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Archive: May, 2020

Defeating customer service obstacles by using clear plastic barriers
May 5, 2020 — When members of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s 14,000 strong workforce need help with services such as payroll or travel, they often rely on face-to-face contact with specialists. The jarring arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic meant those in command customer service roles had to figure out new ways to continue... MORE

Jared David (left), Tracy Atkins (center) and Harlen Caldwell (right) assemble clean barrier made from vinyl in the Moonshine Lab at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility May 4. This team is part of a cadre of innovators taking on the challenge of designing and building protective barriers for customer facing interactions within the shipyard.

Department of the Navy Honors NSWC Dahlgren Division Human Resources Specialist for Technical Excellence
May 5, 2020 — DAHLGREN, Va. – Bridget White loves winning and helping others win.The human resources specialist in the Planning, Policy, and Analysis Branch of the Human Resources Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) coupled her winning attitude with technical rigor to improve the NSWCDD External Awards Program. As a result, she... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. – Bridget White, human resources specialist in the Planning, Policy, and Analysis Branch of the Human Resources Department at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) garnered top honors in the Department of the Navy (DoN) Human Resources (HR) and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Community Awards for Excellence in the Technical Excellence: Planning, Policy, Analysis and Program Management category. She was awarded for the technical rigor she applied to improving the NSWCDD External Awards Program. “She is truly representative of the professionalism and dedication required of the HR of today, and has the passion, forethought, and collaborative approach required of the HR support of the future,” said White’s supervisor and nominator, Audrey Lohr, Planning, Policy, and Analysis Branch head; NSWCDD Corporate Operations Department. (U.S. Navy photo/Released).

Tomahawk Hardware Team Lauded for Design-to-Deployment Innovations
May 4, 2020 — In 2004, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) engineers Thomas Emmerich and Mark Monaco designed a workstation color printer prototype for the Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System (TTWCS) after the program office requested a more affordable printer than the $20,000 one proposed by a contractor.The pair’s design would... MORE

Members of the Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System hardware engineering group at NSWC PHD, circa 2018, including: Thomas Emmerich, Tomahawk product hardware lead (center in green jacket); and Mark Monaco, Tomahawk hardware design agent (left of Emmerich in light blue shirt).

Partnership overcomes facemask challenges for deaf and hard of hearing teammates
May 1, 2020 — Wearing facemasks is an essential part of minimizing the spread of COVID-19. A challenge people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing are now facing is that masks interfere with communication.Marlene Bell, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s American Sign Language interpreter, understands those challenges first-hand.“American... MORE

Facemasks, produced through efforts of the Sail Loft, Shop 64 and employees from the Home Team Mask project are distributed to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility deaf and hard of hearing employees. The mask were made with a see-through panel allowing employees to see lips and facial expressions. Trying one on for the first time is Brandon Salley, an electrical worker with Shop 51, Electricians.

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