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Shop 71 turns unique painting project into fun training opportunity
August 5, 2024 — A team of painters at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility recently stripped and repainted a Tiger mini-truck for Code 710, Special Projects, in order to save the command time and money.The four-person team from Shop 71, Painters, Blasters and Tile Setters, repainted the mini-truck for Code 710, instead of PSNS & IMF...

Upcoming PSNS & IMF annual showcase to offer variety of potential problem-solving technologies
July 23, 2024 — The 2024 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Technology Showcase will be held July 31 – Aug. 1, at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton.The event is organized to help connect problem-solving shipyard workers with vendors who have tools and technologies that might be useful in improving how the shipyard meets...

New 'helper-trainee' debuts at Employee Appreciation Day
July 3, 2024 — Ollie Olafsen, a North American river otter, made his public debut as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s official mascot during PSNS & IMF Employee Appreciation Day at a Seattle Mariners game June 30, 2024, in Seattle.“Ollie the Otter,” as he prefers to be called, is officially a Wage Grade-0.7 helper-trainee at PSNS &...

Command visit helps reinforce shipyard's enduring relationships with regional civil authority agencies
June 24, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and Commander, Submarine Group 9, hosted a command visit for local emergency management State, County, and U.S. Coast Guard partners June 6, to help establish and reinforce close and enduring relationships with partner agencies and promote understanding for how the Navy Emergency...

Head of Navy's SIOP effort says upgrading nation's shipyards for the future will require 'a holistic plan'
May 22, 2024 — The Program Executive Officer for the U.S. Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, May 6-7, 2024, for waterfront and project briefs, and to meet with the PSNS Division for the program.Mark Edelson is the PEO for Industrial Infrastructure...

PED POLICY UPDATE: Shipyard to allow camera-capable devices beginning May 20
May 9, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility will update its personal Portable Electronic Device (PED) policy May 20, which will allow employees to bring camera-enabled devices into the controlled industrial area.At the same time, PSNS & IMF will be adding Security Islands to information controlled spaces — similar to existing...

Employees of the Year: Command honors personnel for their hard work in 2023
May 9, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Employee of the Year nominees, their co-workers, friends and family gathered together at the Admiral Theatre April 23, to honor the command’s top employees during PSNS & IMF’s annual recognition ceremony.During the event, the command celebrated the 234 personnel who were nominated for...

Employees from Shops 11, 17 and 75 use 'cold-cutting' method to cut up old Dry Dock 3 caisson for recycling
April 29, 2024 — A team of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility workers is using a wire saw to recycle one of the original caissons for Dry Dock 3.Workers from Shop 75, Dismantlers; Shop 11, Shipfitter; and Shop 17, Sheet Metal; developed a method of using a commercially available wire saw from Husqvarna, which uses a 3/16 inch wire cable...

Shipyard hosts Naval Reactors employees during two-week orientation program for new engineers
March 28, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility hosted five Naval Reactors engineers Feb. 5-16, who recently completed Bettis Reactor Engineering School.According to Ben Alford, Naval Reactors representative assistant at PSNS & IMF, this visit was the latest in the new engineer orientation program. Naval Reactors has been responsible...

VCNO meets with PSNS & IMF senior leaders, tours shipyard facilities during his daylong visit
March 27, 2024 — Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, to discuss the importance of people, current readiness and potential infrastructure upgrades to the shipyard as part of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program, March 22.Capt. JD Crinklaw,...

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