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Merging generations: NSWC Dahlgren Division, partners, to host first middle school robotics innovation challenge
February 10, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and its partners are expanding the innovation challenges from college and high school students and industry professionals to the next generation of scientists and engineers – middle schoolers. “NSWCDD has world class scientists and engineers who are passionate about the work they do in support... MORE

Navy Approves Over $50M for Workforce Development Initiatives
February 9, 2024 — WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Navy has awarded over $50 million towards workforce development and capital improvement initiatives at Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls shipyards. This incentive, in alignment with the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act language, represents the Navy’s cost share in the crucial investment in both labor... MORE

TRFB civilian made honorary submariner
February 8, 2024 — When Trident Refit Facility, Bangor, team member Eon Carter-Tripp, a day shift work lead for Repair Department, checked aboard ballistic missile submarine, USS Alabama (SSBN 731), he had only anticipated a 3-day underway. That three days quickly became 10... MORE

TRFB team member Eon Carter-Tripp, a day shift work lead in repair Department, poses for a photo at TRFB.

Knowledge sharing event helps Code 350 employees align with established team objectives, expectations
February 6, 2024 — Employees with Code 350, Inactive Fleet, Submarine Recycling and Reactor Compartment Disposal (IRR) program, held their first Integrated Project Team Development Step III knowledge share fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton, Jan 13.The team-focused IPTD Step III training focused on aligning team members with established,... MORE

Tracy Steevers, general foreman, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheetmetal, stamps passports Jan. 13, 2023, during a Code 350, Inactive Fleet, Submarine Recycling and Reactor Compartment Disposal knowledge fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

In AUKUS First, Royal Australian Navy personnel report to U.S. Submarine Tender
February 6, 2024 — Washington, DC (Feb. 6, 2024) — More than three dozen Royal Australian Navy (RAN) sailors and officers reported aboard the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) as part of the ship’s crew under a Personnel Exchange Program (PEP) effort. The RAN personnel will support Emory S. Land’s mission to repair, rearm, and resupply forward-deployed U.S... MORE

21 Southwest Regional Apprentice Program graduates receive certificates of completion
February 5, 2024 — Students from Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, Southwest Regional Maintenance Center and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Detachment San Diego were celebrated Jan. 18, 2024, during a graduation ceremony at Southwestern College, in Chula Vista, Calif., in honor of their successful completion of the Southwest Regional Apprentice Program.Twenty one... MORE

Kyle Weir, deputy apprentice program director, Detachment San Diego, and Reuben Farley, director of student programs, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, congratulate Apprentice of the Year Steven Tomika, machinist, Shop 941, Inside Machinist, Jan. 18, 2023, during a graduation ceremony in Chula Vista, California. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Navy marks ceremonial stand-up of CVN Inactivation and Disposal Program Office
February 2, 2024 — WASHINGTON -- As the nation’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier sits pierside at Newport News Shipbuilding awaiting dismantlement, a small team of Navy engineers, planners, and financial analysts have been working for months establishing the first Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Inactivation and Disposal Program Office (PMS 368), within... MORE

240202-N-N2201-001 (Feb. 2, 2024) WASHINGTON -- Capt. William “Bryant” Cleveland salutes PMS 312 Program Manager CAPT Mark Johnson during the Stand-Up Ceremony for the PMS 368 Aircraft Carrier Inactivation and Disposal Program Office. “The goal for Navy and this office is to be a responsible steward of the environment, while serving the needs of the Fleet and the trust of taxpayers,” Cleveland explained. “It’s full-time work—and a task that must be performed with the utmost respect for the legacy of these amazing warfighting platforms and the crews who served on them.”

SurgeMain Sailors participate in annual two-week deployment exercise in support of vital Navy mission
February 1, 2024 — The U.S. Navy Reserve is an essential element of the workforce that makes up America’s Navy. Wherever the important work of the Navy is done, Reservists are there to support the mission. Reservists seamlessly support, actively contribute, effectively lead and serve a key role in helping the U.S. Navy meet its mission of fleet readiness.Puget Sound... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, speaks to SurgeMain Sailors Jan. 7, 2023, at Naval Base Kitsap’s Olympic Lodge Training Center, in Bremerton, Washington. His briefing helped kick off the start of "DEPLOYEX24," a two-week deployment exercise, utilizing over 110 Navy Reservist's for PSNS & IMF'S six areas of responsibility. (U.S Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

The TRFB Blitz: TRFB Represents for Team Navy
January 30, 2024 — The regional Navy flag football team suffered a heartbreaking loss to Army in their 23rd annual flag football game, losing 35-28 in a thrilling, triple overtime tilt at Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Cowan Stadium Dec. 8... MORE

Machinist’s Mate (Auxiliary) 1st Class Scott Drake

The Leadership Continuum: ELD Program Shapes Tomorrow's Leaders
January 26, 2024 — In September 2016, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), U.S. Navy Adm. John Richardson, issued a transformative document entitled "One Navy Team”. This document underscored the critical importance of naval leadership and called on Sailors to leverage diversity as a strength. Richardson urged the Navy to actively practice inclusivity and to remain open to diverse perspectives, emphasizing that leaders and teams who embrace diversity will achieve maximum performance and readiness for decisive operations and combat... MORE

Chief Electronics Technician (Nuclear) Brett Wigginton

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