, 2025 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Commander, Capt. Jip Mosman, honored members of Public Works Department (PWD) Portsmouth, March 10, for their outstanding recovery efforts after a mid-February snowstorm. The storm brought around 10 inches of snow to NNSY and Naval Support Activity-Portsmouth Virginia (NSA-PV), marking the region’s heaviest snowfall in 15 years... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Commander Captain Jip Mosman recognized members of the NAVFAC Public Works Department (PWD) March 10 for providing exemplary support in recovery operations following the February 19, 2025 snowstorm at NNSY and Naval Support Activity—Portsmouth Virginia (NSA-PV).

Shipyard Spotlight: Paris Sessoms Jr. - Code 730 General Foreman
March 18, 2025 — With a family history of shipyard workers, a strong foundation in faith and numerous mentors, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) General Foreman Paris Sessoms Jr. has proudly carried on his family’s legacy and now serves as a strong model and mentor for others... MORE

With a family history of shipyard workers, a strong foundation in faith and numerous mentors, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) General Foreman Paris Sessoms Jr. has proudly carried on his family’s legacy and now serves as a strong model and mentor for others.

Forecasting Key to Successful Industry Day 2025
March 18, 2025 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) sponsored its 3rd Annual Industry Day Jan. 15. Industry Day gives NNSY and contractors the opportunity to engage and share future work scope requirements supporting the shipyard mission of on-time delivery of ships back to the Fleet... MORE

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