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Learning to communicate: Bi-monthly ASL Lunch-&-Learn sessions have become an important resource for deaf employees at the shipyard
March 9, 2023 — When Marlene Bell was hired as a full-time American Sign Language interpreter for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Facility in the spring of 2019, she estimates that there were only a handful of deaf employees working for the command.Back then, there was no specialized equipment to help hard of hearing and deaf workers communicate with... MORE

Video phone kiosks support deaf, hard of hearing employees
September 5, 2022 — The hum of industrial machinery, chimes of moving cranes and honks of transiting vehicles are familiar sounds around Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. However, for the shipyard’s deaf and hard of hearing employees, their daily auditory experiences are far different than that of their hearing-enabled teammates.In... MORE

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 — WEST BETHESDA, Md. — Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md., observed the 75th annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and telework mandates in place, the ceremony was livestreamed on Microsoft Teams.The event was hosted by Christina Suggs, Special... MORE

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 — In its ongoing effort to promote an all-inclusive environment for a diverse workforce, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility recently hired a full-time American Sign Language interpreter to help recruit, hire, professionally develop and retain deaf and hard of hearing employees.Marlene Bell, an American Sign Language... MORE

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.

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