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CELEBRATING 120 YEARS ELECTRIC BOAT HIRED 3,000 WOMEN DURING WORLD WAR II. IN THIS PHOTO FROM 1943, ONE TRADESPERSON TRIMS A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL AT GROTON AS A COLLEAGUE STANDS NEARBY. OVER THE COURSE OF THE WAR, THE COMPANY PRODUCED 74 AND 398 PATROL TORPEDO (PT) BOATS.

FIRST QUARTER 2019 The VLMs are vertical, NEW MATERIAL STORES SYSTEM automated storage systems that maximize SAVES SPACE, INCREASES CAPACITY space vertically, utilizing

THE NEW VERTICAL ain Stores, or building 119 in Groton, is a storage overhead space that LIFT MODULES warehouse for small-parts material used in sub- often goes unused. MAXIMIZE SPACE M marine construction. Up until now, material was TO HELP MEET THE stored in carousels, which were chain-driven, rotat- VLM’s are often used PROJECTED SPACE ing devices with multiple storage bins. The carousels did NEEDS FOR FUTURE not maximize potential overhead space, and took up a for order picking, VIRGINIA-CLASS large portion of the warehouse. With Columbia construc- consolidation of MATERIAL. tion approaching, and a future influx in material, these 35-year-old carousels desperately needed to be replaced. material, parts handling Over the last year, the EB Groton Material Con- and inventory storage. trol team has been working in unison with Process Improvement Engineering to address the storage issue. After the review of many ideas, the carousels have suc- cessfully been replaced with Vertical Lift Modules,

2 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 or VLMs. The VLMs are vertical, automated storage systems that maximize space vertically, utilizing overhead space that often goes unused. VLM’s are used for order picking, consolidation of material, parts handling and inven- tory storage. They provide floor-space savings, increase labor productivity, and most importantly, they meet the increased space needs projected in EB’s future for Virginia-class material. Planning is currently underway to iden- tify needed equipment in order to sustain the Columbia material influx. The Process Engineering team, along with Modula, the VLM provid- er, determined that six VLM’s would offer enough space to store material being moved from the carousels, as well as all material from the shelves with- in the main stores. Six VLMs were purchased, reducing the overall footprint of EB the warehouse by half, thus providing more growth potential for the future. Before moving the material from the carousels to the VLMs, the Material Con- NEWS trol team looked at all of the material, analyzed the usage of it and ultimately reduced roughly 10% of the 24,000 parts currently stored, removing outdat- ed material that is no longer applicable in production. Overall, this change to a top-of-the-line storage system has maximized space within the Main CONTENTS Stores warehouse and reserved the space necessary to support EB’s growth. 4 Submarine Industrial Base Council Event Draws Hundreds of EB Suppliers 5-6 Q&A With Supply Chain’s Blair Decker 7-10 Happy 120th Birthday! 10 Reflections from EB’s Longest-Serving Active Employee 11 Singing in the Key of EB— The SubTones 12-13 USS South Dakota (SSN 790) Commissioned 13 EB Business Ethics and Conduct 14 Are We Losing Our Minds? Let’s Hope Not! 15 Could You Handle This? 16 Maintenance and Modernization Update 16 Junk Yard Wars 16 Service Awards 17 Retirees 18 Marine Group Roundup 19 EB Ethics 20 The 2018 Employee Incentive Program

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ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 | 3 SUPPLY CHAIN’S BLAIR DECKER ADDRESSES ATTENDEES AT THE 2019 SIBC SUPPLIER DAYS CONFERENCE. SUBMARINE INDUSTRIAL BASE COUNCIL EVENT DRAWS HUNDREDS OF ELECTRIC BOAT SUPPLIERS he Submarine Industrial Base Council Supply chain presentations covered Services Seapower Subcommittee and the (SIBC) held its 28th annual Suppli- upcoming strategic sourcing initiatives Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy T er Days conference, reception and and the increased demand on the supply (Ships) Jay Stefany. day-long lobbying event in Washington, base from the Virginia Payload Module The following day kicked off with a D.C. on February 26 and 27. Established introduction and the Columbia SSBN pro- Congressional breakfast where 15 mem- in 1992, the SIBC seeks to educate poli- gram. The importance of supplier quality bers of Congress attended and addressed cymakers and the public about the need was highlighted by recent lessons learned the crowd on their support for the subma- to preserve the strength of the U.S. sub- from missile tube construction. The sub- rine programs. The attendees then fanned marine force and promote the value of the marine industrial base is facing the same out across Capitol Hill and conducted over submarine industrial base as a vital part of workforce training and development chal- 185 individual meetings with members our national security. lenges that Electric Boat is facing. A of Congress and staff from the attendees’ This year more than 430 attendees rep- presentation focused on how Electric Boat individual states and districts. The Submarine Industrial Base Coun- resenting over 200 suppliers met at the was teaming with the states of Connecti- cil’s advocacy and education efforts are Capitol Hilton and heard program brief- cut and Rhode Island to create and expand consistent with Navy budget plans and the ings and plans for the Columbia SSBN workforce training programs. program offices’ goals as presented annu- program from Capt. Jon Rucker and the A presentation on the upcoming fiscal ally to Congress. These advocacy efforts Virginia program from Capt. Christo- year 2020 budget challenges provided a have directly resulted in over $530 million pher Hanson. Electric Boat’s and Newport backdrop for the preparations for lobbying dollars of additional submarine program News’ leadership from both programs dis- meetings scheduled for the second day. funding in the past three years. For more cussed the opportunities and challenges Dinner keynote speakers included Con- information on the Submarine Industrial that both programs present to the subma- necticut’s Congressman Joe Courtney, Base Council, please visit http://subma- rine industrial base. the new chairman of the House Armed rinesuppliers.org.

