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STEM outreach volunteers join forces in support of Navy Peninsula Robotics Competition
May 8, 2025 — Volunteers from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility were on hand April 29 to support the 3rd annual Navy Peninsula Robotics Competition at North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo, Washington.This year's event included 46 teams of students from six area elementary and middle schools, who put their individual constructed robots...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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