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Volume 9 | Issue 4 | May 2018 Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center News MARMC’s KEY ROLE IN HELPING SHIPS COMPLETE INsURV AUTISM AWARENESS WALK FEATURED STORIES MARMC, Nitze Completes SRA The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) got underway from Naval Station Norfolk for sea trials April 6 26, marking the end of a seven-month Selective Restricted Availability (SRA). Quick Fix to Harpoon System: Normandy Deploys On-Time Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) SSD, Strike and Data Link Branch successfully repaired 9 damaged cabling to USS Normandy’s (CG 60) Harpoon Weapon System. MARMC’s Key Role in Helping Ships Complete INSURV The Arleigh-Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) successfully completed their first 10 INSURV. Code 900 in Action Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s Outside Machine Shop, assisted by MARMC’s Engineering Department, 12 successfully swapped out the starboard boat davit on USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month recognizes the challenges faced by Asian Americans, Pacific 14 Islanders, and Native Hawaiians and their vital contributions to the American story. The Maintainer is the official Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center publication. All comments of this publication do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Department of the Navy. This is a monthly newsletter and the deadline for submission of articles is the fifth of each month. Correspondence should be directed to Public Affairs, Code 1100P, Building LF-18 or email: [email protected]. 2 STRAIGHT TALK WITH CAPT. LANNAMANN Greetings Team MARMC, repeat last year’s performance. Currently, we have 20 avails in execution with another COI want to start off by congratulating that is still waiting to be awarded. You have everyone at Mid-Atlantic Regional Main- heard both Mr. Bevington and myself talk tenance Center (MARMC) on earning the about this for the last few months. MARMC Regional Maintenance Center (RMC) Ex- is in the midst of the heaviest workload cellence Award for Fiscal Year 2017. This the command has ever seen. To add more truly is a team award, and everyone at the pressure, we are also still enduring grow- command had a hand in helping us not ing pains with the firm-fixed price con- only reach our goals, but to exceed ex- tracting strategy. As we work through our pectations within the fleet. We had many process, there are times when the plan pose numerous safety risks each day. It is challenges last year, chief among them doesn’t come together as we envisioned it, refreshing to know that you are heading was our support of both USS Wasp (LHD and we have to make on the fly decisions the culture of safety and making it a part 1) and USS Ramage (DDG 61). We not only that could potentially have huge impacts of your everyday work routine. Please con- delivered these ships back to the fleet in down the road. This means that we are tinue these efforts as it is a critical piece of a timely fashion – we did so with keeping working swiftly to come up with the right what we do that can easily be overlooked. I up with our previously scheduled main- solutions, while at the same time trying to want each and every MARMC employee to tenance availabilities. Whether you an- forecast the best we can to mitigate fu- return home at the end of their shift safely swered a trouble call, helped procure a ture issues. Taking on this task for one ship to their friends and families. contract, gave personnel support or phys- alone would be a challenge, but having 20 A few more congratulations are in ically turned a wrench – you all did your and soon to be 21 to manage at the same order for the command’s most recent Cap- jobs professionally and up held the stan- time can be daunting. Nevertheless, our tain Selects. Our Executive Officer Cmdr. dard of what an RMC should be. I couldn’t team has already shown that we have the Eric Williams and Production Officer Cmdr. be more proud and humbled by this te- knowledge to enact innovative solutions, Rey Tanap are among the new class of am’s talent and your ability to do the hard which will shape the way the Navy per- Navy captains. Both are very deserving work and meet the mission no matter the forms ship maintenance and moderniza- of the promotion. Machinist’s Mate Senior circumstances. Bravo Zulu (BZ) to all on a tion for the foreseeable future. In order for Chief Jason Myhre was also recently se- job well done! us to stay on top and deliver another peak lected for promotion to Master Chief Petty Now, in 2018, we have a new set of ob- performance this year, just like last year, it Officer. If you see any of these gentlemen, stacles laid in front of us on our quest to will take everyone at the command doing please join me in congratulating them on a their part. I have no doubt that we can and job well done! will answer the call of the fleet with all of As a reminder for MARMC Sailors, we your unwavering support. are quickly approaching the July 1, dead- With last year’s Comprehensive Re- line to transition to the Type III Navy Work- view, I asked the command to take a look ing Uniforms. There is still time to obtain inward at some of our practices and pro- your new uniform before the summer rush. cedures to ensure that we are being as I urge anyone who has not already made safe as possible in our work environments. the transition to do so sooner than later. As Whether it be wearing your Personal Pro- I opened my comments with, MARMC is tective Equipment or following the proper currently the standard for RMC excellence guidelines for the work you are conduct- and I want us to stay on top. We can only ing, Safety will continue to be of the up- do so by staying disciplined in all aspects most importance. This month, our Safety of our responsibilities. 101 As we approach the 101 days of sum- CRITICAL DAYS Department Head Frank Walker was able to give a few BZs to maintenance teams mer, I ask you all to continue to be safe OF SUMMER working on USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Mesa both at work and in your home life. Enjoy Verde (LPD 19) and USS Stout (DDG 55) the weather as it warms up and be sure to for identifying safety hazards/violations allow for down time if you are ever feeling May 28–Sept 3 and bringing them to the appropriate folks too stressed. We work in a very demand- who could give the proper corrective ac- ing industry, and you all deserve time to tion. This demonstrates to me that you all recharge. I look forward to your successes are taking the safety piece of your job se- over the next month and appreciate all that riously. A large majority of our work takes you do in making our Navy mission ready place in industrial shipyard settings, which every day you come to work! 3 EXECUTIVE DIRECTor’s NOTES One way I hope to accomplish this is I ask members of the command to not through the already established command use the pronouns, “I, me or my.” I want to EDbook club. I recently read a book titled promote a culture of togetherness here at Work, by Thich Nhat Hanh. The premise is MARMC, and instead of any one person how to find joy and meaning in each hour of having to feel the pressure and weight of the day, and it speaks to setting your inten- a particular tasking, they should feel free to tions at the onset of your day. It also looks share the responsibility and use teamwork at mindful breathing, deep listening, and to meet our goals. No one person is going meditation before meetings. As I was read- to be able to take on all that we have been ing this, it peaked my interest because we charged to do at this time. Whether we are Recently, Capt. Lannamann and I trav- currently have a lot going on workload wise asked to deliver a ship on time or to com- eled to Great Lakes, Illinois, for the Com- and I know that can bring an abundance of plete an upward obligation package, these manders Leadership Forum. While we stress to our workforce. Having our plates are team-centric tasks. It is going to take were there, Commander, Naval Service full has created tension between some of input from around the command in order Training Command Rear Adm. Michael D. our departments, which is to be expected for us to be successful. I think it would be Bernacchi spoke about the changes he when we have such a close working fam- really cool if by changing the way we speak made to the eight weeks of training that re- ily. But, I thought we could explore these about our responsibilities, we could impact cruits receive while in boot camp. He took ideas together as a group. This will include the culture and create an environment that a long look at the curriculum and was able a little bit of reading and study, then put- helps deescalate stress rather than add to to free up about two weeks that they were ting some of these ideas into practice.