4 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 Q&AWITH SUPPLY CHAIN’S BLAIR DECKER lair Decker, VP of Supply Chain, Material Con- When did you give up on the veyance and Strategic Sourcing, will celebrate stockbroker dream? Bhis 40th anniversary with EB later this year. In Early in my career we had to buy a replacement this Q&A, Blair reflects on how EB’s business has water brake (this is a very large, complex product changed since 1979 and what the future holds for the also known as a dynamometer), which is a load Supply Chain organization. absorber used for submarine component testing. It came from a company in Germany. No one in the What brought you to EB? department spoke German, but I could as I’d taken it My grandfather ran the trading in high school, so I volunteered for the job. It was an floor, then known as the “garage” of expensive piece of equipment, worth a few million the New York Stock Exchange. I dollars. That got me hooked – I became enthralled studied economics in college because with how big pieces of equipment get manufactured. I expected he was going to get me a I realized I wanted to do work that helped create job as a stockbroker on the trading something tangible, something I could touch and be floor. During my senior year, when I proud of when finished. And, in all my years in mate- was close to graduating, I asked him rial acquisition, I’ve been able to contribute to the when I could come to work. He said, most technologically advanced product in the world. “When you get a few years’ experi- Every day brings a new set of challenges and oppor- ence and prove you can work.” So I tunities. I truly enjoy what I do and have done. found a job at a transportation com- pany in Bridgeport (Hemingway What was EB like in 1979? Transportation), working third shift. Between Groton and QP, we were about 27,000 The company was located in a rather people, with around 10,000 trade workers on the unsavory part of town. After I got Groton waterfront. When the gates opened at lunch robbed for the second time getting to/ time, thousands of people would stream out and head leaving work, I started looking for to the food trucks and places to eat. You did not want another job and applied to EB. to be going in the wrong direction. We had 16 ships In October of 1979, I was hired as in the yard, primarily the Los-Angeles class, 688 an associate buyer at a salary of boats. I started over on Long Hill Road. There were $10,200 a year, which was a lot of no computers, people could smoke in the building BLAIR DECKER money in those days. I had the oppor- and the phones were rotary. The early days of com- tunity to work on a rotational basis through all the puter programming took place in the basement, with departments that made up Materials Management. I keypunch cards of ones and zeroes. Our inventory worked at Quonset Point for a time; Material Engi- management system consisted of long green tubs and neering Services was located in big, long red yellow cards with part numbers. When the inventory buildings built during World War II, with holes in the planners wanted to order something, they would pull walls and rats running through. I was given the a yellow card, write down what they wanted, and opportunity to take part in Material Management’s pass it on to a buyer. The buyer would get a quote, full portfolio of activities and work my way through negotiate and then pass the information to the typing the ranks. I’ve been in supervisory roles since 1985, pool—at the time we had over 20 typists—who culminating in me joining EB President Jeff Geiger’s would type the purchase order. If there was an edit, staff in 2014. I recently calculated that from when I the typist would have to start over from scratch. walked in the door until now, I’ve bought material for 84 new-construction ships, including about 4,000 continued on page 6 pumps. Overall, I’ve been part of more than $30 bil- lion spent on materials.

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 | 5 Q&A WITH SUPPLY CHAIN’S BLAIR DECKER

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Over the last 120 years, EB has cycled it will take three-to-five years to rebuild, or re-create through times of high and low production. somewhere else, their capacity and capability. How did our supplier base change following the end of the Cold War in 1989 through the Strategic Sourcing is a key Supply Chain lower production years of the 1990’s? initiative— what is it? The original Navy plan of record was to build 30 When we went into low-rate production, we pulled Seawolf submarines, and then one day they said, no, a lot of work in from the vendor base to ensure the we’re only going to buy one. These were trying survivability of Quonset Point. Quonset is currently times, and we weren’t sure the company was going expanding, but we will hit a limit, both from a people to survive. We looked at a myriad of different proj- and footprint perspective. So a number of products ects to see if we could augment the business, that we brought in-house back in the 80’s and 90’s including barge-mounted power plants and wind tur- will now have to go out of the facility to be manufac- bines for power generation—anything and tured by a vendor base—one that does not currently everything we could think of. None of them made exist. sense or drove enough volume to make it worth pur- That means helping companies start from scratch suing. We went from a peak employment level of or taking products to existing suppliers that have about 28,000 employees down to 6,000. From the never done a particular type of work before. It’s purchasing perspective, we knew we were only going to be challenging living with the pain of first- going to have enough business to support single sup- time experiences. By the mid 2020’s, we’re going to pliers for the major components we purchased, be executing between 1.5 and 4.5 million hours of rather than being dual sourced. So we went to our work within the supply base; work that we will be suppliers and told them who would survive and who unable to accomplish at Quonset Point. These suppli- we would no longer have a need for. It was tough, ers will need to quickly come up the learning curve, but it was the right thing to do for all parties. So we and it has to be at least cost neutral. This is going to took suppliers out of our industrial base, and about be one of my biggest challenges for the remainder of 95% went away forever. my career. We’ve got a strategic sourcing organiza- Thank goodness for (then CT Senator) Joe Lieber- tion operating in purchasing now, led by Luke man, who pushed for the two Seawolfs—that was the Georgian; I’m confident they will figure it out. survival factor that got us to the mid 1990’s. Then the opportunity came for the Virginia-class design What are you most proud of in your contract, which clearly saved the company. EB/work life? I’m most proud of having contributed to this great At the employee Town Hall this past corporation and the U.S. Navy for 40 years, with all December, you described the Supply Chain of the ups and downs, challenges and successes. I’ve organization through a series of statistics. built relationships and a pretty good reputation as What does 75% signify and why does it scare you? someone who can get things done. I hate to fail; I drive myself really hard not to. I’m proud that I’ve That’s the percentage of the dollars that we spend always been able to support the leaders I’ve worked in our supply base that is a single or sole source, a for, and delivered on my commitments and promises. very high-risk proposition. Our industrial base is pri- I’m also proud of my relationships with the indus- marily located on the East and West Coast of the trial base. Suppliers are a critical element of what we U.S., and some of our most critical suppliers are high do every day, and getting them to be aligned with our risk from a geography standpoint. For example, goals and objectives is a key part of my job. Northrup Grumman in Sunnyvale, CA, sits on a fault I truly wish I was ten years younger—what this line. Another supplier in Gulfport, Miss., was flood- company is going to do for the next two decades will ed with four feet of water due to a hurricane a few be amazing. Don’t miss it, if you have the chance. years ago. If we lose any one of our critical suppliers,

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On February 7, 1899, American businessman incorpo- rated the Electric Boat Company to complete a 54-foot submersible vessel developed by . One year later, the world’s first practical submarine, the Holland, was accepted by the U.S. Navy, marking the beginning of the U.S. Submarine Force. Over the course of 120 years, spanning three centuries, through world wars and economic ups and downs, EB has maintained an unwavering focus – to ensure our nation’s defense. During and just after, Electric Boat built 85 subma- rines for the U.S. Navy while its subsidiaries built 722 submarine chasers and 118 Liberty ships. Over the course of World War II, Elec- tric Boat produced 74 submarines and 398 patrol torpedo boats, continued on page 8

Clockwise From Top Left, in 1899 John Holland peers from the turret of his invention, the submarine Holland. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy christens Lafayette (SSBN 616) on May 8, 1962 at EB’s south yard. The Lafayette was the lead vessel in a 32-ship class designed to fire the Polaris A-3 missile. First Lady Michelle Obama christens submarine Illinois (SSN 786) on Oct. 10, 2015. Skate (SSN 578), the nation’s third nuclear submarine, sits surfaced in the Arctic as three crew members check

thick chunks of ice it broke through while coming up. It surfaced at the North Pole, the first submarine in history to do so, on March 17, 1959. Launching of the R-1 TH for Peru on July 12, 1926. It was the first submarine built by Electric Boat at the HAPPY 120 BIRTHDAY! Groton shipyard.

