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As a deaf employee, Shop 51 work lead Brandon Salley understands the importance of good communication
April 11, 2024
Brandon Salley, work lead, Shop 51, Electricians, communicates with Derek Keeling, supervisor, Shop 51, Electricians, with the assistance of Annabelle Stone, ASL interpreter, Code 900A, Production Resources, Administrative Support, during a Shop 52 morning briefing, March 28, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Learning to communicate: Bi-monthly ASL Lunch-&-Learn sessions have become an important resource for deaf employees at the shipyard
March 9, 2023
Brandon Salley, circuit breaker mechanic, Shop 51, Electricians, leads a bi-monthly American Sign Language Lunch & Learn Feb. 2, 2023, in Building 435 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

Video phone kiosks support deaf, hard of hearing employees
September 5, 2022
Sheila Marks, personnel support technician and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employee of 34 years, demonstrates the use of one of the shipyard’s newly installed video phones. The video phones provide deaf and hard-of-hearing employees with convenient access to a live American Sign Language interpreter to assist with making phones calls to hearing-enabled individuals.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NSWC Dahlgren Division Observes Disability Employment Awareness Month with NAVSEA Warfare Centers
November 23, 2020
IMAGE: WEST BETHESDA, Md. — Jet Griffin (left) provides ASL interpretation as Christina Suggs (not pictured) asks questions from the Fusion forum and Microsoft Teams chat for Tony Madalena (right).

Command hires full-time American Sign Language interpreter to serve, empower total workforce
July 12, 2019
Marlene Bell, an American Sign Language Interpreter with Code 900A, Administrative Support, facilitates communication for deaf and hearing impaired employees at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.