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NSS-SY Spotlight: Inside Shop Pillar
July 21, 2022 — A new standardization and improvement process is underway at all four naval shipyards thanks to a pilot program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.The Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard Inside Shop Pillar focuses on predictability regarding work completion, and improving repair and manufacturing capabilities. During... MORE

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PSNS, Carderock team installs sensors on ex-Buffalo to test new tech
July 14, 2022 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility supported Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock with the temporary installation of two new structural health monitoring systems March 28 - April 1, aboard ex-Buffalo, a decommissioned Los Angeles-class submarine here.Structural Health Monitoring systems are an offshoot of traditional... MORE

An experimental sensor used to measure structural hull health is installed inside the ex-Buffalo (SSN 715) March 30, 2022, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

Aircraft carrier centennial: Evolution of the aircraft carrier
July 11, 2022 — The history of the U.S. Navy’s use of naval vessels to launch and recover aircraft dates back to Nov. 14, 1910, when American civilian pilot Eugene Ely flew his Curtiss pusher airplane off a specifically built platform on the deck of cruiser Birmingham (Scout Cruiser No. 2) in Hampton Roads, Virginia. On Jan. 18, 1911, Ely landed on a platform... MORE

Evolution of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier infographic. (Naval History and Heritage Command graphic by Annalisa Underwood)

NSS-SY Spotlight: New expert tradesperson path incentivizes skill
July 7, 2022 — With more than 12,000 employees, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility offers numerous career paths to its workforce. With a focus on human capital management, the Naval Sustainment System-Shipyards People Pillar, previously known as the Resourcing Pillar, is structured to help shipyard employees advance their careers and... MORE

NSS-SY: People Pillar key elements (U.S. Navy graphic by Adrienne Burns)

Collaboration leads to CVN rudder bore repair savings
June 30, 2022 — A team of innovation-minded professionals from Shop 26, Welders, and Code 138, Weld Engineers & Non-Destructive Test Examiners, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, developed a new process for aircraft carrier rudder bore repair that cut the overall repair time by more than half.According to Travis Yanda, Shafting &... MORE

AJ Banks, left, machinist mechanic, and Kyle Farrell, machinist helper, Shop 31, Machinists, Electroplaters & Toolmakers, use a boring bar to taper the port rudder from the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) May 13, 2022, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

NSS-SY Spotlight: IT Pillar
June 27, 2022 — Whether on the deck plates or in an office building, the Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard Information Technology Pillar touches all members of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility workforce. Key focus areas include network and computer upgrades, improving Maritime Systems Environment performance, realigning... MORE

Rear Adm. Huan Nguyen, deputy commander for Cyber Engineering, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) receives a briefing on the latest technology innovations May 19, 2022, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

Making the cut: Team turns an employee idea into a process improvement that will save thousands of hours of labor — every time it's used.
June 23, 2022 — When a team of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility planners was gearing up to replace the tubing on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier reboiler, a work leader from Shop 26, Welders, asked herself if there might be a better way to complete the job. After thinking through the problem, she suggested the team try doing the job much... MORE

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, congratulates Tracy Hartz, work leader, Shop 26, Welders, during a Bravo Zulu award ceremony May 27, 2022 at PSNS & IMF in Bremerton, Washington. Hartz, who started as a PSNS & IMF helper-trainee eight years ago, suggested cutting away a much smaller portion of the reboiler tank to access the tubing inside. This suggestion eventually resulted in an estimated 4,400 labor hours saved — every time the team does this job. (U.S. Navy photos by Scott Hansen)

USS Ronald Reagan completes availability early
June 15, 2022 — USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) completed a four-month Selected Restricted Availability May 11 in Yokosuka, Japan. The availability was completed two days early—a major win for the entire team.The team was made up of talented and dedicated workers from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility... MORE

The U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) departs Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) for a regularly scheduled deployment, May 20, 2022. Ronald Reagan is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Darren Cordoviz)

PRIDE | Celebrating progress and continuing the journey
June 13, 2022 — June 1 marked the beginning of Pride Month across our nation. It is a month when our nation celebrates the contributions made by the LGBTQ+ community and the progress made on issues of equality, representation and allyship.Pride Month is celebrated in June as a tribute to those who protested police violence against the LGBTQ+ community during... MORE

A graphic created for the celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month. (U.S. Navy Graphic by Seaman Darren Cordoviz)

Juneteenth | America's second Independence Day
June 9, 2022 — Juneteenth will be celebrated as a federal holiday June 20 this year, after becoming an official holiday last year by executive order of President Joe Biden.Juneteenth celebrates the date, June 19, 1865, when the last Confederate community of enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, received word that they had been freed from bondage. Union General... MORE

U.S. Navy graphic by Defense Health Agency Juneteenth graphic.

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