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FOURTH QUARTER 2018 | 7 continued on from page 7 including the famous PT 109 commanded by then-Lieutenant John F. Kennedy. After both World Wars, with fewer orders for submarines, the shipyard stayed busy building yachts, schooners and commercial fishing ves- sels. Creative diversification after WW II saw printing presses, truck bodies and even auto- mated bowling alley pin-setters rolling off the production lines. In 1950, with Cold War ten- sions mounting, EB’s destiny was forever changed when the company took on the chal- lenge posed by Capt. Hyman Rickover to design and build the first nuclear-powered submarine. In 1955, on sea trials, the USS Nautilus sent the historic message: “Underway on nuclear power.” EB’s innovations have never stopped, includ- ing the Navy’s first fleet ballistic-missile submarine, USS George Washington (SSBN 598), which went on strategic deterrent patrol in 1960. In the succeeding decades, EB has

Clockwise From Top Left, in 1943, EB lathe operator Evelyn Gardner turns out parts for submarines. In 1917, Skipjack (E-1) became the first U.S. submarine to cross the Atlantic Ocean nuclear power.” President Truman initials Nautilus keel plate on June 14, 1952. Over under its own power. Nautilus (SSN 571) underway. On sea trials the course of World War II, Electric Boat produced 398 patrol torpedo boats, including in 1955, the submarine sent the historic message “underway on the famous PT 109 commanded by then-Lieutenant John F. Kennedy.

8 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 designed, built and sustained ever-more capable and stealthy attack submarines, culminating in Clockwise From Top Left, the Virginia class, pioneering research vessels Three of the 3,000 women hired like the NR-1 and the sea-based, survivable leg by Electric Boat during World of our country’s strategic nuclear force, the Ohio War II. In 1775, Connecticut’s Class, with its next-generation replacement, David Bushnell built the Columbia, underway. Turtle, the first torpedo boat Through the changing times and challenges of and the first underwater craft the last 120 years, there’s been one constant – our to employ a screw propeller. talented, creative and hardworking employees. Triton (SSN 586) was the only It’s an honor for me to lead a company with such submarine ever powered by a storied history and a very bright future. two reactors. The submarine circumnavigated the world Thank you for the work you do to deliver the submerged in 1960, the first advantage that protects our sailors, our families such voyage. On February 7, Dave McCall. Quonset Point’s automated frame and and our freedom. Groton shipyard leaders gave cylinder manufacturing facility was completed in 1979. Happy Birthday Electric Boat! away birthday cards and treats In 1932, Weldera takes shape on the building ways. to celebrate EB’s 120th birthday, She was an all-steel, 28-foot sloop and a respected Jeff Geiger, President from left, Harry Haugeto and competitor in local races for many years.

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 | 9 REFLECTIONS FROM EB’S LONGEST-SERVING ACTIVE EMPLOYEE

n February 7, EB turned 120 years old, and Sam Grills has been on the O job for more than half that time. A structural designer in D471, Grills now holds the record as EB’s longest-serving active employee with 62 years of service. The 81-year old joined EB in 1956, fresh out of Westerly High School. SAM GRILLS, EB’S LONGEST-SERVING ACTIVE EMPLOYEE. BELOW, SSBN 598 WAS COMPOSED Grills has witnessed, firsthand, EB’s OF A SKIPJACK-CLASS ENGINE ROOM AND STERN, NEW 133 FT. SECTION WITH 16 BALLISTIC entire lineup of nuclear submarines. MISSILE TUBES AND SKIPJACK-CLASS FORWARD COMPARTMENT. BOTTOM: USS GEORGE Although he wasn’t yet an employee WASHINGTON (SSBN 598) ON DEC. 30 1959. when Nautilus (SSN 571) launched, his older brother was; he got Grills a ticket Grills has witnessed, firsthand, EB’s to see the first nuclear submarine slide entire lineup of nuclear submarines. into the Thames river from the South Yard Ways on Jan. 21, 1954. Although he wasn’t yet an “The first nuclear Seawolf (SSN 575) employee when Nautilus (SSN 571) was berthed right next to it,” said Grills. “Then, when I joined EB in 1956, the launched, his older brother was; he company was about six months out from got Grills a ticket to see the first launching Skate (SSN 578), the third nuclear submarine.” nuclear submarine slide into the Grills recalls how the company created Thames river from the South Yard the first ballistic-missile submarine. “They were building the 585 (Skipjack) Ways on Jan. 21, 1954. class, when they got the contract to put the missile compartment on one of the that,” said Grills. That experience includ- nuclear reactors, and the largest subma- boats. They took the 589 boat, the Scor- ed a few arctic-cold winters in the early rine of its time. During her shakedown pion, which was pretty near built on the 1960’s. cruise, Triton successfully executed the shipyard ways, spread apart the bow and “Back then all the floors were dirt in first submerged circumnavigation of the stern, and put the missile compartment the construction ways. In the winter, they world, following the same track as the in the middle. That’s how the first SSBN, would have a big coke (coal derivative) first circumnavigation led by Ferdinand USS George Washington, came to be. bin, for heating. You’d go in and fill a Magellan. A few years back, Grills was They built another Scorpion, which, five-gallon bucket and throw it in what interviewed and filmed for the PBS doc- tragically, was lost at sea in 1968.” they called the salamander, a stove fabri- umentary “Triton: America’s Deep Secret,” Grills was hired in as an apprentice cated from a big barrel connected to an which premiered on PBS stations in the draftsman, became a journeyman shipfit- air hose. We’d stand in front of it, roast- fall of 2018. ter and then transferred to the drawing ing on one side and freezing on the other. For all the EB history he’s lived, Grill’s room eight years later. “Upon reflection, I’ll never forget those cold snaps.” advice for new employees hasn’t changed I’m glad I had those eight years in the Grills worked on Triton, SSRN 586, much over the years: “Get up, dress up, shipyard; you can’t buy experience like the only U.S. submarine with twin show up. Keep breathing.”

10 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 SINGING IN THE KEY OF EB—THE SUBTONES

THE SUBTONES PERFORMED AT THE OCT. 20, 2018 CHRISTENING OF FUTURE SUBMARINE VERMONT (SSN 792). FRONT ROW, FROM LEFT, NICOLE WILCOX, ELIZABETH HUGHES, ELIZABETH PETERSON, JANICE NYKYFORCHYN, ROSEMARIE GOSS, MICHAEL AUDETTE, VIRGINIA ANDREA, KRIS KLOSZEWSKI, BAYINDIR CITAK, JEREMY ECOCK, AARON HAYES. BACK ROW, FROM LEFT, CHELSEA SIVO, AMY RUIZ, KATIE HAENN, LINDA KELLEY, ANGELA MOCK, WILF KALBACH, LOUIS BENGTSON, JOHN HIRSCH, RICHARD CUSHING, JONATHAN TRUE MISSING FROM PHOTO, ROBERT WESTHAVER, KATELYN PUTTRE, TIM BOUSQUET.

