THE SUMMER 2021 • NASSCO.COM SUMMER 2021 THE SHIPBUILDER 1 NASSCO-San Diego May 28, 2021 8 10 9 16 23 27 CONTENTS 4 MESSAGE FROM THE HELM 18 PDP CORNER 31 IN THE COMMUNITY 6 DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT 20 LEARN 35 MEET THE BABIES 8 PERFORM 22 EMPLOYEE CORNER 14 IMPROVE 26 SPOTTED IN THE YARD THE SHIPBUILDER Sr. Communications Specialist: Amanda Ray Sr. Creative Multimedia Specialist: Kurt Otto Sr. Communications Specialist: Crystal Norman COMING SOON! Manager, Communications and Strategic Outreach: Anthony Paolino Next month, NASSCO-San Diego will launch a campaign to invite employees to voluntarily self-identify their disability and vet- Published by General Dynamics NASSCO Communications Department, 2798 East Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92113 eran status. Employees may update their status at any time by visiting the Employee Self Service (ESS) portal at www.gdbenefits. Please direct comments to
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[email protected]. Meza, Tom Page, Anthony Paolino, Nicole Raiford , Stephen A. Reamy, Joshua Reece, Stefan Selby, Veronique Simon, Donna J. Watkins, Mark Wilson Front Cover: NASSCO-San Diego, January 28, 2021 Back Cover: NASSCO-San Diego, April 9, 2021 2 SUMMER 2021 THE SHIPBUILDER SUMMER 2021 THE SHIPBUILDER 3 MESSAGE FROM THE HELM PRESIDENT’S NOTE As we approach the halfway mark for 2021, City (LCS 11), USS Billings (LSC 15) and I want to thank everyone for their contin- USS Little Rock (LCS 9).