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Initiative helps workforce better understand Navy's mission
August 8, 2023 — Submarines and aircraft carriers resting in dry docks are a common sight for employees at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The maintenance work done on operational vessels is essential to national security and interests, and each shipyard employee plays a part.The Connect to Mission initiative, or C2M, is designed to... MORE

Kevin Wilke, division head, Code 105.7, Radiological Controls Special Projects, leads a recent Navy 101 Connect to Mission (C2M) presentation for Code 1180, Command University, employees, designed to help them better understand the mission of the U.S. Navy, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Standardized Work
July 6, 2023 — At any given time across Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s waterfront, hundreds of jobs are being performed above and below the waterline. Everything from painting and blasting, to complex maintenance on combat systems. Each task is important and plays a part in supporting the U.S. Navy’s warfighters, including simple... MORE

NSS-SY Spotlight: Standardized Work graphic (U.S. Navy graphic and source photos used in graphic by Scott Hansen)

Men's Health Month | Three tips for better living
June 28, 2023 — Men's Health Month is recognized annually in June and is a time to have meaningful, health-related conversations to bring awareness to the health challenges faced by individuals who are assigned male at birth. Men’s health is multifaceted and encompasses topics such as mental, heart and pelvic health, family planning, hormone regulation, and stress... MORE

Defense Health Agency Men’s Health Month graphic by Kim Farcot

Five ways to improve emotional health: Coping with the ups and downs of daily life comes easily for some, while others might experience extreme anxiety
May 24, 2023 — During the course of daily life, everyone experiences ups and downs resulting from internal or external stimuli. For some, coping with those ups and downs comes easily. However, for others, changes may cause extreme anxiety and mental or emotional distress.Mental and emotional health go far beyond feeling happy or gloomy, excited or disappointed... MORE

Understanding ergonomics: Proper use of ergonomics can help prevent work-related muscle, nerve, blood vessel, ligament and tendon injuries
May 15, 2023 — At Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, people are the greatest asset and that means keeping them safe and ready to complete work. Naval Sea Systems Command and the Naval Safety and Occupational Health Manual 5100.23 outline requirements for a robust ergonomics program... MORE

Learning to be assertive at work can result in more open, direct communication with both coworkers and leadership
April 21, 2023 — In large organizations, such as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, where complex projects are being executed simultaneously, workplace assertiveness and transparent communication are vital to realizing a team's or project’s full potential. Assertiveness in the workplace aids with open, direct communication with... MORE

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)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Genba walk – Pumpwell workers support the fleet every day, working behind the scenes, between dockings and undockings, to keep PSNS & IMF dry docks operational
March 28, 2023 — When ships and submarines make their way into or out of one of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s six dry docks, riggers and handlers can be seen alongside the vessels tending lines and chains, and operating industrial equipment. However, there is a lot of behind-the-scenes work that is critical to successful docking... MORE

Members of the Shop 99, Temporary Services, pumpwell team pose for a picture inside the Dry Dock 6 Pumpwell March 15, 2023 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. Team members support the fleet and shipyard operations every day, both during and between dockings and undockings. The shipyard's dry docks and pumpwells were built between 1894 and 1963, so the system undergoes continual maintenance. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

With an eye toward the future: Taking care or your eyes should be just as important as getting daily exercise and maintaining a healthy diet
March 16, 2023 — The ability to see and maintain ocular health can often be taken for granted, but as one of the body’s primary senses, vision deserves protection and care. Maintaining ocular health involves the examination and assessment of all of the structures in and around the eyes to determine overall health and diagnose eye disease. Within Puget Sound Naval... MORE

Employees are required to wear safety glasses when working in eye-hazard areas or performing hazardous operations, according to the PSNS & IMF Occupational Shipyard employees help 'clean up' Safety and Health Manual Chapter 8. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Trade Expert Brian Burge
March 16, 2023 — As seen by its strategic framework, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility places people at the center of its operations. Without a skilled production workforce, the shipyard would face challenges in meeting its mission of maintaining, modernizing and retiring the U.S. Navy’s fleet.In April 2022, the Naval Sustainment... MORE

Brian Burge, NSS-SY trade expert, Shop 38, Marine Machinists, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy Photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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