he SubTones, EB’s own acapella sing- the Town of Groton and the Submarine ing group, came about in May 2008 as Base, along with baseball games at Dodd T a last-minute fill-in when a military Stadium in Norwich, among others. band couldn’t perform at the June chris- Over the last ten years, the group has tening of the USS New Hampshire (SSN performed for Michelle Obama, secretar- 778), and they haven’t stopped singing ies of the Navy, admirals, officers and since. “The group was a collaboration crews, senators, congressmen/women, between me, Tom Meisenzahl, Bob local representatives, EB employees and Westhaver and the late Bob Hamilton, TAKEN DURING THE 2008 CHRISTENING OF their families. Some performances are the former Director of Public Affairs for NEW HAMPSHIRE (SSN 778), THE FIRST simulcast live worldwide through EB’s EB,” said Virginia Andrea, (D650), who SUBTONES PERFORMANCE, FROM LEFT, external website. serves as the SubTones business manager. JOHN CASEY (THEN EB PRESIDENT), “We love to sing for all audiences,” Hamilton attended a few practices to be TOM MEISENZAHL, VIRGINIA ANDREA AND said Westhaver. “All the work this sure the group could deliver the sound BOB WESTHAVER. requires is worthwhile when we can EB was looking for, and from then on the move someone and honor our fantastic group was on its way. to christenings, the SubTones also per- ships and the men and women who sail For each submarine christening, in form at the Groton Veterans Day them. Music spans all emotions and can addition to the National Anthem, the Sub- ceremony and the EB supervisor Christ- serve as a great unifier. We are proud to Tones perform the state song that the ship mas party each December along with be EB’s ambassadors of music and thank is named for. Bob Westhaver (D462) ship commissioning ceremonies for the EB leadership for giving us the honor selects and arranges the music that the Navy, EB Management Association to perform.” 24-member group performs. In addition events, memorial services, concerts for

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 | 11 USS SOUTH DAKOTA (SSN 790) COMMISSIONED

THE COLOR GUARD PARADE THE ADMIRAL’S FLAG DURING THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY FOR THE USS SOUTH DAKOTA (SSN 790) AT NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE NEW IN GROTON, CONN., FEB. 2, 2019 (U.S. NAVY PHOTO).

12 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 ith the resounding command “Man our ship and bring her to life!” from W ship sponsor Deanie Dempsey, USS USS SOUTH DAKOTA South Dakota became the newest and 17th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine in the U.S. Navy during her commissioning (SSN 790) ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London on February 2, 2019. The South Dakota is the first in the Virginia Class to be fitted with acoustic superiority COMMISSIONED improvements which will enhance her ability to collect intelligence and detect threats. “South Dakota will travel the world’s oceans undetected, collecting informa- tion, preparing for battle and if necessary, striking from the deep swiftly and with- out warning to answer the nation’s call,” said Vice Adm. Charles A. Richard. THE CREW OF USS SOUTH DAKOTA (SSN 790) STANDS ASSEMBLED AFTER “BRINGING THE SHIP Along with being the most modern TO LIFE” AND ASSUMING DUTY DURING THE BOAT’S COMMISSIONING CEREMONY (U.S. NAVY attack submarine in the world, South PHOTO). Dakota can claim another first. “The rise of the millennial generation Craig E. Litty, about 65 percent of the emerging to lead EB’s important work boat’s sailors have never served on a sub- for the country, I believe, is a powerful marine before. rebuttal of cynics and naysayers that say “I think we can honestly call South that American manufacturing and tech- Dakota America’s first millennial subma- nological excellence are a thing of the rine, from construction to operation,” past,” said U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, Courtney said. D-2nd District. And, according to South EB President Jeff Geiger acknowl- Dakota’s commanding officer, Cmdr. edged the contributions of Commander Craig Litty and his crew. “I had the priv- ilege to ride with the crew the very first time they took the South Dakota to sea,” said Geiger. “As a shipbuilder, it is awe- inspiring to see our complex machine brought to life and gratifying to see her expertly handled by a dedicated and con- fident crew. We wish Commander Litty and the crew a safe and distinguished tour of duty. May the USS South Dakota serve you and our nation long and well.” Construction on South Dakota began in 2013; the submarine’s keel was authen- ticated during a ceremony on April 4, 2016; and the submarine was christened on Oct. 14, 2017.

THE USS SOUTH DAKOTA (SSN 790) AT THE NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE IN GROTON.)

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 | 13 ARE WE LOSING OUR MINDS? LET’S HOPE NOT!

By ROBERT ROSSIER Retaining and expanding the specialized knowledge needed to design, ometimes the pace here at EB gets build and maintain the most complex product on the planet is a so hectic that we feel like we’re los- S ing our minds. As we face challenges monumental challenge; one that both Goettler and Singer are working to meet Virginia production schedules, hard to meet. maintain and repair commissioned boats, and rush headlong to complete the sites for various organizations. These as key employees with plans to leave or Columbia design and prepare for its con- sites will provide enhanced document retire shortly. struction, we might begin to question storage and search, and will help connect Imbedded in Groton Operations is our mental well-being, and worry about employees, offering new ways to collabo- another knowledge transfer team head- maintaining and growing the knowledge rate and communicate. ed by Kate Singer (D200). This team needed to accomplish these Herculean The KM Team is also working to con- focuses on ensuring the right number of projects. But two small teams are work- nect employees with each other and with people are on the deck plates to perform ing behind the scenes to ensure our our product. The Sea Stories program the work, and that these people have the knowledge is managed, and this effort is provides live-audience lunchtime presen- right knowledge, skills and abilities to having a growing impact. tations by submarine veterans on topics successfully perform their work. Over One is the Knowledge Management related to submarine operations. Like- the past two years, this group has been (KM) Team, headed by Dorothy Goet- wise, TEK Talks explores cutting-edge analyzing the increased workload tler (D400), dedicated to ensuring that technology and challenges in submarine in our near future, and understand- EB retains, manages, and expands the design, construction and maintenance. ing that impact. “During peak hiring, knowledge needed to meet present and The team also hosts Development Con- we won’t have the luxury of time to let future needs. Think about it. The only nections (Dev-Con) events that connect new employees gradually come up to reason we can design, build and main- employees with technical leaders to gain speed. We’re working now to build tech- tain nuclear submarines is because of career development insights. nical development programs for hourly the knowledge held collectively by our Fundamental to the team’s effort is a and management personnel to more employees. Without that know-how, our sharp focus on common challenges iden- quickly and effectively prepare them tools and facilities would stand idle. “As tified across EB: bringing new employees for the deck plates,” says Singer. This employees change jobs or retire, and new up to speed quickly, capturing knowledge year, Singer’s team developed an MDD employees join our ranks, it’s critical that from employees who are leaving, captur- to define the process for developing and we share and grow our knowledge,” said ing the rationale behind the designs for maintaining an Active Learning Cen- Goettler. But what does the KM group do? our products and assessing and managing ter (ALC). Their main 2019 goals are to One obvious change is EB’s new knowledge critical to our performance ensure each trade has a fully implement- homepage, Homeport (https://home- now and in the future. Four Multi Depart- ed ALC, and to implement the Operations port.ecms.gdeb.com/). Sporting a fresh ment Directions (MDDs) have been Supervisor Technical Knowledge pro- new look, the site provides a host of issued that address these challenges. The gram (OSTK). These are lofty goals, new features and foreshadows coming MDDs currently apply to all of Design but this group has hired ten Proficiency capabilities. The site keeps employees and Engineering, but other organizations Developers and added three other roles to informed with company news, events are invited to have their departments add- build the OSTK program. and happenings. Navigating the site takes ed to the applicability. But that’s just a Retaining and expanding the special- advantage of a taxonomy (a structured, starting point. ized knowledge needed to design, build common language) to enhance search To help put these MDDs into play, the and maintain the most complex product capabilities company wide. Already, KM Team provides workshops that pro- on the planet is a monumental chal- the search feature on Homeport shows vide tips, resources and insights for lenge; one that both Goettler and Singer improvement over the former homep- implementation. These 60- to 90-min- are working hard to meet. For more on age search. And as new team and intranet ute workshops serve groups of up Knowledge Management, contact Dor- sites are added to the Enterprise Con- to 25 employees, and can be sched- othy Goettler or visit https://homeport. tent Management System (ECMS) under uled through [email protected]. ecms.gdeb.com/km/. Questions regarding development, the search capability will A “rapid response” capability is also knowledge transfer in the yard (Groton become even more powerful. This year, available to organizations facing time- Operations) should be directed to the KM Team will begin rolling out team sensitive knowledge challenges, such Kate Singer.

