June 12, 2019 ALUT Vol. XI No. 12 SPuget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate MaintenanceE Facility Mission accomplished x 2 Pages 4-5 Commander’s Corner Article start Departing commander thanks shipyard team during change of command remarks Editor’s note: As his last Commander’s of our nation and our allies, and in the fleet. You expertly overcome the responsibility of the fleet commanders maintenance facility and regional Corner, Captain Howard Markle shares his defense of their assigned carrier challenges of aged systems, integrating and their subordinate echelon maintenance center with you. By Change of Command speech. strike groups. legacy equipment with modernization, commanders. It starts the deliberate that I do not mean there is any better obsolescence issues and countless other journey to deploying unmatched naval than you, but rather it is that humble Team PSNS & IMF, It was you who completed our seventh aircraft carrier availability in a row problems with unique one-of-a-kind superiority forward in support of the service to those we lead, those we Like all awards, speeches and on-time or early and within budget and systems and components. It was you combatant commanders. You ensure serve with, our community, our recognition and commander’s corners, our eighth on-time or early completion who ensured USS Connecticut’s (SSN 22) the Sailors of our Navy have the latest Navy and our nation that keeps they are inadequate in that they never in the last four years. It was you who short fused transition to support arctic and greatest on these modern marvels us improving. You have not fallen sufficiently cover all that an individual, completed the availabilities on USS operations and an ice exercise. It is you in top material condition facilitating victim to the arrogance of considering team or command has accomplished. Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Nimitz who maintain USS Seawolf (SSN 21) and flawless execution of their missions yourself at the apex of the curve with The dates in the Meritorious Unit (CVN 68) and USS Theodore Roosevelt Connecticut surge and deployment ready and safe return home to their families nothing more to learn. You are not a Commendation on Page 11 were chosen (CVN 71) that enabled them to conduct while expertly planning and executing and loved ones. You enable the critical center of excellence. You continue to at the start of fiscal year 2016, and the the 2017 three carrier joint exercise off an incredibly complex USS Jimmy Carter humanitarian, crisis response and be dedicated, self-critical maintainers end-date was based on the three-month the Korean peninsula; the first in over (SSN 23) docking availability. It was you diplomatic missions that our Navy striving for excellence who have timeline needed to route the award to a decade. It was you who completed the who integrated production, engineering, has performed since its inception. You earned the respect, admiration and recognize your achievements during USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Planned contracting and a local private sector maintain the deterrent to the warped appreciation of those you serve. Our the change of command. It provides Incremental Availability a record- contractor to develop an emergent plan to ideology of the bad actors of the world people-centric principles and values a representative sampling of the breaking five days early, enabling a repair and recover the USS Ohio (SSGN who seek oppression, suppress freedom are the bedrock of who we are as an significant mission accomplishments highly successful final deployment 726) hydraulic system that ultimately was and democracy, disrupt commerce organization, why you are successful across the totality of the command. before the refueling overhaul. It was planned and contracted in just over a and pursue their own materialistic, and should never be abandoned for It also intentionally does not call out you who shattered that record with the month and saved $41 million and seven narcissistic self-interests. And if some flashy, reality TV-esque sales any individuals, shops or codes or 25-day early delivery of the subsequent months over traditional methods. This deterrence is not effective, you ensure pitch branding that will quickly fizzle detachments by name. Further, it does Roosevelt PIA in San Diego. It was repair epitomizes your tenacity and that deliberate, decisive, prompt and into unmemorable history. not diminish any of the accomplishments you who greeted the USS Abraham drive to keep Ohio and USS Michigan sustained response is available to Someone asked me recently prior to start date of the award, nor any Lincoln (CVN 72) to the Fifth Fleet area (SSGN 727) forward deployed performing calibrate their error in judgement. about my thoughts on the ongoing of the many other accomplishments of responsibility with an emergent their vital mission in support of special You do the basics of maintenance well. discussions of the era of great during the award period or anything repair fly-away team