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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)

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)

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)

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)

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