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EXPERT TRADESPERSON | NSS-SY Shipyard Resourcing pillar develops new career path, increases support to mechanics
June 9, 2022 — A new career path at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility provides expert mechanics with the means and motivation to train and mentor the next generation of journey-level workers. The Navy’s four public shipyards are the most consequential driver of fleet readiness and lethality. In order to win wars and deter aggression,... MORE

Workers from Shop 38, Marine Machinery Mechanics, observe a propeller installation for USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Oct. 16, 2018 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. (U.S. Navy photo by Brain Kilpatrick)

PWENG at Women in Trades Fair
June 6, 2022 — The women of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Facility have a tradition in the trades that goes back to some of their first forays onto the waterfront during World War I, working as rivet passers and rivet catchers. Today’s tradeswomen span more than a dozen shops and codes and are represented at every level of the workforce. From... MORE

Women representing more than a dozen shops and codes at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility participate in the 2022 Women in Trades Fair at the Seattle Center, May 6, 2022. The fair is organized by the Washington Women in Trades Association and has been held for more than 40 years. The fair offers an opportunity for women in trades to gather, teach, learn, recruit and inspire. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Shipyard Safety: Seabees lead sidewalk abatement project
June 3, 2022 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Production Engineering and Facilities, Code 980, worked closely with Seabees from Naval Facilities Northwest Naval Construction Battalion to repair uneven parts of the sidewalk along Farragut Ave., beginning in early February.According to Kyle Krogstad, industrial engineering... MORE

Petty Officer Second Class Brandon Kimpel, utilitiesman, (left) and Petty Officer Second Class Justin Reeves, builder, complete hazard abatement work on walkways along both sides of Farragut Avenue February 14, 2022 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Waterfront pillar
June 2, 2022 — The Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard Waterfront Pillar is more than simply a notion for operational improvement. It is a living program that empowers employees at all levels to express their ideas on how to work more effectively through following and improving Project Management Fundamentals.The pillar focuses on education and training, planning... MORE

Rear Adm. Scott M. Brown, deputy commander, Naval Sea Systems Command Industrial Operations, is briefed on Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program by Dave Sweet, deputy program manager, PMS 555, March 31, 2022 during a tour of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Brown is the Waterfront Pillar lead for Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard, one of nine pillars meant to support the mechanics at the deckplate level and empower them to innovate and elevate issues. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Engineering pillar
June 1, 2022 — The Naval Sustainment System – Shipyard Engineering Pillar is focused on removing or mitigating barriers to accomplish work safer, faster and with the highest quality by applying engineering methods and technical authority to challenging requirements and implementing new methods and technology. The Engineering Pillar is led by Rear Adm. Jason... MORE

Rear Adm. Jason Lloyd, chief engineer and deputy commander of Ship Design, Integration and Naval Engineering, SEA 05,
participates in a Q&A session with engineers March 30 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Lloyd is the source of shipyard technical authority, chair of the Engineering Intervention Board and the Engineering Pillar lead. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

CODE 1000i | Shipyard innovation through NCMS
May 31, 2022 — After taking a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Technology Showcase came roaring back in the summer of 2021, offering hundreds of teammates the opportunity to check out industry’s latest innovations.In the six months since the... MORE

Robert Curtis, right, national sales manager for Alpha Quantix, a Los Angeles-based exoskeleton and robotics company, shows Shop 56 Pipefitters (from left) Cole Knuckey and Josh Davies how the "Ironhand" can aid a shipyard worker's grip Aug. 25, 2021, during PSNS & IMF's 2021 Technology Showcase at the Kitsap Conference Center in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

May holidays celebrate current service members, honor sacrifice of nation’s fallen warriors
May 17, 2022 — Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day are two of the three major military-centric holidays observed in the U.S. Both are celebrated in May and, along with Veterans Day, Nov. 11 of each year, give Americans a way to thank current service members, and to honor those who have paid the ultimate price in service to the nation.ARMED FORCES DAYPresident Harry... MORE

(May 18, 2019) - Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz's (CVN 68) Honor Guard leads the participants of the 72nd Kitsap Credit Union Armed Forces Day Parade down 6th Street. The Kitsap Credit Union Armed Forces Day Parade, held on the third Saturday in May in downtown Bremerton, has an annual attendance of 25,000-40,000 people and includes all branches of the military, police and firefighters, youth organizations, dignitaries, commercial businesses, car clubs and more. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Wyatt L. Anthony)

Aircraft carrier centennial: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
May 17, 2022 — As the U.S. Navy continues to celebrate 100 years of aircraft carriers, this month we honor an aircraft carrier with deep ties to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility—USS Nimitz (CVN 68), a flagship carrier with more than four decades of service.While celebrating the recent commissioning anniversary of Nimitz, its Sailors... MORE

TOP LEFT: Nimitz Sailors participate in an early morning flight drill for Tailored Ship's Training Availability/Final Evaluation Problem, TSTA/FEP is a multi-phase training evolution designed to give the crew a solid foundation of unit-level operating proficiency and to enhance the ship's ability to self-train. (U.S. Navy photo by by Seaman Apprentice Kenneth Lagadi) TOP RIGHT: Sailors aboard USS Nimitz assemble on the flight deck and form a human '100' to commemorate the centennial of the aircraft carrier. Nimitz is the first in its class and the oldest commissioned aircraft carrier afloat. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt)

PSNS & IMF honors employees during Employee of the Year ceremony
May 4, 2022 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Employee of the Year nominees gathered at the Admiral Theater Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. to honor top employees during the shipyard’s annual recognition ceremony.For those unable to attend, the event was also livestreamed for viewing in the shipyard’s auditorium and via the Defense Visual... MORE

An 2021 Employee of the Year recognition ceremony for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, was held at the Admiral theater in Bremerton, Washington, May 3, 2022. PSNS & IMF Commanding Officer Capt. Jip Mosman, PSNS & IMF commander, presented the awards. (US Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

BOF cable clamps get an upgrade - and a patent
March 31, 2022 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employee designed a clamp to protect the miles of blown optic fiber cable running throughout U.S. Navy vessels, which has been approved for shipboard use and has also been recently patented. His BOF cable clamp may eventually end up saving the U.S. Navy millions of dollars in rework as... MORE

Brandon Rottle, nuclear general foreman, Code 950 (Shop 51/67), poses with the new X7 blown optic fiber clamps he and his team created for the Navy at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. The U.S. Navy has patented the clamp design, which should help protect BOF cables aboard U.S. Navy ships. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

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