ensuring she could operations forces and formidable land All too often we go on a quest for the power competition, our narrowing since. I would recognize all 15,000 of you respond to the latest turbulence in the attack cruise missile employment. panacea, the rubric, the Rosetta stone competitive edge, cyber security risks by name, but we just don’t have the time Middle East. It was you who completed You are responsible for the nuclear to maintenance. It lies in the day-to- and the like. While we all should or the space, so I will do my best to cover the first on time carrier docking submarine inactivations and solely day fundamentals, hard work and remain vigilant of the many threats a bit more ground here to acknowledge responsible for the reactor compartment tireless execution of the principles of that exist in the world, it is, of course, your achievements and why you are so availability in more than a decade on disposal and recycling of our nuclear our business. It is all about laser focus why we do what we do, what our incredibly important to our command, Nimitz and set the new record with a submarine fleet. You have over the last on our mission and the people who mission and vision speaks to and our Navy and our nation. five-day early completion. It is you who maintain our most four years reduced the cost of inactivation execute it. The breadth and scope of why we have the many professionals It was you, who for the first time in availabilities by 16 percent, the docking what is executed by this command is throughout the command who ensure 10 years, delivered an Everett-based survivable leg of the nuclear deterrence triad. It was you who completed the durations by 40 percent from 15 to nine awe inspiring. Even more breathtaking we stay ahead of the power curve. availability on time, completing the months and the availability duration by are the countless examples of deckplate However, I will sleep well tonight USS Kidd (DDG 100) Selected Restricted refueling of USS Maine (SSBN 741) 20 days faster than any previous refueling 27 percent from 15 to 11 months ensuring ingenuity that aggregate to form the knowing that the incredible men Availability on time and within budget. the timely return of our highly trained tsunami of improvement and innovation and women of Puget Sound Naval You quickly followed with the USS overhaul. It was you whose innovation and improvement initiatives reduced the submarine crews to the fleet. It was you that has washed over the command. Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Sampson (DDG 102) docking SRA who developed the alternate inactivation Others seek to understand your success. Facility, Trident Refit Facility and completing your second in a row, one time of the latest Engineering Refueling Overhaul by 20 percent. And it was your construct to provide increased flexibility It is simple; roll up your sleeves, hydrate Northwest Regional Maintenance day early and within budget. You in shipyard workload and facilitating yourself, prepare to get your hands Center have the watch. You should recognize a Regional Maintenance hard work and caretaking of the entire Ohio class that enabled the service life a 46 percent reduction in crew size dirty and join us on the waterfront be incredibly proud of your many Center is more than just contracting giving 2.3 crew years back to the fleet. where great people make great things accomplishments, I am and there are and contractor oversight via auditing extension from what was originally designed as a 30-year ship life to 42 years, It was you who completed eight reactor happen with the enduring support of many people in line behind me who and surveillance. It is a partnership compartment disposal packages on time the other local commands, our regional feel the same way. with our private sector counterparts enabling a successful transition to the future Columbia class. embodying the Navy’s commitment private sector partners, our surrounding Thanks for all you do! to achieve mutual success. You enable of cradle to grave responsibility and communities and our local, state and these greyhounds of the fleet to deploy You maintain the one-offs of the stewardship. federal governments. in support of freedom of navigation SSGN and the Seawolf class. In fact, Maintenance and modernization are I have enjoyed immensely being the missions in international waters off the you maintain the oldest aircraft carrier the start of the man, train and equip second-best shipyard, intermediate Captain Howard Markle coast of China, ballistic missile defense and the oldest SSGN and SSBN in Commander, PSNS & IMF On the cover: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Maine (SSBN 741) depart from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, May 24, 2019, (PSNS & IMF photo by Carie Hagins) 2 June 12, 2019 Salute June 12, 2019 Salute 3 USS Nimitz DPIA finishes four days early—marks USS Maine project team completes 32-month ERO seventh consecutive on-time carrier overhaul PSNS & IMF Public Affairs • Tank preservation timeline improvements.