14 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 t Electric Boat, there are about 120 riggers and crane operators, each A highly trained to perform safely, effi- ciently and to the highest of standards. Whether it’s lifting material in the yard, or maneuvering parts through a subma- rine, EB’s riggers and crane operators are trained to get the job done. “It could be anything that weighs 100 pounds to the size of your car, and we can get it through a submarine where it needs to go. There’s no other trade out there that does what we do,” said Mike Perrino, Manager of Engineering, Riggers and Crane Opera- tors at Electric Boat. COULD YOU HANDLE THIS?

Having experience in rigging or crane operating elsewhere doesn’t ensure that one’s ready to perform the job at EB, MEMBERS OF THE RIGGING TEAM IN TRAINING. Perrino explained. The confined spaces within a submarine hull and the rules As the workload at Electric Boat and regulations that EB follows create a Take a car for example. You can go increases, the department will double in unique skillset that you don’t find outside to any construction company, and size. They’re looking for people who can of EB. It takes a lot of planning, and isn’t they’d be able to pick up your car think outside the box. just as simple as picking something up Safety is the department’s top priority. and putting it down. “Having an under- and set it down on your driveway. Riggers rely heavily on on-the-job train- standing of what you’re doing and how But could they lift your car, rotate ing, and in the last year, they have set up you’re going to do it is essential,” said it, drift it down the stairs through Active Learning Centers that help Perrino. “It’s the checking of the gear, increase skill and performance before new a basement hatchway and set it the understanding of what you’re about employees attempt a task. to pick up, how heavy it is, if the pieces on the floor in your basement? “It’s realistic; there’s real valve pieces have sharp edges, considering what Riggers at EB can, and they would that you’re actually flipping, rolling, and could potentially go wrong and then put- trying to get through water-tight doors ting your body in a safe position.” not scratch your paint or ding that we’ve had fabricated, so the first time Take a car for example. You can go to your walls. our employees work with it, it’s not on a any construction company, and they’d be boat,” said Perrino. In addition to training, able to pick up your car and set it down there is always a ‘rigger in charge,’ who on your driveway. But could they lift stands back and oversees the entire job. your car, rotate it, drift it down the stairs Perrino states, “At the end of the day, rig- through a basement hatchway and set it ging is a team effort; you can’t do it on the floor in your basement? Riggers yourself. You need somebody else with at EB can, and they would not scratch you. It comes down to trusting the other your paint or ding your walls. team members that you’re with.”

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John Casey to Retire; General NASSCO Commissions Dynamics Appoints Smith as New Panel Line Executive Vice President; Paddock SAN DIEGO, Calif. In January, General Dynamics NASSCO held a ribbon-cutting cere- as President of Jet Aviation mony to commission its new panel line, which expands steel production FALLS CHURCH, Va. capabilities for the construction of commercial and government ships in General Dynamics has appointed Rob- San Diego. ert E. Smith as executive vice president The new panel line enables distortion-free welding of plates as thin of the Marine Systems segment, effec- as five millimeters to produce lighter, more energy efficient ships. The tive July 1. Smith succeeds John P. cutting-edge facility uses hybrid laser arc welding and numerically con- Casey, who has informed the company trolled robots to mill, seam and weld steel panels in a highly automated production line. These features improve capacity, quality, accuracy and of his intent to retire on June 30. David cycle time, and are expected to double steel processing rates. Paddock, Jet Aviation’s senior vice “Our team scouted thin plate welding technology and processing facil- JOHN CASEY TO RETIRE president and general manager of U.S. ities from around the world to identify the components that would allow ON JUNE 30, 2019 aircraft services, will succeed Smith as NASSCO to stay at the forefront of shipbuilding manufacturing technol- president of Jet Aviation. ogy,” said Kevin Graney, president of General Dynamics NASSCO. Phebe N. Novakovic, chairman and chief executive “This facility, the only one in the world with this unique combination officer, said, “Rob Smith’s expertise in Navy submarine of technologies, is already beginning to transform our business while and surface ship programs will serve us well as we con- reducing energy consumption and emissions,” said Graney. “This facili- tinue to grow our shipbuilding business. With Dave ty is a win for NASSCO, our customers and our region.” Paddock’s in-depth understanding of Jet Aviation, he Four ships are currently under construction at the San Diego shipyard, will ensure that we continue to meet our customers’ including two containerships for Matson Inc., and the first TAO-205 needs across Jet’s portfolio.” -class oiler for the U.S. Navy, all of which will feature steel from the new panel line. An expeditionary sea base for the Navy is also under “John Casey has had a long and distinguished career construction. in shipbuilding, starting in welding school, rising Representatives from NASSCO, the U.S. Navy and Matson, Inc., through the ranks to become president of Electric Boat attended the ceremony. for nine years and ultimately executive vice president of Marine Systems,” said Novakovic. “His superb understanding of shipbuilding has helped General Electric Boat awarded $2 Billion for Dynamics design and build the nation’s most complex Virginia-Class Submarine Material submarines and ships for decades. We will all GROTON, Conn. miss him.” The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $2 billion contract modification for long lead time material to support con- struction of Block V Virginia-class submarines. General Dynamics and Bath Iron Works The award modifies a contract awarded in 2017 that provides funding Awarded $719 Million for Planning Yard for long lead time material for steam and electrical plant components, Services for DDG 51-class ships main propulsion unit and ship service turbine generator efforts and mis- BATH, Maine cellaneous hull, mechanical and electrical system components. This In February, The U.S. Navy announced that General modification brings the overall contract value to approximately $3.2 Dynamics Bath Iron Works was awarded a contract to billion. continue providing planning yard services for DDG 51 “This award allows Electric Boat and the submarine industrial base Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. to continue to make preparations for construction of Block V, which will The contract is valued at $126 million for the first bring additional payload capacity to the Navy. Our team will continue to year with four option years which, if exercised and ful- produce the world’s most technologically advanced submarines, safely ly funded by the Navy, would bring the total value of and efficiently,” said Electric Boat President Jeffrey S. Geiger. the contract to $719 million. Block V submarines will include the Virginia Payload Module (VPM), Planning yard services include design, material kit- an added section of the ship containing four large-diameter payload ting, logistics, planning and execution. The majority of tubes. Extending the hull by 84 feet, the VPM will boost the submarine’s the Planning Yard services work will be performed in strike capabilities. Maine. Electric Boat employs about 17,000 people in Groton and New London, Bath Iron Works also currently manages post-deliv- Connecticut; and Quonset Point, Rhode Island. ery maintenance and modernization activities for DDG 1000-class ships and LCS-class ships.

