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Pop-up events help connect workforce with command resources
April 24, 2025 — Command University and the Command Career Center conducted two joint “pop-up” outreach events at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 9.Representatives from each organization staffed a table with information about the services they provide, in two locations at the shipyard, for interested employees.“This is a great... MORE

Patricia Leiataua, career counselor, Command Career Center, talks with Alanna Lopez, welder, Shop 26, Welders, about her career, April 9, 2025, during a “pop-up” knowledge share event at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

After-hours study program helps command employees chart new career paths
April 14, 2025 — When Alexandra Kopecky, refrigerator technician, Shop 06, Tooling and Maintenance, started at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in 2018 as a helper-trainee for Shop 38, Marine Machinery Mechanics, she was unsure of what she wanted to do long-term, but she knew she wanted more.“At the time, I wasn’t confident in myself,... MORE

Alexandra Kopecky, refrigerator technician, Shop 06, Tooling and Maintenance, works in the tool room, April 3, 2025, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. Kopecky attends Olympic College through the school's After-Hours Program. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Command volunteers lend their support during learning event for local students
April 14, 2025 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility STEM Outreach Team collaborated with Naval Undersea Warfare Center-Keyport, the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum and the Puget Sound Navy Museum to conduct another successful multi-day “Navy STEM Days” event at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum, March 19-21.The three-day event allowed 250... MORE

John Paul Kunewa, platform general foreman, Code 760, Dive Locker, shows a student how to use an electric machine arm April 19, 2025, during “Navy STEM Days” at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum, in Keyport, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Event helps showcase shipyard apprentice program to current command employees
March 27, 2025 — Since 1901, the Apprentice Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has helped provide the shipyard with highly trained professionals ready to contribute to its mission. Back in those early days, the Shipyard Labor Board selected six men to train under skilled craftsmen at the command. In the ensuing years, that... MORE

Robert Nance, trade instructor, Shop 11, Shipfitters, talks with Jenean Valencia, electroplater helper, Shop 31, Inside Machinist, March 19, 2025, during the Apprentice Program Knowledge Fair at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Command employees find fun way to support Kitsap County food banks, relief organizations
March 27, 2025 — A recent friendly food drive competition between Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Sheet Metal and Forge & Heat Treat, and Shop 99, Temporary Services, highlighted how Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees don’t just contributing to national defense every day, they also support the local community.Tricia Hlebechuk, lead... MORE

Kathi Morgan, calibration coordinator, Shop 99, Temporary Services, collects jars of donated peanut butter, Feb. 19, 2025, during her lunch at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Professional development: Turning ideas into initiatives
March 13, 2025 — The Command Career Center is ready to help Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Center employees take their careers to the next level. Located at the Olympic Lodge Training Center, on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, the Career Center is a command sponsored program that assists workers with things like résumé writing, creating... MORE

Monthly blood drives vital to maintaining healthy supply
March 13, 2025 — The Armed Services Blood Program has been collecting and providing blood for America’s service members since 1952. Originally started by President Harry S. Truman in 1952, ASBP became a fully operational program in 1962.As the official blood program for the U.S. military, the mission of the ASBP has been to provide quality blood products and... MORE

Staff Sgt. Yoseph Roman, medic, Company C, Madigan Army Medical Center, collects blood from Patrick McIlhaga, electronics instructor, Shop 67, Electronics Technicians, March 5, 2025, during the monthly Blood Drive at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Ben Hutto)

Tuition Assistance Program helps employees reach education goals to advance their careers
March 13, 2025 — Kathy Miller, painter, Shop 71 Painters, knew she wanted more from her career at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Despite the effort she was putting in every day at her job, she knew there was more she could do to advance her career.Three years ago, she made the choice to go back to school through Olympic College and... MORE

Kathy Miller, painter, Shop 71, Painters, took advantage of Command University's Tuition Assistance Program to further her education at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

New training mock-up in San Diego offers apprentices a 'safe-to-fail' environment for honing their skills
February 25, 2025 — Mtume Salaam, workforce development manager, Code 984, Shop Resources, looks at his current training setting in Building 73 on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, with a large amount of pride.The converted space wasn’t always the intricate training area it is now. Initially set aside to become a training area in 2023, other priorities put... MORE

Southwest Regional Apprentice Program instructors (from left) Erik Hughes, Shop 38, Marine Machinist; Andrew Fernandez, Code 740, Riggers; and Enrellee Thomas, Shop 26, Welders, pose for photo, Jan. 23, 2025, inside the program's new training facility at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Allen Botsford, 59-year PSNS & IMF employee: 'There's still a lot to get done here.'
February 24, 2025 — When Allen Botsford, ship safety technician, Code 350.10, Ship Safety Watch Group, first began as a welder’s helper in Shop 26, Welders, Jan. 10, 1966, a gallon of gas cost just 32 cents. Lyndon B. Johnson was President of the United States and the Chicago Bulls basketball team played its first season in the National Basketball Association. Today,... MORE

Allen Botsford, ship safety technician, Code 350.10, Ship Safety Watch Group, helps Megan Rhynsburger, mechanic, Shop 51, Electricians, check out Jan. 23, after finishing her work aboard a submarine at mooring "A". Botsford began his 59-year career at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, as a welder helper. An injury forced him to transition from welding to his current job in the 1990s. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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