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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.”

A Curator’s Legacy: Dana Wegner Honored for 50 Years of Federal Service
April 4, 2025 — After dedicating half a century to his career, Dana Wegner, curator of ship models at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division, retired from federal service. In recognition of his expansive knowledge of naval architecture and his contributions to preserving naval history, Wegner received the Department of the Navy (DoN) Civilian... MORE

Capt. Christopher Matassa presents Dana Wegner, curator of ship models, with the Department of the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal as Dr. David Drazen looks on during Wegner’s retirement ceremony at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, March 21, 2025.

NUWC Division Newport presents innovation and ONR awards to students in RI State Science and Engineering Fair
April 3, 2025 — On March 19, U.S. Navy Reservist Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Quinn, an engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, presented Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Division Newport Innovation Awards to the selected winners of the R.I. State Science and Engineering Fair held on March 15 at the Community College of Rhode Island’s Knight Campus in Warwick... MORE

NSWC Crane scientist leads test and evaluation for space programs and novel universal charger
April 1, 2025 — Growing up near the Navy laboratory, Alexandria Kilzer didn’t expect her career would lead her to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane). However, when she was studying chemistry as an undergraduate at Indiana University, she began interning at NSWC Crane in the summer of 2019.“I was very fortunate,” Kilzer said. “I was part of a... MORE

Saturn V Rocket Display at George W.S. Abbey Rocket Park at NASA Johnson Space Center

NUWC Division Newport employees support FIRST Robotics Competition at University of Rhode Island
April 1, 2025 — Team 78 AIR STRIKE, sponsored by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport and mentored by its scientists and engineers, reached the final round of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) New England regional event held March 13-15 at the University of Rhode Island (URI)... MORE

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)

NSWC Indian Head Division HITS Charles County Public School’s STEM Event
March 26, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division employees took time from their weekend plans to join the ninth annual History, Industry, Technology, and Science (HITS) Expo in Waldorf, Maryland, March 22. In doing so, they highlighted the importance a STEM-focused career can have for students, while simultaneously showing exactly what goes on behind the gates at the command... MORE

Josh Phillips, Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s public affairs officer, assists a student in securing a flight vest during the HITS Expo at Saint Charles High School in Waldorf, Maryland, March 22. (U.S. Navy photo by Staff Sgt. Arthur Jones/released)

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