16 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION UPDATE EB BUSINESS In January, the U.S. Navy announced that it had assigned the post-shake- down maintenance availability (PSA) for the USS Delaware (SSN 791) to ETHICS AND CONDUCT Electric Boat. EB will perform the early maintenance work for the Delaware, which is estimated to start in late 2019 or early 2020 and is expected to sustain about 300 jobs at UNACCEPTABLE the Groton shipyard. WORKPLACE CONDUCT The Delaware was christened at Newport News Shipbuilding on October 20, 2018, the AND HARASSMENT very same day that Vermont (SSN 792) was christened at EB’s Groton shipyard. In lectric Boat strives to maintain October, EB completed the PSA on the Colorado (SSN 788) and began the PSA on Indi- a workplace in which employees ana (SSN 789) in November. The opportunity to perform the post-shakedown Etreat one another fairly and with availability for the submarine Delaware will support Electric Boat’s effort to stabilize dignity and respect. Harassment, the waterfront workload and sustain the skills and capabilities of the shipbuilders. threatening or violent behavior and In March, the U.S. Navy announced it has awarded an upcoming emergent other similar conduct will not be maintenance availability contract for the USS John Warner (SSN 785) to tolerated from anyone including Electric Boat. The work is scheduled from March through August 2019. Also in employees, visitors or employees of March, the Navy awarded the planning portion of the upcoming Engineered third parties. Overhaul (EOH) for the USS Hartford (SSN 768) to Electric Boat. Planning was Electric Boat prohibits behaviors scheduled to begin in late March 2019. that denigrate, disparage or show hostility or aversion toward indi- viduals or group because of a person’s race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ances- try, marital status, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or transgen- der status. Each of us as employees has the right to be free from improper or offensive conduct at work. Unwel- come, insulting, or offensive remarks or actions have no place at Electric Boat. TEAM SUBTLE PUN’S VEHICLE COMPLETES A MISSILE LAUNCH, SUBMERGES AND TRAVERSES If you feel you are being harassed THE JUNKYARD WARS COURSE UNDERWATER. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT, SHAWN COFFEY, or threatened, promptly report the SAMANTHA FALKOWSKI, KEVIN FONTANA, HART WELLES AND MATT LUDWIG. FRONT ROW unacceptable workplace conduct to (KNEELING): BAYINDIR CITAK your supervisor or manager, to Human Resources, Security Inves- tigations, Ethics Director or to the TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE WEEK 2019 General Dynamics Ethics Hotline uring Technical Excellence Week 2019, March 18 through March 22, EB recognized the which is available 24/7 at 800-433- achievements and showcased the work of the engineering and design community 8442 or 503-619-1815 for Dthrough technical presentations, employee recognition events, production facility tours international callers and competitions. The EB Ethics Director, Pete Ste- This year’s theme was Delivering the Advantage By: Honoring the Past, Excelling in the fanski, 860-433-0873 is available to Present and Shaping the Future. The theme was echoed by Rear Adm. Dollaga, Command- assist anyone with questions or er of the Undersea Warfighting Development Center, during his keynote address, and by issues that may relate to ethical Cmdr. Litty, Commanding Officer of the USS South Dakota, during his guest presentation. decision making. Online access to The theme was also included in this year’s three competitions: DETECT Challenge, Ele- the Ethics Helpline is available at vator Speech and Junkyard Wars. Ray Zimmerman won the Elevator Speech competition. www.gd.ethicspoint.com where you David Hufner, Kedrick Swain and Guillermo Rivera each won one of the three challenges can ask a question, express a con- in the DETECT Challenge. Silent but Deadly, a team consisting of Art Marcelynas, Dean cern or report ethical misconduct. Myllymaki, Nathan St. Pierre, Stephen Ganz and Tim Stankewicz, won Junkyard Wars.

