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School of Steel: New Shop 11/17 training facility provides more 'structured environment' for shipyard employees to hone their skills
April 16, 2023 — After ten years of effort and working through multiple challenges, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheetmetal, held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the re-dedication of its School of Steel training facility in Building 460 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 5. The new school will provide a safe-to-fail... MORE

Sydney Bennett, shipfitter trainee, Shop 11, Shipfitter, works inside the newly re-dedicated School of Steel training facility April 5, 2023, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NSWCPD Co-Hosts 18th Annual Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge with Temple University
April 14, 2023 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division co-hosted the 18th annual Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge with Temple University’s College of Science and Technology at The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center on March 24, 2023.SeaPerch is an underwater robotics competition for middle and high school students in the Greater... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Commanding Officer Capt. Joseph Darcy awards Haddonfield High School with the Overall Best award in the Captain’s Class during the 18th annual Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge at The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center in Philadelphia on March 24, 2023. SeaPerch is an international underwater robotics competition for middle and high school students. (U.S. Navy photo by Sgt. Jermaine Sullivan/Released)

BZ to the USS Stethem Maintenance Team!
April 14, 2023 — We have some very talented Sailors and civilians working to get our ships repaired and underway under some very tight deadlines... MORE

Leaders gather to discuss fire safety
April 13, 2023 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility led the Northwest Regional Fire Safety, Prevention and Response Summit April 6 and 7, welcoming eight organizations to the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington, for a two-day event. Sessions during the summit focused on solving major challenges in preventing shipboard fires,... MORE

Matt Ormond, implementations manager, Code 200, Engineering and Planning, Orlando Medina, Fire Safety Innovations, Code 270.4, Mechanical Temporary Services Branch, and Paul Herron, core program manager, Code 740, Riggers, discuss fire prevention techniques April 6, 2023, during the Northwest Regional Fire Safety, Prevention and Response Summit at the Undersea Naval Museum in Keyport, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Ben Hutto)

NSWC Panama City Division gets WISE with Test and Evaluation collaboration
April 13, 2023 — Personnel from across Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Surface and Underwater Warfare Centers (WC) joined forces at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) as a collaborative effort to share capability, resourcing and knowledge distribution, March 9.Warfare Industrial Service Enterprise (WISE) is a collaborative effort... MORE

Personnel from across Naval Sea Systems Command Surface and Underwater Warfare Centers joined forces at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division as a collaborative effort to share capability, resourcing and knowledge distribution, March 9. Warfare Industrial Service Enterprise (WISE) is a collaborative effort created to better enable the warfare centers to share work and technical expertise. (U.S. Navy photo by Anthony Powers)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Trade Advocates
April 13, 2023 — As a relatively new program, implemented within the last several years, the Naval Sustainment System - Shipyards initiative aligns with the Get Real, Get Better framework of building a workforce of problem solvers and innovative thinkers. It is a fresh, modern approach to how business is done within the U.S. Navy. Like most operational adjustments... MORE

NSS-SY Spotlight: Trade Advocates graphic. (U.S. Navy graphic by Scott Hansen)

NSWCPD Hosts Steering and Propulsion Control System Physical Throttle Training Summit
April 12, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) hosted 12 crew members from USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) during a Steering and Propulsion Control System Physical Throttle Training Summit held at the DDG 51 Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) on March 28, 2023.USS Gonzalez is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, named for Sergeant Alfredo Cantu... MORE

Lt. j.g. Luke Teague attached to USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) attended the Steering and Propulsion Control System Physical Throttle Training Summit held at the DDG 51 Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) aboard Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) on March 28, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Gary Ell/Released)

Carderock Shines at 2023 Sea-Air-Space Exposition
April 11, 2023 — The annual Sea-Air-Space Conference and Exposition was held from April 3-5, 2023, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. It is the Navy League’s Global Maritime Exposition attracting maritime leaders and military stakeholders from around the world. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division... MORE

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division engineer Dr. Lee Huntington briefs Vice Adm. William Galinis, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, on Carderock’s virtual paint sprayer during the 2023 Sea-Air-Space Exposition at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on April 4. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy)

NSWC Crane employee volunteers to award over 700 quilts to living service members, veterans across country
April 7, 2023 — A Naval Service Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee has volunteered for more than a decade to sew and award quilts to living service members and veterans all over the country. Kay Miller, a Human Resource Specialist at NSWC Crane, recently celebrated 40 years of federal service—half of that time was spent as a United States Navy... MORE

NSWCDD Honors Several with the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
April 7, 2023 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) recently recognized several employees who earned the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award (DoN MCSA) during its Honorary Awards Ceremony in March at the Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center.James “Jim” Barnes, Daniel Belcher, Willie Crank, Jonathan “Jon” Dachos, Larry... MORE

IMAGE: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Technical Director Dale Sisson Jr., SES, and Commanding Officer Capt. Philip Mlynarski presented Matthew Zurasky with the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award during the NSWCDD Annual Honorary Awards ceremony at the Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center March 10.