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ECOP members are working to streamline the electrical planning process across all four Navy public shipyards
July 23, 2024 — Since 2014, Electrical Community of Practice representatives have been working to help streamline and improve electrical planning, execution, and workmanship across the four shipyards and their detachments.The group is a collection of various codes and shops from across the country. They meet monthly to discuss the best ways to support the... MORE

Kevin Callines, an Electrical Community of Practice representative from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, examines a motor
in the process of being rewound, May 21, 2024, while touring Building 427 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, as part of
the group's three-day conference at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photos by Wendy Hallmark)

Upcoming PSNS & IMF annual showcase to offer variety of potential problem-solving technologies
July 23, 2024 — The 2024 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Technology Showcase will be held July 31 – Aug. 1, at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton.The event is organized to help connect problem-solving shipyard workers with vendors who have tools and technologies that might be useful in improving how the shipyard meets... MORE

Gina Kim, of Olympus Controls, talks about robot technology with Mathew Cady, product line director, Code 1000, Production Line Department, and Steve McKee, director of Enterprise Maintenance Technologies Sept. 27, 2023, during the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Technology Showcase at the Kitsap Conference Center in Bremerton, Washington. This year's event is scheduled for July 31-Aug. 1. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Command hosts special two-hour lunchtime training event to emphasize the importance of workforce safety
July 9, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility continued its emphasis on physical safety by hosting a three-day Pathway To Safety training event, June 26-28.The event was a continuation of a Pathway To Safety event in May that focused on psychological safety, and gave workers on both day and swing shifts an opportunity to briefly... MORE

James Clements, instructor, Code 700T, Training, and Samuel Leckron, project test planning engineer, Code 246, Test and Work Control Engineering Division, look at cooling fans June 27, 2024, during a "Pathway to Safety" training event at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

New 'helper-trainee' debuts at Employee Appreciation Day
July 3, 2024 — Ollie Olafsen, a North American river otter, made his public debut as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s official mascot during PSNS & IMF Employee Appreciation Day at a Seattle Mariners game June 30, 2024, in Seattle.“Ollie the Otter,” as he prefers to be called, is officially a Wage Grade-0.7 helper-trainee at PSNS &... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Navy Diver First Class David Loofbourow, Dive Locker, and Zachary Cantrall, dismantler, Shop 75, Dismantling, pose with "Ollie the Otter" and the Mariner Moose June 30, 2024, during pre-game ceremonies at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Command Career Center moves to Olympic Lodge
July 3, 2024 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Command Career Center has transitioned from their old office in the Controlled Industrial Area to their new location at the Olympic Lodge Training Center.While the three-person team may have moved to a new building, they are still providing the same services and counseling to help... MORE

The three-person Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Command Career Center team includes (from left) Heidi Anderson, Command Career Counselor lead, John Smith, office manager, and Rozy Castellanos, career counselor. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Former Code 2300 leader honored for his years of service
July 1, 2024 — Marc Harrington retired May 31, 2024, as the nuclear engineering and planning manager for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington, after 34 years of dedicated service to the U.S. Navy... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, presents Marc Harrington, former nuclear engineering and planning manager, Code 2300, Nuclear Engineering and Planning, the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, May 31, 2024, during his retirement ceremony at the Olympic Lodge on Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Move to shipyard has paid dividends for deputy carrier program manager
June 25, 2024 — Thirty-five years ago, Denise Harrington was a 19-year-old United Parcel Service worker, who was reluctant to join her family members working at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Today, Harrington serves as deputy carrier program manager for Code 312, Carrier Program.Growing up as the fourth generation in a family of... MORE

Denise Harrington, deputy carrier program manager, Code 312, Carrier Program, is a fourth-generation Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employee. She began her shipyard career in 1988. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Command visit helps reinforce shipyard's enduring relationships with regional civil authority agencies
June 24, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and Commander, Submarine Group 9, hosted a command visit for local emergency management State, County, and U.S. Coast Guard partners June 6, to help establish and reinforce close and enduring relationships with partner agencies and promote understanding for how the Navy Emergency... MORE

Washington Emergency Management Division employees, left, listen to a presentation on radiological emergency planning June 6, 2024, during a command visit for state, county and local emergency management partners on Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photos by Jeb Fach)

Campaign to focus on workforce safety
June 6, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility kicked off its “Pathway to Safety" campaign, May 21, focusing on the psychological and physical safety of the workforce.The "Pathway to Safety" campaign will run through the end of June.One of the key components of the month-long campaign is the psychological safety of the command's... MORE

Capt. JD Crinklaw, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, high-fives employees, May 21, 2024, during a Pathway to Safety campaign event in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

PRIDE ERG helps to foster inclusivity, support through persistence, dedication
June 5, 2024 — The term "Pride" used by the LGBTQ+ community has its roots in the Stonewall riots of 1969, a pivotal event that marked the beginning of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. While the PSNS & IMF PRIDE Employee Resource Group didn't begin with a landmark event like Stonewall, its journey has been one of persistence and dedication. The group's efforts... MORE

The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility PRIDE Employee Resource Group co-leads include (from left) Marcie Mathis, Kendra Schaff, Dana Honstain and Wes HansonSmith, pictured here May 23, 2024, in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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