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Command Counseling Program Launches: PSNS & IMF offers free, confidential employee mental health counseling
March 9, 2020 — Articles and studies pepper the internet linking stress and mental health challenges with adverse impacts on physical health, family life and work.Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility recognizes these issues and are meeting them head-on.The command recently welcomed two social workers, Gretchen Gamradt and Tracey... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Social Workers Tracey Middleton and Gretchen Gamradt provide free, confidential solution-focused therapy for employees.

PSNS & IMF and shipyard unions sign letter of intent for VPP reapplication
March 6, 2020 — Leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, the Bremerton Metal Trades Council and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 12, signed a letter of intent today for PSNS & IMF to file a Voluntary Protection Programs application to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration... MORE

Leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, the Bremerton Metal Trades Council and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 12, signed a letter of intent today for PSNS & IMF to file a Voluntary Protection Programs application to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region X.

PSNS & IMF celebrates Black History Month with community luncheon
February 20, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility hosted a community luncheon in honor of Black History Month at Kitsap Conference Center, Feb. 19.The shipyard’s African American Employee Resource Group and Diversity Leadership Council coordinated the event, which featured keynote speaker Valerie Scott, diversity and inclusion director... MORE

Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, speaks at the shipyard's African American Employee Resource Group community luncheon in honor of Black History Month at the Kitsap Conference Center Feb. 19. The luncheon was the fifth annual celebration held by PSNS & IMF and was attended by approximately 140 people, including both shipyard employees and partners.

Employee competes in elite Spartan Races after life-changing combat injury
February 13, 2020 — In 2009, Sgt. Jason Steinmetz and his team were ambushed during a patrol along the Pech River Valley in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.Steinmetz suffered permanent nerve damage to the right side of his body as a result of the attack and was medically retired. He earned a Purple Heart because of his injuries and is rated 100 percent disabled by the... MORE

Jason Steinmetz, radiological control technician at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

Breaking the sound barrier – First deaf employee completes Category 3 User Shop Crane Operator Training
January 13, 2020 — Kitsap County native Brandon Salley is the only deaf member of his family and the first member of his family to work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.As of Dec. 3, 2019, he’s also the first deaf employee at the shipyard to complete Category 3 User Shop Crane Operator Training.Salley, whose primary method of... MORE

Marlene Bell, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility's American Sign Language interpretor, communicates with Shop 51 Marine Electrician Brandon Salley (left) during Category 3 User Shop Crane Operator Training Dec. 3 while Code 724 Supervisory Training Specialist Jay Lucas provides instruction and Deb Chard from Code 900S, Waterfront Safety, observes.

PSNS & IMF holds tribute in support of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
December 6, 2019 — Employees from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility took part in an ‘Ohana tribute gathering to show support for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, during a lunchtime event Dec. 6.The event featured remarks from senior leaders, a moment of silence and a group photo. Several thousand employees wearing aloha shirts attended the... MORE

Employees from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility took part in an ‘Ohana tribute gathering to show support for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, during a lunchtime event Friday, Dec. 6, in Bremerton, Washington. The event, which was attended by several thousand employees wearing aloha shirts, featured remarks from senior leaders, a moment of silence and a group photo.

PSNS & IMF launches C.A.R.E. pledge campaign
November 20, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility launched a new employee-sponsored pledge campaign, C.A.R.E., during a lunchtime kickoff event Wednesday, Nov. 20.C.A.R.E, which stands for character, action, respect and engagement, involves employees voluntarily signing a pledge to respect all individuals and to take action if they see... MORE

Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, displays her C.A.R.E. hardhat sticker after signing the C.A.R.E. pledge Nov. 20.

PSNS & IMF welcomes 267 new apprentice graduates
November 8, 2019 — In an event four years in the making, 267 skilled workers graduated from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Apprentice Program in an event held Nov. 8 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds Kitsap Sun Pavilion.This year’s class represents 24 different trades and maintained an overall class GPA of 3.835. Each graduate... MORE

Capt. Robert Figgs, left, commanding officer, Trident Refit Facility, congratulates Shop 06 electronic industrial control mechanic Ian Jones during 2019 PSNS & IMF Apprentice Graduation ceremony Friday, Nov. 8 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds Kitsap Sun Pavilion.

PSNS & IMF releases version 2.0 of its Strategic Framework
October 30, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility rolled out version 2.0 of its Strategic Framework, Oct. 30.The Strategic Framework, originally established in 2017, has been used to communicate the command’s direction and how the shipyard achieves its mission to maintain, modernize and retire the Navy’s fleet. This update marks the... MORE

Secretary of the Navy visits Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility
September 20, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility is “the backbone of what gets done,” the secretary of the Navy told a gathering of hundreds of shipyard workers and Sailors during a whirlwind visit to the facility Friday.Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer addressed members of the PSNS & IMF workforce then toured key projects and... MORE

Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer addressed members of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility workforce Sept. 20, 2019, in Bremerton, Wash., before touring key projects and facilities during his hour-and-45-minute visit to the shipyard.

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