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Reagan Project Team celebrates 50 percent point
March 9, 2020 — The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) project team celebrated the achievement of a major milestone in the fiscal year 2020 selected restricted availability Feb. 6 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan.In honor of reaching the 50 percent point in the availability, leadership hosted a... MORE

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) docked pierside at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan in 2019.

Command Career Center opens to assist with employee development
March 9, 2020 — Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, officially opened the Command Career Center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 26 at the center’s location next to Building 427 trailer M-14415 at the shipyard.“It doesn’t really get closer to home than developing this center for our people,” said... MORE

Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, cuts the ribbon during the official opening celebration for the Command Career Center Feb. 26. Pictured with Wolfson are Richard Tift, executive director, PSNS & IMF, and the Career Counseling Team, Heidi Anderson and CeCe Norgaard (top row), and David Tift, Britany Ashley and Eleanor McCann.

PSNS & IMF Partners with DLA Disposition Services to streamline submarine component recycling and disposal
March 9, 2020 — Stewardship and responsible handling of Department of Defense assets is a long-standing priority for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Disposition and recycling of materials has evolved significantly in the shipyard’s 129-year history.Most recently, through collaborative efforts between PSNS & IMF and Defense Logistics... MORE

Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, with Michael O. Cannon (right), director of Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services and Bruce Bordenick (center), executive director of Radiological Controls, PSNS & IMF, discuss the benefits of the Demilitarization as a Condition of Sale contracting program.

Command Counseling Program Launches: PSNS & IMF offers free, confidential employee mental health counseling
March 9, 2020 — Articles and studies pepper the internet linking stress and mental health challenges with adverse impacts on physical health, family life and work.Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility recognizes these issues and are meeting them head-on.The command recently welcomed two social workers, Gretchen Gamradt and Tracey... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Social Workers Tracey Middleton and Gretchen Gamradt provide free, confidential solution-focused therapy for employees.

New technology can autonomously track UAS from land, sea
March 8, 2020 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers have developed a system to autonomously detect, track, and classify unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from the land or sea.The Threat Tracker is a detection system comprised of commercial off the shelf 3D radars and optical sensors.“What makes the Threat Tracker... MORE

Threat Tracker is an expeditionary unmanned aerial systems (UAS) designed by Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division personnel to autonomously detect, track, and classify UAS from a mobile patrol vessel. Threat Trackers will be on display at Sea Air Space Exposition April 6-8.

Navy to Commission Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams
March 6, 2020 — “This ship honors a man who dedicated his life to service—heroic service as a Marine, and continued service to his fellow veterans,” said Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly. “This dedication will live on in USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams as the ship is deployed around the world bringing additional capability to our growing fleet. The ceremony... MORE

CHESAPEAKE BAY (Sept. 15, 2019) The Military Sealift Command expeditionary sea base USNS Hershel 'Woody' Williams (ESB 4) is at anchor in the Chesapeake Bay, Sept. 15, 2019 during mine countermeasure equipment testing. (U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta/Released)

PSNS & IMF and shipyard unions sign letter of intent for VPP reapplication
March 6, 2020 — Leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, the Bremerton Metal Trades Council and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 12, signed a letter of intent today for PSNS & IMF to file a Voluntary Protection Programs application to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration... MORE

Leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, the Bremerton Metal Trades Council and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 12, signed a letter of intent today for PSNS & IMF to file a Voluntary Protection Programs application to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region X.

NSWC Panama City fosters STEM outreach though invention convention competition
March 5, 2020 — Scientists and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) supported the third annual Invention Convention (IC) March 5 at Gulf Coast State College (GCSC).The 2020 Invention Convention replaced science fairs for middle and high school students in Bay County. Students had the opportunity to turn their invention ideas... MORE

Scientists and engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and personnel from other organizations served as judges for this year's Invention Convention. Allie Williams, right, serves as an engineer at NSWC PCD

Navy Inventors earn recognition, royalties from patents
March 4, 2020 — The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) currently holds 75 patents with another 23 pending, but the Command is looking to add more to the portfolio. “Patents are an important indicator of technological creativity and progress made by the Navy and they also enhance the technical reputation of NSWC PCD,” said Jim Shepherd,... MORE

Construction Begins on BIW’s First Flight III Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer
March 4, 2020 — BATH, Maine – Construction of the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126) officially began at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard on Mar. 3. The milestone was marked by a ceremony at BIW’s structural fabrication facility in Brunswick, Maine. DDG 126 will be the first Arleigh Burke class destroyer built in the Flight III configuration... MORE

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