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Shipyard employees teach elementary school students how dry docks work during Kitsap Water Festival
April 30, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees joined forces at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds, April 16, 2024 in support of the 2024 Kitsap Water Festival.The educational event was open to over a thousand third and fourth graders from 15 local elementary schools to learn how their every-day actions impact water... MORE

Theron Bergland, general foreman, Shop 64, Shipwrights, and Steven Middendorf, docking zone manager, Code 240, Engineering and Planning, get help pumping out a dry dock mock-up from a group of students, April 16, 2024, at the Kitsap Water Festival in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Event helps showcase shipyard apprentice program
March 28, 2024 — Approximately 300 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees attended an Apprenticeship Knowledge Fair in Building 460, February 28-29 and March 13-14.The event showcased the apprenticeship program's trade instructors and shop representatives along with the benefits of working as an apprentice.The four-day event also... MORE

Casey Harris, welder, Shop 26, Welders, talks with Nicholas Haskins, apprentice instructor, and Riley Morris, mechanic, both Shop 06, Tool Mechanics, Maintenance Logistics, March 13, 2024, during an Apprenticeship Knowledge Fair in Building 460 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Longtime Shop 11/17 manager named 2023 Worker/Driver of the Year
March 7, 2024 — Sam Pruiett, operation manager, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheet Metal, began driving a Worker/Driver bus for Kitsap Transit in 1994 to help get his fellow employees at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility to work safely.In his 30 years behind the wheel, Pruiett estimates that he has driven more than 160,000 miles... MORE

Sam Pruiett, operations manager, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheetmetal, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, was named 2023 Kitsap Transit Worker/Driver of the Year. (Kitsap Transit photo)

Hundreds land on-the-spot job offers during two-day PSNS & IMF employment event
February 29, 2024 — More than 2,000 job seekers came to downtown Bremerton, Feb. 23-24, in search of new employment opportunities, during a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Hiring Fair at the Kitsap Conference Center. New opportunities are exactly what they found.The two-day event resulted in 262 on-the-spot job offers to work at the... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, shakes hands with Dwight Stephens, a job applicant from Bremerton, Washington, Feb. 23, 2024, during a two-day PSNS & IMF Hiring Fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton. (U.S Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

New department heads for Code 120 and Code 100TO bring a wealth of experience to their respective roles
January 19, 2024 — In late 2023, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility welcomed two new department heads as Robert LaTendresse took over as department head of Code 100TO, Command Transformation Office, and Jeremy McCrimmon assumed the department head position for Code 120, Ocean Engineering.LaTendresse previously served as the PSNS & IMF... MORE

Jeremy McCrimmon recently took over as department head for Code 120, Ocean Engineering, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. Before that, he was the division manager for Code 130, Quality Assurance Department. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Senior leaders cut ribbon on 24-hour NEX Micro Market, during official grand opening ceremony in Building 1246
January 16, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 7, 2023, to celebrate the grand opening of a new Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) Micro Market in Bldg. 1246, on the north side of Farragut Ave. across from Dry Dock 2.Since its soft opening Oct. 17, the 24-hour self-service, self-checkout Micro... MORE

From left, Robert Bianchi, chief executive officer, Navy Exchange Service Command; Master Chief Michael C. Gosart, command senior enlisted leader, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard &
Intermediate Maintenance Facility; Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, PSNS & IMF; Rear Adm. Scott M. Brown, deputy commander, Industrial Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command; and James Cook, deputy executive director, PSNS & IMF, cut the ribbon to officially open the new NEXCOM Micro Market inside Building 1246, at the command in Bremerton, Washington, Dec. 7, 2023. (U.S Navy Photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Shipyard employees participate in special Veterans Day flag-replacement ceremony
November 29, 2023 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility held a ceremony to celebrate and recognize Veterans Day, November 9 on the roof of Building 850.The event, hosted by the Veterans Employee Resource Group, replaced the worn U.S. flag at the State Street entrance with a new one.An honor guard composed of active duty Sailors and veterans... MORE

A group of PSNS & IMF Sailors and military veterans prepare to hoist a new American flag near the State Street Gate Entrance at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash. Nov. 9, 2023, during a special Veterans Day flag-replacement ceremony hosted by the Veterans Employee Resource Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Ben Hutto)

Winter weather can bring delayed starts, curtailment
November 16, 2023 — As the threat of inclement weather begins to rise so do questions of curtailment. A curtailment due to snow or other extreme weather or emergency situations can result in non-critical operations being curtailed for safety, either for a short period of time, a shift or for multiple shifts.Mission essential status Even in the event of inclement... MORE

PSNS & IMF Employee Notification System graphic (PSNS & IMF graphic by Scott Hansen)

More than 300 job offers extended during two-day shipyard hiring fair at the Kitsap Conference Center
October 31, 2023 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility held a two-day hiring fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton Oct. 20- 21. Approximately 1,300 job seekers came through the doors, resulting in 331 on-the-spot job offers during the event.The focus of this event was to hire more skilled trade positions for the... MORE

Joe Fenske, division head, Code 135, Non-Destructive Testing Division, talks with job seekers Oct. 20, 23, during the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Hiring Fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton, Washington. The goal for this hiring event was to find more skilled trade employees for the command's production shops. (U.S Navy Photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Capt. JD Crinklaw spends a day meeting with leaders at Detachment Everett and talking with the workforce
October 26, 2023 — Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, visited PSNS & IMF Detachment Everett Oct.16 to meet with leadership and present awards to the Sailors and civilians for their efforts supporting the Navy’s fleet.Crinklaw met with Capt. Ash Wright, deputy commander, Northwest Regional Maintenance Center,... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, visits with Sailors and civilian employees in the electronics shop Oct. 16, 2023, during a visit to PSNS & IMF Detachment Everett. Crinklaw also met with senior leaders to discuss daily operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

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