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A home away from home: A little paint goes a long way to help Marines feel more comfortable during their stay at PSNS & IMF
July 27, 2023 — The United States Marines assigned to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility dedicate long hours ensuring shipyard and worker safety during fueling operations.Hailing from as far away as North Carolina, these “Devil Dogs” supporting security operations at PSNS & IMF have a welcome place waiting at Capt. Patrick M. Rapicault... MORE

Michael Brown, shipfitter, Shop 11-17, Shipfitters, Forge and Sheetmetal, hangs a sign created by the Shop 11/17 Sign Shop June 16, 2023, while working in the gym area inside the newly refurbished Capt. Patrick M. Rapicault Hall, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Jennifer Herbig to take over as executive director of Code 1100, Executive Department
July 20, 2023 — Jennifer Herbig is set to take over as the new executive director of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in August. She will be replacing Richard Tift, who has served in the position for the past 19 years.Herbig will be leaving her current position as the chief learning officer at Code 1180, Command University, to... MORE

Jennifer Herbig, chief learning officer, Code 1180, Command University, will take over as executive director of PSNS & IMF next month. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

A family legacy forged in steel: Five generations of Shop 11-17 work supervisor Greg Robins' family have worked at PSNS & IMF
July 10, 2023 — When Greg Robins, work supervisor, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge and Sheetmetal, graduated from South Kitsap High School in 2002, he had some ideas about what he wanted to do for a living.“The one thing I did know was that I didn’t want to work at the shipyard,” he said.Working at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility... MORE

Greg Robins,work supervisor, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge and Sheetmetal, comes from a long line of PSNS & IMF employees. Four generations of his family, dating back to the 1920s, have worked at the shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

PSNS & IMF career counselors driven to help clients succeed
June 29, 2023 — Tucked away in a block of trailers, adjacent to Building 427, the career counselors of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Command Career Center, Code 1182, go about the business of supporting the growth and development of the command employees. It’s a job that looks different every day, according to Heidi Anderson,... MORE

Command Career Center counselors Heidi Anderson, middle right, and Rozy Castellanos, right, conduct a mock interview with Jacob Lowe, left, painter, Shop 71, Painters, Blasters, and Tilesetters, with American Sign Language interpreters, Marlene Bell, middle left, and Hollie Brown, middle, April 18, 2023, facilitating the interview, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

More than 400 on-the-spot offers extended to candidates during two-day hiring fair at the Kitsap Conference Center
June 26, 2023 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility held a two-day hiring fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton, Washington, June 6 and 7. Approximately 1,600 job seekers came through the doors, resulting in 442 on-the-spot job offers during the event.Patrick Wlodarchak, welder, Shop 26, Welders, was one of many... MORE

Dirk Johnson, work study and student program analyst, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Apprentice Program, talks with a group of job candidates June 7, 2023, during the PSNS & IMF Hiring Fair at the Kitsap Conference Center in Bremerton, Washington. More than 400 job offers were extended to job seekers during the two-day event. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

Capt. JD Crinklaw takes over for Capt. Jip Mosman during change-of-command ceremony
June 8, 2023 — Capt. JD Crinklaw became the 52nd commander of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility during a ceremony May 25, 2023, at the shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. Crinklaw relieved outgoing commander Capt. Jip Mosman, who commanded PSNS & IMF and its 15,000-plus employees and Sailors since December 2020. Shipyard employees and... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, right, became the 52nd commander of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility during a change-of-command ceremony May 25, 2023, in Building 460 at the shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. Crinklaw takes over for former commander Capt. Jip Mosman, left, who led PSNS & IMF since December 2020. Rear Adm. Scott Brown, center, deputy commander, Industrial Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command, presided over the ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Multiple teams across command join forces to help make long-awaited Burwell Tunnel renovation project a reality
June 1, 2023 — When Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, cut the ribbon at the newly renovated entrance of Burwell Tunnel on May 9, it symbolized the culmination of months of planning and hard work by multiple teams across the command.The Burwell Tunnel entrance, which more than 2,700 PSNS & IMF employees... MORE

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington, tours the newly renovated Burwell Tunnel with Geno Hernandez, Sr. Visual Information Specialist, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs Office, following the ribbon-cutting ceremony May 9, 2023. Hernandez designed and illustrated the overall atheistic with added graphic embellishment created by his design partner Robin Lee, Visual Information specialist, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs Office. (U.S Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Leaders, employees come together for mentorship event
May 12, 2023 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Hispanic Employee Resource Organization conducted its first speed mentoring event May 3, 2023, at Naval Base Kitsap’s Olympic Lodge Training Center... MORE

Inho Kim, deputy project superintendent, Code 312, Carrier
Program Office, leads a discussion May 3, 2023, during a Hispanic Employee Resource Organization-sponsored Speed Mentoring event at Olympic Lodge on Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo Wendy Hallmark)

New Shop 11/17 sign a salute to history, legacy
May 2, 2023 — Building 857 has been Shop 11/17’s home for the past 50 years. Noticing the state of the former Shop 11/17 sign, Jeremy Stephens, superintendent for Shop 11/17, commissioned work on its replacement. With a building full of talented sheet metal workers, it wasn’t a tall order. However, he wanted to use the opportunity to help his workers develop an appreciation for the job they do daily and their shop’s legacy. ... MORE

Brett Burton, supervisor, Shop 17, Sheet Metal, and sheet metal mechanic Jazmyn Smith hold the shop's new sign that now hangs outside Building 857 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Worker/drivers keep us running: Bus drivers put in long days knowing how essential their service is to the team
May 1, 2023 — Long before the sun rises over Kitsap County, Sam Pruiett is out in the early morning hours to ensure his bus is ready and safe for him and his fellow Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility workers get to work safely.Pruiett, operation manager, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheet metal, has been a Kitsap Transit... MORE

Sam Pruiett, operation manager, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheet metal, has been driving a Worker/Driver bus for the past 29 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

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