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As a deaf employee, Shop 51 work lead Brandon Salley understands the importance of good communication
April 11, 2024 — Before becoming the new work lead for Shop 51, Electricians, Brandon Salley spent the previous eight years perfecting his skills as an electrician at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, while also helping the men and women working around him perfect theirs.As work lead, Salley must maintain constant communication with... MORE

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 — 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

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)

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).

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