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USS Minnesota (SSN 783) advances AUKUS with port visit to HMAS Stirling
February 25, 2025 — USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrived in Western Australia on February 25, 2025, kicking off the first of two planned U.S. fast-attack submarine visits to HMAS Stirling in 2025. Port visits support the first pillar of the Australia, United Kingdom, United States trilateral security agreement, known as AUKUS, that is delivering a sovereign conventionally... MORE

USS Minnesota (SSN 783) conduct mooring operations at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, Australia, Feb. 25, 2025.

SurgeMain Sailors begin their annual training program with a renewed emphasis on warfighting readiness
February 25, 2025 — Almost 90 U.S. Navy Reserve Surge Maintenance Sailors will deploy throughout February to various shops and locations to support Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility work, and to expand their warfighting readiness.According to Lt. Cdr. Erin Spindle, PSNS & IMF and Northwest Regional Maintenance Center SurgeMain officer in... MORE

SurgeMain Sailors practice the procedure for inserting a large-bore needle in order to decompress a simulated tension pneumothorax Feb. 2, during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington. The program helped kick off the SurgeMain Sailors' annual two-week training deployment at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Established in 2005, SurgeMain has more than 2,000 Reserve Sailors across 75 units. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Jeffrey J. Hanshaw)

Allen Botsford, 59-year PSNS & IMF employee: 'There's still a lot to get done here.'
February 24, 2025 — When Allen Botsford, ship safety technician, Code 350.10, Ship Safety Watch Group, first began as a welder’s helper in Shop 26, Welders, Jan. 10, 1966, a gallon of gas cost just 32 cents. Lyndon B. Johnson was President of the United States and the Chicago Bulls basketball team played its first season in the National Basketball Association. Today,... MORE

Allen Botsford, ship safety technician, Code 350.10, Ship Safety Watch Group, helps Megan Rhynsburger, mechanic, Shop 51, Electricians, check out Jan. 23, after finishing her work aboard a submarine at mooring "A". Botsford began his 59-year career at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, as a welder helper. An injury forced him to transition from welding to his current job in the 1990s. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Carderock Celebrates Engineers Week with "Design Your Future" Theme
February 21, 2025 — BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division commemorated Engineers Week on Feb. 18, 2025 with an enterprise-wide event, themed “Design Your Future.”The event, held in Carderock’s Raye Montague Center, featured keynote addresses, an open house, and a poster session.Established in 1951 by the National Society of Professional... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Elissa Trueman, meets with attendees during the poster session and open house of an enterprise-wide event themed “Design Your Future,” held at Carderock' Raye Montague Center to commemorate Engineers Week, Feb. 18, 2025.

Mentors can provide employees with key insights while helping them find opportunities for success
February 21, 2025 — Ryan Cozza, Reactor Servicing Training Organization branch head, Code 2370.1, Nuclear Refueling Engineering Division, began working at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in March 2019. Starting off as a Ship Refueling Tech candidate, Cozza was determined to become a certified Ship Refueling Expert.That determination... MORE

Ryan Cozza, Reactor Servicing Training Organization branch head, Code 2370.1, Nuclear Refueling Engineering Division, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, credits his career development to his ongoing participation in the U.S. Navy's mentorship program. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Maintenance team completes four-year upgrade process, extending crane's life another 20 years
February 21, 2025 — A team of more than two dozen Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Crane Maintenance Team professionals completed a four-year effort to upgrade Crane 62 on Jan. 3.Crane 62 is one of 10 portal cranes that can be seen regularly moving throughout the shipyard on rails similar to train tracks, carrying an assortment of heavy... MORE

Andrew Babbitt, crane operator, Code 740, Riggers, uses newly upgraded Portal Crane 62 to lower equipment to the hangar bay of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Jan. 21, 2025, while working along Pier Bravo at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NSWC Crane builds partnership with Air Force Intelligence Wing to meet rapidly evolving EMSO threats
February 21, 2025 — Daniel Sweeney was serving in the Air National Guard at the 181st Intelligence Wing in Terre Haute, Indiana when he was accepted into a program to work at a Navy research and development (R&D) laboratory less than two hours away. The Personnel Force Innovation (PFI) program places active-duty service members at Department of Defense (DOD) agency... MORE

NAVSEA Honors Attack Submarine Executive Director Lisa Radocha’s 36 Years of Service
February 20, 2025 — Naval Sea System Commands (NAVSEA) celebrated the exceptional 36-year career of Ms. Lisa Radocha, executive director for New Construction Submarines, Program Executive Office, Attack Submarines (PEO SSN), during her retirement ceremony Feb. 10.The ceremony featured guest speakers Rear Adm. Jon Rucker, program executive officer PEO SSN, and Ms... MORE

Retirement ceremony in honor of Ms. Lisa Radocha, SES

Chief of Naval Operations Visits NSWC Crane during Roll out of Project 33
February 19, 2025 — The United States Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti (CNO) visited Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) on Feb 10. Adm. Franchetti toured several facilities and learned about NSWC Crane’s work on cutting-edge technologies.“It was an honor to host Adm, Franchetti, and show her how NSWC Crane is working... MORE

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti takes a group photo with Sailors and Navy civilians at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane, in Crane, Indiana, Feb. 10, 2025.

1924 time capsule captures Navy presence in Newport a century ago
February 14, 2025 — By 1924, the Naval Torpedo Station on Goat Island in Rhode Island, a predecessor organization of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport established in 1869, employed just over 1,000 civilians for the research, development and production of torpedoes for the U.S. Navy fleet... MORE

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