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | FIRST QUARTER 2019 | 17 serviceservice awardsawards 50 YEARS 341 Ronald A. Lamb 452 Catherine T. Lizzio 452 Ronald E. Dion 459 Laurence J. Lembree 50 YEARS 341 Ronald A. Lamb 452 Catherine T. Lizzio 452 Ronald E. Dion 459 Laurence J. Lembree 241 Edward W. Luther 408 Kent M. Fields 452 Edward J. Mrowka 452 Karen V. Heroux 462 Christopher T. Carrott 241 Edward W. Luther 408 Kent M. Fields 452 Edward J. Mrowka 452 Karen V. Heroux 462 Christopher T. Carrott 242 Steven A. Giesing 410 Richard A. Clippinger 453 Henry O. Georgi 453 Kevin J. Brodnicki 463 Jonathan D. Webster 242 Steven A. Giesing 410 Richard A. Clippinger 453 Henry O. Georgi 453 Kevin J. Brodnicki 463 Jonathan D. Webster 355 Frederick C. Butts 411 Terrence J. McGill 453 Randall E. Grout 453 John F. Cleary 463 Mark D. West 355 Frederick C. Butts 411 Terrence J. McGill 453 Randall E. Grout 453 John F. Cleary 463 Mark D. West 545 Phillip V. Brown 423 Arthur H. Caporale 453 Michael A. Lanteri 453 Lance D. Shirghio 463 Edward H. Ziegler 545 Phillip V. Brown 423 Arthur H. Caporale 453 Michael A. Lanteri 453 Lance D. Shirghio 463 Edward H. Ziegler 795 John P. Sior 429 George A. Ballassi 453 David J. Russell 453 Richard Vidot 464 John M. Terrill 795 John P. Sior 429 George A. Ballassi 453 David J. Russell 453 Richard Vidot 464 John M. Terrill 431 Benjamin E. Weston, Jr. 453 Richard T. White 453 Troy L. Williams 485 Ramon A. Bueno 431 Benjamin E. Weston, Jr. 453 Richard T. White 453 Troy L. Williams 485 Ramon A. Bueno 45 YEARS 437 Jeffrey S. Walter 454 Susan E. Yovino 454 Anthony F. Attanasio 494 Wayne S. Lawrence 45 YEARS 437 Jeffrey S. Walter 454 Susan E. Yovino 454 Anthony F. Attanasio 494 Wayne S. Lawrence 100 William R. Savage 442 David F. Bednarz 456 Edward T. Burke 459 John D. Argarin 494 Mark M. Palladino 100 William R. Savage 442 David F. Bednarz 456 Edward T. Burke 459 John D. Argarin 494 Mark M. Palladino 226 Daniel M. McGuire, Jr. 442 Jeffrey L. Izbicki 456 Michael P. Faucher 459 Robert K. Dion 226 Daniel M. McGuire, Jr. 442 Jeffrey L. Izbicki 456 Michael P. Faucher 459 Robert K. Dion 498498 RonaldRonald K.K. KingKing 226 John T. Murray 452 John W. Casagranda 456 Allan C. Monroe 459 Russel W. Quick 226 John T. Murray 452 John W. Casagranda 456 Allan C. Monroe 459 Russel W. Quick 604604 DianeDiane A.A. CainCain 227 Clarence Hill 453 Reginald G. Neto 456 Bruce A. Stauffer 460 David J. Smallridge 227 Clarence Hill 453 Reginald G. Neto 456 Bruce A. Stauffer 460 David J. Smallridge 621621 SharonSharon L.L. BarnabyBarnaby 229 Stanley E. Dillon 456 Glenn R. Leyko 456 Thomas D. Zarbo 229 Stanley E. Dillon 456 Glenn R. Leyko 456 Thomas D. Zarbo 471471 Michael Michael W. W. KilburgKilburg 628628 BarbaraBarbara A.A. BostonBoston 229 Edmund J. Durigan 456 James J. Ryan, Jr. 459 Anthony C. Giordano, Jr. 229 Edmund J. Durigan 456 James J. Ryan, Jr. 459 Anthony C. Giordano, Jr. 472472 Dominic Dominic F. F. Lucente Lucente 686686 MichaelMichael W.W. HolubeckiHolubecki 229 Steven L. Kraimer 456 Vito F. Servedio 459 Steven L. Minick 229 Steven L. Kraimer 456 Vito F. Servedio 459 Steven L. Minick 473473 Philip Philip A. A. Rumm Rumm 701701 KathleenKathleen M.M. GuinanGuinan 229 Alan T. Smith 459 Dennis J. Alfera 229 Alan T. Smith 459 Dennis J. Alfera 460460 Christopher Christopher F. F. Doyle Doyle 473473 Judith Judith M. M. Ruthko Ruthko 701701 PeterPeter P.P. ScalaroScalaro 246 Peter A. Sandt, Jr. 459 Thomas W. Bassett 246 Peter A. Sandt, Jr. 459 Thomas W. Bassett 462462 Stephen Stephen D. D. Strader Strader 481481 Thomas Thomas A. A. Lambert Lambert 707707 KennethKenneth P.P. FournierFournier 248 William J. Cosenza 248 William J. Cosenza 459459 Salvatore Salvatore Bottone Bottone 483483 Steven Steven D. D. Ollhoff Ollhoff 484484 Jacob Jacob Arzoumanian Arzoumanian 320 Carol A. Sylvia 320 Carol A. Sylvia 459459 Paul Paul H. H. Bourque Bourque 496496 Syed Syed H. H. Haque Haque 486486 John John A. A. Peck Peck 2200 YEARS YEARS 323 Andrew J. Miller 323 Andrew J. Miller 459459 Arthur Arthur J. J. Hocking Hocking 545545 Keith Keith R. R. Coppin Coppin 493493 Walid Walid J. J. Said Said 241241 RobertRobert A.A. DesrocheDesroche 333 Robert E. Heivly 333 Robert E. Heivly 459459 Michael Michael G. G. Murphy Murphy 545545 Frank Frank S. S. Kovalik Kovalik 501501 Frank Frank Maiolo Maiolo 242242 JosephJoseph OddoOddo 341341 Robert Robert J. J. Aiello Aiello 459459 Donald Donald G. G. Tellier Tellier 551551 Keith Keith A. A. Brown Brown 502502 Michael Michael J. J. Gosselin Gosselin 244244 StephenStephen O.O. Crosby,Crosby, Jr. 341341 Scott Scott M. M. Wardwell Wardwell 460460 Nicholas Nicholas J. J. Pedro Pedro 604604 Laurie Laurie A. A. Brodhead Brodhead 604604 Kenneth Kenneth R. R. Fast Fast 246246 RichardRichard A.A. MartellMartell 423423 Fred Fred E. E. Collings Collings 462462 Dennis Dennis R. R. Kapfer Kapfer 604604 David David A. A. Devine Devine 634634 Kevin Kevin P. P. Hanrahan Hanrahan 330330 DanielDaniel P.P. DiMauroDiMauro 447447 Geoffrey Geoffrey D. D. Gardner Gardner 472472 Mark Mark A. A. Lloyd Lloyd 662662 Robert Robert E. E. Lewis, Lewis, II II 642642 David David L. L. Costello Costello 330330 AlexanderAlexander J.J. HoustonHouston 447447 Peter Peter F. F.Kerttula Kerttula 473473 Cheryl Cheryl A. A. Moreau Moreau 682682 Jeffrey Jeffrey L. L. Fout Fout 650650 Edward Edward J. J. Tynan, Tynan, IVIV 355355 AdamAdam G.G. CaveCave 447447 Gerard Gerard A. A. Pothier Pothier 501501 Joseph Joseph L. L. Causey Causey 904904 Peter Peter D. D. Slowinski Slowinski 701701 Joseph Joseph R. R. Bauer Bauer 355355 BrettBrett D.D. CraigCraig 452452 Edward Edward Andruskiewicz Andruskiewicz 604604 David David L. L. Giambattista Giambattista 912912 Charles Charles I. I. Rudolph, Rudolph, Jr. Jr. 707707 Aubrey Aubrey L. L. Totten, Totten, Jr.Jr. 408408 DonatoDonato T.T. DiGenovaDiGenova 452452 Glenn Glenn A. A. Harris Harris 642642 Robin Robin G. G. Snelgrove Snelgrove 914914 Joseph Joseph R. R. Sousa Sousa 901901 Richard Richard J. J. Costello Costello 424424 DanielDaniel A.A. FosterFoster 456456 John John T. T. Lazur Lazur 650650 James James E. E. Bridges Bridges 915915 Ronald Ronald E. E. Kingsborough Kingsborough 902902 David David J. J. Corvello Corvello 442442 LonnieLonnie E.E. JonesJones 459459 Thomas Thomas E. E. Dahl Dahl 660660 David David J. J. Hull Hull 921921 Alfred Alfred W. W. Beaudoin Beaudoin 902902 Michael Michael C. C. Primrose Primrose 445445 MichaelMichael R.R. YacovoneYacovone 459459 Frank Frank J. J. Silvia Silvia 795795 Kenneth Kenneth A. A. Welch Welch 913913 Douglas Douglas M. M. PlacePlace 448448 MichaelMichael V.V. DavisDavis 484484 Sal Sal Spinella, Spinella, Jr. Jr. 911911 Robert Robert M. M. Caird Caird 3030 YEARS YEARS 915915 Robert Robert P. P. Graham Graham 459459 TheodoreTheodore J.J. FieldsFields 501501 Raymond Raymond Rodriguez Rodriguez 915915 Robert Robert G. G. Gauthier Gauthier 242242 Danny Danny R. R. Melton Melton 915915 William William H. H. Pierce Pierce 467467 BenjaminBenjamin D.D. CookCook 505505 Frank Frank Dias, Dias, Jr. Jr. 950950 Charles Charles W. W. Doyle Doyle 243243 Paul Paul S. S. Grohocki Grohocki 917917 Charles Charles L. L. Dufresne Dufresne 472472 ThomasThomas J.J. EisleyEisley 507507 David David L. L. Peltier Peltier 962962 Richard Richard F. F. Lavoie Lavoie 251251 Roger Roger E. E. Benton Benton 921921 Paul Paul H. H. Brouillard Brouillard 615615 KathrynKathryn P.P. ColonisColonis 604604 James James S. S. Hicks, Hicks, Jr. Jr. 251251 Glenn Glenn A. A. Bergman Bergman 935935 Mark Mark S. S. Battey Battey 626626 BenjaminBenjamin W.W. ManfullManfull 604604 Jay Jay B. B. McKernan McKernan 3535 YEARS YEARS 251251 Joseph Joseph A. A. Charette Charette 646646 JaneJane E.E. NelsonNelson 604604 Douglas Douglas H. H. Witt Witt 201201 Robert Robert A. A. Dean Dean 251251 Kevin Kevin M. M. 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230 Gary L. Briggs 435 Frank W. Pearson Paul R. Smith 904 Enoch R. Sherman 45 years 38 years 53 years 44 years Crane Operator 1/C Mgr of Engineering Design Tech-Struct Struct Fab Mech I

