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Breaking Though Traditions
September 29, 2021 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Optimists expect a better future. Their positive thinking can also become a self-fulfilling prophecy. That can be said for the group in the Piping, Insulation, Tool Room and Equipment Maintenance shop who frequently heard that their goal couldn’t be achieved. They took those words as a challenge, shrugged off setbacks, and... MORE

Pipefitter Apprentices Alex Soulliere and Francis Dumlao provide an overview of the improvements made to USS Mississippi’s (SSN-782) Vertical Launch System (VLS) Missile Tube Air Pressure Vent (APV) pipe drying process.

PSNS & IMF hosts technology showcase
September 28, 2021 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility hosted a technology showcase Aug. 25-26, 2021, at the Kitsap Conference Center at Bremerton Harborside, in downtown Bremerton, Washington.According to Jeff Brimhall, the PSNS & IMF technology insertion manager, Code 1000i, the event featured 53 industry partners who demonstrated tools,... MORE

Lifecycle Engineering representative Cory Kozlowski, left, helps Brian Hoglund, a Keyport computer scientist, use a mixed-reality headset Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, during Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility's 2021 Technology Showcase at the Kitsap Conference Center in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

NSS-SY: Crew boards streamline start-of-shift process for supervisors, workers across shipyard
September 27, 2021 — Crew boards, which were part of the Naval Sustainment System—Shipyards Start-of-Shift sprint conducted during the past several months, are now being expanded to additional projects across Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.According to Ray Howard, an NSS-SY lead for PSNS & IMF, crew boards were found to be an effective... MORE

Rear Adm. Howard B. Markle, deputy commander, Logistics, Maintenance and Industrial Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command, talks with Chris Harty, Shop 11/17 Shipfitter and Sheet Metal, general foreman, and Timothy Tibbs, Shop 11, Shipfitter, supervisor, about the use of crew boards Aug. 26, 2021, during a tour of the Building 1124 CVN Maintenance Complex at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

PSNS & IMF Apprentice Program Celebrates its 120th Anniversary, Holds Socially-Distanced Graduation Ceremony on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton
September 17, 2021 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Apprentice School graduated 206 students Sept. 17 during an outdoor ceremony held on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton. It is the second year that students have received their graduation materials via a drive-through tunnel constructed by PSNS & IMF’s temporary services department, a... MORE

Congratulations Class of 2021 Apprentice Graduates (PSNS & IMF graphic by Geno Hernandez)

Roosevelt begins year-plus availability at PSNS & IMF
September 13, 2021 — USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) entered Dry dock 6 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., Sept. 10, 2021, to begin the docking portion of a 16.4-month Docking Planned Incremental Availability.According to Brian McDermott, project superintendent, Code 371, Roosevelt Project, this DPIA will prepare the... MORE

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) entered Dry dock 6 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., Sept. 10, 2021, to begin the docking portion of a 16.4-month Docking Planned Incremental Availability. (PSNS & IMF photo by Brian Kilpatrick)

PNS Celebrates Apprentice Graduation
August 31, 2021 — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard held an outdoor drive-in style graduation ceremony Friday for the Production Trades Apprentice and Worker Skills Progression Program (WSPP) Class of 2021.Commanding Officer, USS Texas (SSN 775), Cmdr. Kenneth Cooke served as the keynote speaker. Cooke congratulated the graduates as he reminded them of their critical role... MORE

Shipyard Commander, Capt. Ettlich Addresses Apprentice Class of 2021

Nimitz project reaches halfway point of availability
August 23, 2021 — The USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Planned Incremental Availability reached the 50 percent complete point Aug. 11, 2021, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington.USS Nimitz arrived at PSNS & IMF March 7, 2021, and, according to Steven Pugh, deputy project superintendent for the Nimitz Project Team, the... MORE

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) arrives at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton March 7, 2021. The ship's arrival completed a nearly 11-month deployment to U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleets, including participation in Operations Freedom's Sentinel, Inherent Resolve and Octave Quartz. The Nimitz Project Team reached the halfway point of its Planned Incremental Availability Aug. 11, 2021. (PSNS & IMF Photo by Wendy Hallmark)

$1.7-billion drydock project awarded to improve Portsmouth Naval Shipyard capacity
August 13, 2021 — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded a $1.7-billion construction project Aug. 13. This effort will expand and reconfigure a dry dock complex at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery, Maine, to increase the shipyard's capacity to maintain, modernize, and repair the Navy's attack submarines and return them to the fleet... MORE

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME: Jun 22, 2021: USS Virginia (SSN 774) successfully exits dry dock at the shipyard. Virginia is at the shipyard for a scheduled maintenance period.

Kokua I Ko Makou Kaiaulu: Helping Our Community
July 25, 2021 — If you asked someone to define community, they’d likely give you an answer that involves a physical location. A person’s community is often described as a literal place in the world: a school, a neighborhood, or a town. The Oxford English Dictionary defines community as “a body of people or things viewed collectively.”Nothing changes a community... MORE

NSS-SY: PSNS & IMF to roll out next 3 sprints for evaluation
July 19, 2021 — Naval Sustainment System – Shipyards champions and subject-matter experts from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and the other three U.S. Navy shipyards agreed on the next three NSS-SY sprints to pursue, during a meeting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Honolulu in early July.The... MORE

NSS-SY: On time, every time graphic detailing next three Naval Sustainment System – Shipyard sprits to be explored by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and
the other three U.S. Navy shipyards. (U.S. Navy graphic by Robin Lee)

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