By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility BREMERTON, Wash.,
USS Michigan (SSGN 727) undocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 16, 2021, after more than a year and a half in Dry Dock 2, as it nears the end of its Extended Refit Period.
According to Melissa Kittrell, assistant project superintendent, Code 327, Operations Department Submarine Program, PSNS & IMF mechanics got to work on Michigan as soon as it was nested on Pier 6, May 22, 2019. They were able to begin relief valve testing and begin preparations to transition from ship’s systems to shore power, before it was moved into dry dock July 9.
Adm. Mike Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith visited Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) March 4, to learn more about progress on unmanned, artificial, Saving the news module on this page because of difficult settings. Testing current news (viewable) page for "hidden" news stories before deleting this page.
By NSWCDD Corporate Communications
Think of your first mentor. It’s possible this individual still influences you.
“The web defines a mentorship as a relationship between two people where the individual with more experience, knowledge, and connections is able to pass along what they have learned to a more junior individual within a certain field. The more senior individual is the mentor, and the more junior individual is the mentee,” NSWCDD Technical Director John Fiore stated. “I agree with that definition, and I would add mentoring focuses on teaching. Mentoring is a careful consideration of another’s goals compared to their capability gaps and strategically working to find ways to close those gaps through experience, training and education. Mentoring requires we know something about each other.”
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) She s Happy Hair started with $800, a briefcase, and a duffle bag. It s now worth more than $80 million with locations across the country and a partnership deal with Walmart.
Marcus Bowers, Chief Quality Assurance Office and Co-founder, and Warren Broadnax, CEO, are sharing their childhoods in Houston, becoming friends in the military, the early days of the company, and how they re using their success to give back to the community.
You can learn more about She s Happy Hair on their website or Instagram.
By Silvia Klatman, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility BREMERTON, Wash.,
Management and bargaining unit representatives at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility signaled their commitment to safety with the signing of an application Feb. 18, 2021, to become a Star Site under the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program.
“The safety of our teammates is of paramount importance to all of us,” said Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, PSNS & IMF. “Management and our labor partners are united in ensuring we are all doing our part to make the worksite here as safe as possible.”