242 Anthony W. Woodall 436 Paul A. Beaupre 462 Joseph L. Bennett 912 William R. Heaton 21 years 53 years 26 years 38 years OS Machinist W/L Prjcord Ta Spc Engineer Spec- Operations Supervisor Sys Admin 251 Kent D. Swan Donna M. Damico Michael Kennedy 37 years 46 years Joseph D. Michaels 44 years Painter Spec Prjcord Ta Spc 38 years Struct Fab Mech I Engineer Sr-Systems 252 Arthur F. Henderson 438 Steve H. Topliff 913 Mark W. Kocon 42 years 40 years 463 Jonathan E. Giggi 19 years Carpenter W/L Rad Con Serv Engr 1C 23 years Struct Fab Mech I Engineer Sr- Roger L. Pepin 440 James E. Ivey Structural 915 Stephen T. Corr 32 years 13 years 34 years Carpenter 1/C Prin Engineer- 472 Thomas A. Stachelek Struct Fact Mech I Comm Sys 42 years 275 Edward R. Kokoszka Logist Tech Aide William L. Padula 45 years 447 Victor N. Boomer 5 years Administrative Aide 45 years 485 David J. Ciemier Install Mech I T/A Material 36 years 323 Margaret M. White Eng Supervisor- Francesco N. 44 years 450 David K. Higgins Nuclear Paolantonio Supv of Quality 21 years 7 years Prin Engineer- 489 John M. Tomasko Install Mech III 330 Mary Anne Alfieri Structural 10 years 48 years Principal Engineer-Sys 921 Ramon O. Delrio Planner, Sr Material Don H. Pham 43 years 13 years 495 Lynn E. Laput Struct Fab Mech I Rayna J. Rose Prin Engineer- 42 years 45 years Structural Admin Specialist Peter R. Moseley Administrative Clerk II 43 years 452 Diep N. Nguyen 496 David F. Gervais Struct Fab Mech I 341 Thomas J. Gomes 24 years T/A Wt/Est Sr Spec 45 years Piping Sr Designer 931 Charles F. Tautkus Eng Supp-Chem/ Mark E. Nelson 44 years Metl Lab 456 James Bass 39 years Engrg Project Spec 38 years Eng Suppt-Wt Est 355 Phillip DeRose Design Tech-Elect 933 Joseph N. Anctil 5 years 601 Izola A. George 38 years Supv of Planning Mary J. Fillion 46 years Matl Svc Rep I 35 years Asst to President Barbara J. Giffin Electrical Sr 935 Norman J. Baxter, Jr. 38 years Chargeman 604 Linda A. Judge 43 years Planner Spec-Eng 38 years Superintendent, Area Richard M. Silva Sr Sys Dsgn Test Sr Spec Peggy J. Lutze 6 years 951 Roger G. Hinrichs 43 years Elect Sr Designer 605 Dan Barrett 44 years Planning Spec Sr 28 years Struct Fab Mech I William G. Sobieski Pub Affairs Staff Spec John R. Morris 10 years 993 Joseph J. Allen, Jr. 48 years Elect Sr Designer 626 Frank J. Capizzano 32 years Prod Planner III 50 years Struct Sr Designer Norman W. Young Sr Manager of Finance 408 Mark W. Sasarak 23 years Charles D. Dubicki 32 years Elect Sr Designer Bryan A. Schroeder 44 years Engineer Sr-Systems 44 years Welder-Struct W/L 459 Ronald V. DeCarolis Cost/Pric Spec 409 Arthur J. Palik 55 years Donald F. Holloway 34 years Design Tech-Struct 650 Perry C. Wyatt 13 years Program Mgr 11 years Secur Off G/1 Sarf David E. Haggett Sr Cont Spec 415 Beth C. Manning 15 years Norman J. Kozek 3 years Arrgt Sr Designer 702 Karen M. Hohenleitner 53 years Administrative Aide 37 years Administrative Aide Shirley F. Iselin Prin Engineer-Comm Sys 424 Sharon A. Holloway 15 years 28 years Struct Sr Designer 707 Paul W. Galipeau Qual Cntrl Spec 47 years Richard Pesapane Manufacturing Tech I Peter Monstrelis 40 years 42 years Mgr of Eng/Des Svcs Alan Lewit Auditor Senior 15 years Ned Remondi Program Rep, Prin 431 James M. 0 years Karasevich Struct Draftsman 901 George S. Weeden 45 years 42 years Engrg Asst, Project Install Tech III

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