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Employees of the Year: Members PSNS & IMF workforce recognized for their hard work, dedication throughout 2024
May 8, 2025 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Employee of the Year nominees, their co-workers, friends and family gathered together at the Admiral Theatre, April 23, 2025, to honor the command’s top employees during the annual PSNS & IMF recognition ceremony.During the event, the command celebrated the accomplishments of 222... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Employee of the Year nominees pose for a group photo, April 23, 2025, following the annual ceremony at the Admiral Theatre in downtown Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

STEM outreach volunteers join forces in support of Navy Peninsula Robotics Competition
May 8, 2025 — Volunteers from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility were on hand April 29 to support the 3rd annual Navy Peninsula Robotics Competition at North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo, Washington.This year's event included 46 teams of students from six area elementary and middle schools, who put their individual constructed robots... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, and volunteer Tom Terry observe as two students from Cotton Wood Elementary School compete in the 3rd Annual Navy Peninsula Robotics Competition at North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo, Washington, April 29, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Automated rudder bore welding takes innovative step forward, thanks to collaboration between the Moonshine Lab and welders of Shop 26
April 24, 2025 — Several years ago innovative thinkers in Shop 26, Welders, and Code 138 Welding Engineers, developed an innovation to improve how rudder bores are serviced at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Transitioning from hand welding inside the rudder bores to automated welding cut the time to repair or restore aircraft carrier... MORE

Josh Maya (left), Waterfront Support and welding work lead, Code 100TO.3, Moonshine Lab; and Bryan Hara (right), Welding Instructor, Advanced Continuous Training Development, Shop 26 lower an Encompass Welding Machine in a Rudder Bore mock-up April 9, 2025, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Pop-up events help connect workforce with command resources
April 24, 2025 — Command University and the Command Career Center conducted two joint “pop-up” outreach events at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 9.Representatives from each organization staffed a table with information about the services they provide, in two locations at the shipyard, for interested employees.“This is a great... MORE

Patricia Leiataua, career counselor, Command Career Center, talks with Alanna Lopez, welder, Shop 26, Welders, about her career, April 9, 2025, during a “pop-up” knowledge share event at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

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)

PSNS & IMF tests new tech to locate air, vacuum leaks much faster than the old 'soapy-water' method
April 14, 2025 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility is exploring the use of an acoustic imaging device to locate air and vacuum leaks exponentially faster and easier than the old-fashioned soap and water method.Code 100TO, the PSNS & IMF Transformation Office, purchased the imager and is working with the Shop 52, Calibration; Code 106,... MORE

Air leaks appear as color patches on the ultrasonic leak imaging tool display screen during testing at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Command volunteers lend their support during learning event for local students
April 14, 2025 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility STEM Outreach Team collaborated with Naval Undersea Warfare Center-Keyport, the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum and the Puget Sound Navy Museum to conduct another successful multi-day “Navy STEM Days” event at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum, March 19-21.The three-day event allowed 250... MORE

John Paul Kunewa, platform general foreman, Code 760, Dive Locker, shows a student how to use an electric machine arm April 19, 2025, during “Navy STEM Days” at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum, in Keyport, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

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)

New IT vending machine, checkout lockers to ease access to mission-essential electronics
March 27, 2025 — A new information technology peripheral vending machine and three tablet lockers have been deployed throughout Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility to support around-the-clock work.Tablet lockers are now located in Bldg. 850A, on south end of the fifth floor close to Office 550; Bldg. 879, on the first floor; and Bldg. 78,... MORE

IT specialists (from left) Kris Smith and Bill Ziezulewicz, Code 109.32, IT Financial Planning Procurement & Budgeting Branch, along with Frank Spencer, IT service desk support, Code 109.31, IT Service Center, pose for a picture alongside the new IT vending machine located in Building 850A at PSNS & IMF, March 14, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Command employees find fun way to support Kitsap County food banks, relief organizations
March 27, 2025 — A recent friendly food drive competition between Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Sheet Metal and Forge & Heat Treat, and Shop 99, Temporary Services, highlighted how Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees don’t just contributing to national defense every day, they also support the local community.Tricia Hlebechuk, lead... MORE

Kathi Morgan, calibration coordinator, Shop 99, Temporary Services, collects jars of donated peanut butter, Feb. 19, 2025, during her lunch at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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