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Command Career Center opens to assist with employee development
March 9, 2020 — Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, officially opened the Command Career Center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 26 at the center’s location next to Building 427 trailer M-14415 at the shipyard.“It doesn’t really get closer to home than developing this center for our people,” said... MORE

Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, cuts the ribbon during the official opening celebration for the Command Career Center Feb. 26. Pictured with Wolfson are Richard Tift, executive director, PSNS & IMF, and the Career Counseling Team, Heidi Anderson and CeCe Norgaard (top row), and David Tift, Britany Ashley and Eleanor McCann.

PSNS & IMF Partners with DLA Disposition Services to streamline submarine component recycling and disposal
March 9, 2020 — Stewardship and responsible handling of Department of Defense assets is a long-standing priority for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Disposition and recycling of materials has evolved significantly in the shipyard’s 129-year history.Most recently, through collaborative efforts between PSNS & IMF and Defense Logistics... MORE

Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, with Michael O. Cannon (right), director of Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services and Bruce Bordenick (center), executive director of Radiological Controls, PSNS & IMF, discuss the benefits of the Demilitarization as a Condition of Sale contracting program.

Command Counseling Program Launches: PSNS & IMF offers free, confidential employee mental health counseling
March 9, 2020 — Articles and studies pepper the internet linking stress and mental health challenges with adverse impacts on physical health, family life and work.Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility recognizes these issues and are meeting them head-on.The command recently welcomed two social workers, Gretchen Gamradt and Tracey... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Social Workers Tracey Middleton and Gretchen Gamradt provide free, confidential solution-focused therapy for employees.

PSNS & IMF and shipyard unions sign letter of intent for VPP reapplication
March 6, 2020 — Leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, the Bremerton Metal Trades Council and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 12, signed a letter of intent today for PSNS & IMF to file a Voluntary Protection Programs application to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration... MORE

Leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, the Bremerton Metal Trades Council and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 12, signed a letter of intent today for PSNS & IMF to file a Voluntary Protection Programs application to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region X.

Secretary Geurts visits Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard with an eye on the future
February 14, 2020 — Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HAWAII -- James F. Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development & acquisition, visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) on Feb. 13 to see firsthand the locations where the Navy is focused on providing the shipyard’s 21st Century workforce with 21st... MORE

James F. Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, looks into Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Dry Dock #3. In Fiscal Year 2022 once the last Los Angeles-class submarine availability is complete, the shipyard’s Dry Dock #3 will become obsolete due to its size. To maintain and grow PHNSY & IMF’s nuclear maintenance capacity and provide best value to taxpayers, the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program will optimize this critical shipyard location.

Employee competes in elite Spartan Races after life-changing combat injury
February 13, 2020 — In 2009, Sgt. Jason Steinmetz and his team were ambushed during a patrol along the Pech River Valley in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.Steinmetz suffered permanent nerve damage to the right side of his body as a result of the attack and was medically retired. He earned a Purple Heart because of his injuries and is rated 100 percent disabled by the... MORE

Jason Steinmetz, radiological control technician at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

Sailor receives award for helping save life of PSNS & IMF employee
February 11, 2020 — A Sailor received a military award today at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility for helping save the life of an employee.Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Christopher S. Painter received a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal from PSNS & IMF Commander Capt. Dianna Wolfson for rendering life-saving aid to Garrett Woodard, a... MORE

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Christopher S. Painter is embraced by District Fire Chief Jack D. Woodard following presentation of the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to Painter Feb. 11. Painter rendered life-saving aid to Woodard's son, Garrett, an employee at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance facility.

PSNS & IMF Southwest Regional Apprentice Program holds graduation
January 21, 2020 — The Navy welcomed 18 skilled, journey-level trade professionals into its workforce during the Southwest Regional Apprentice Program commencement ceremony Jan. 16 at Southwestern College’s Mayan Hall in Chula Vista.The four-year apprentice program graduates represent four commands and six trades. In addition to receiving their journey-worker... MORE

The Navy welcomed 18 skilled, journey-level trade professionals into its workforce during the Southwest Regional Apprentice Program commencement ceremony Jan. 16, at Southwestern College’s Mayan Hall in Chula Vista, California.

Breaking the sound barrier – First deaf employee completes Category 3 User Shop Crane Operator Training
January 13, 2020 — Kitsap County native Brandon Salley is the only deaf member of his family and the first member of his family to work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.As of Dec. 3, 2019, he’s also the first deaf employee at the shipyard to complete Category 3 User Shop Crane Operator Training.Salley, whose primary method of... MORE

Marlene Bell, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility's American Sign Language interpretor, communicates with Shop 51 Marine Electrician Brandon Salley (left) during Category 3 User Shop Crane Operator Training Dec. 3 while Code 724 Supervisory Training Specialist Jay Lucas provides instruction and Deb Chard from Code 900S, Waterfront Safety, observes.

Applied math STEM students float their boats
January 10, 2020 — Splashing water, excited cheers and exuberant squeals echoed throughout the indoor pool area at the Bremerton, Washington YMCA on Jan. 8, as eighth-grade Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students from Mountain View Middle School raced their self-constructed cardboard boats in the school’s inaugural cardboard boat competition.Twenty... MORE

Stephen Mastel, PSNS & IMF STEM outreach coordinator provides in-water support for an eight-grade applied math student from Mountain View Middle School as she paddles her boat during the school’s inaugural cardboard boat race at the Bremerton Family YMCA. Twenty students participated in the event, piloting self-constructed boats made of cardboard and duct tape.

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