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COVID-19? Flu? Allergies? Which One Do I Have, Doc?
December 14, 2021 — If someone has a fever and feeling fatigue, do they have COVID-19? If someone has a cough and a runny nose, is it allergies? If someone has a headache and a sore throat, it must be the flu. Right? Wrong!“With COVID-19, the flu and allergies having similar symptoms, it can be difficult to tell them apart,” said Naval Medical Readiness Training Unit... MORE

With COVID-19, the flu and allergies having similar symptoms, it can be difficult to tell them apart.

Blood Connects Us All: Norfolk Naval Shipyard Continues the Fight on Emergency Blood Shortage
December 13, 2021 — What do barbers and vampires have in common? Both have performed bloodletting procedures. Ah yes, you probably thought this was a start to a bad dad joke, but for centuries, barbers performed bloodletting procedures to help cure illness and restore health. Barbers were chosen to perform this procedure since they have experience working with sharp... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s mascot, Yardbird Sam, participates in a recent blood drive at the shipyard.

Culture Encompasses All: How Culture Plays a Part in All Pillars for NNSY’s Strategic Framework
December 9, 2021 — In early 2021, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) unveiled its Strategic Framework to the workforce, a tool that would be used to communicate the shipyard’s path forward to achieving its vision of delivering ships on time, every time, everywhere to protect America. Each section was established to show how initiatives executed across the command tie... MORE

The Process Improvement and Innovation (PI&I) Pillar Team discusses aligning and focusing efforts to improve delivery of our mission, while accelerating, advocating for and fostering an environment and culture of Continuous Process Improvement and Innovation (CPI&I) to deliver ships.

Brian Bennett Becomes New Engineering and Planning Manager
December 8, 2021 — Growing up, everyone has a dream on what they want to be. Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Brian Bennett, who later this month will become the Engineering and Planning Manager (Code 200), was no different.“I wanted to be a doctor,” laughed Bennett. “But not sure how that would have worked out as I used to get lightheaded giving a sample of blood.” As for... MORE

Brian Bennett becomes the Engineering and Planning Manager (Code 200) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

NNSY Ships Played Pivotal Role in Defending Pearl Harbor Attack
December 7, 2021 — It was only a day later when President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared it “a date which will live in infamy.” This December 7th marks the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which changed the course of world history, thrusting the United States into World War II and by extension transforming the size, workforce, and capacity of... MORE

The battleship USS Arizona (BB-39), modernized at NNSY from 1929 to 1931, was destroyed during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. An 1,800-pound bomb triggered a massive explosion and sunk the ship with more than 1,000 crewmembers trapped inside. This photo shows the Arizona three days after the attack.

NNSY’s Family Ties: A USS Arizona Survivor’s Interment
December 7, 2021 — Eighty years after the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 – “a date which will live in infamy” – final respects will be paid to a former USS Arizona (BB 39) crewmember and Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Ships Superintendent.Harvey Milhorn, a gunner’s mate serving aboard USS Arizona, survived the fireball that engulfed the ship and the attacks on... MORE

Lt. Milhorn Retirement: A Service to the Fleet historic photograph shows Lt. Harvey H. Milhorn (left) and Lt. Arthur P. Murray (right), former ships superintendents at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), displaying a cake presented to them following their retirement ceremony in February 1970.

Supervisors Sign Conduct, Standards, and Expectations Contract at NNSY and NFPC
December 2, 2021 — The Supervisor Conduct, Standards and Expectations Contract began with Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s People Development Pillar Team and the Culture Change Team. ”This is a commitment to protect and support our people. It is important leadership reaffirm why we are here and hold ourselves accountable,” said Shipyard Commander Dianna Wolfson. The... MORE

Supervisors at Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) Naval Foundry and Propeller Center (NFPC) detachment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, signed an oversized Supervisors Conduct, Standards and Expectations Contract and placed it in a central area of the shop so all employees could see and better understand the intent of the contract.

Eye on Innovation: Pedal to the Metal Printing: Norfolk Naval Shipyard Makes Strides in Developing Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence
December 1, 2021 — Innovation is one of the leading focuses for the Department of the Navy, the enterprise coming together to find new ways to deliver on its mission of protecting America. Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) is charging forward to accelerate continuous process improvement and innovation in the world of metal 3-D printing, developing the Additive... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Technology and Innovation (T&I) Additive Manufacturing (AM) Center of Excellence (CoE) Project Manager and AM Lead Jessica Roberts shares one of the 3-D metal printers that are being set up at the shipyard.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard 2021 Apprentice Graduation
November 24, 2021 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) held a “drive-thru” style Apprentice Graduation Nov. 23 at Scott Center Annex in Portsmouth, Va., celebrating the achievements of the graduates becoming journeymen in their trades. Due to recent COVID-19 guidance from the Secretary of the Navy limiting attendance to any Department of the Navy event to no more than 50... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Commander, Capt. Dianna Wolfson, presents Apprentice Program Class of 2021 valedictorian Allyson Cross, A Shop 89 Fabric Worker Mechanic, her diploma during a drive thru gradation, Nov. 23.

Great American Smokeout: Help is on your Side
November 18, 2021 — Mark Twain, an American writer, once said “Giving up smoking is easy… I've done it hundreds of times.” For those who smoke breaking this habit can be difficult. The challenge is not going back to the habit after a day, a week, a month, or years after quitting.Nov. 18 marks the 44th anniversary of the Great American Smokeout Day, an intervention... MORE

Nov. 18, 2021 is the Great American Smokeout that challenges and encourages people to start a healthier lifestyle by quitting smoking.