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PSNS & IMF employee recognized for work to modernize production planning, operations
May 30, 2025 — Jason Cisler, work and systems design branch manager, Code 100TO, Transformation Office, received the 2025 Copernicus Award from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, May 5, during an award ceremony in the Code 100TO conference room.Cisler, who was recognized for his outstanding work during fiscal year 2024, was selected for... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, presents Jason Cisler, work and systems design branch manager, Code 100TO, Transformation Office, with the Copernicus Award, May 5, 2025, at PSNS & IMF in Bremerton, Wash. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Code 200 employee named NCMA Administrative Professional of the Year
May 29, 2025 — Krista Fontenot, executive administrator, Code 200, Engineering and Planning, has been named Administrative Professional of the Year for 2024 by the Naval Civilian Managers Association, according to a recent NCMA announcement.Over the past 13 months, Fontenot has made a number of fundamental improvements in key areas that have had broad and... MORE

Krista Fontenot, executive administrator, Code 200, Engineering and Planning, has been named NCMA Administrative Professional of the Year. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Command employees spend the day teaching students from 15 area elementary schools about the work they do each day at the shipyard
May 21, 2025 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees joined forces at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds, May 13, in support of the 2025 Kitsap Water Festival.The educational event was open to third and fourth graders from 15 Kitsap County elementary schools, teaching them how their everyday actions impact water quality in Kitsap... MORE

James Parkhurst, work leader, Shop 64, Woodworkers, Shipwrights, Insulators and Plastic fabricators, demonstrates how dry docks work May 14, 2025, during the 2025 Kitsap Water Festival at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photos by Wendy Hallmark)

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)

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