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FIRST QUARTER 2019

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER

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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 SUBMARINES

AND 398 PATROL TORPEDO (PT) BOATS.

120 YEARSC E L E B R A T I N G

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Main Stores, or building 119 in Groton, is a storage warehouse for small-parts material used in sub-marine construction. Up until now, material was

stored in carousels, which were chain-driven, rotat-ing devices with multiple storage bins. The carousels did not maximize potential overhead space, and took up a large portion of the warehouse. With Columbia construc-tion approaching, and a future influx in material, these 35-year-old carousels desperately needed to be replaced.

Over the last year, the EB Groton Material Con-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,

NEW MATERIAL STORES SYSTEM SAVES SPACE, INCREASES CAPACITY THE NEW VERTICAL LIFT MODULES MAXIMIZE SPACE TO HELP MEET THE PROJECTED SPACE NEEDS FOR FUTURE VIRGINIA-CLASS MATERIAL.

The VLMs are vertical,

automated storage

systems that maximize

space vertically, utilizing

overhead space that

often goes unused.

VLM’s are often used

for order picking,

consolidation of

material, parts handling

and inventory storage.

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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 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-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 submarine production. Overall, this change to a top-of-the-line storage system has maximized space within the Main Stores warehouse and reserved the space necessary to support EB’s growth.

THE 35-YEAR-OLD CAROUSEL STORAGE SYSTEM WAS RECENTLY RETIRED IN BUILDING 119.

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CONTENTS

Submarine Industrial Base Council Event Draws Hundreds of EB Suppliers

Q&A With Supply Chain’s Blair Decker

Happy 120th Birthday!

Reflections from EB’s Longest-Serving Active Employee

Singing in the Key of EB— The SubTones

USS South Dakota (SSN 790) Commissioned

EB Business Ethics and Conduct

Are We Losing Our Minds? Let’s Hope Not!

Could You Handle This?

Maintenance and Modernization Update

Junk Yard Wars

Service Awards

Retirees

Marine Group Roundup

EB Ethics

The 2018 Employee Incentive Program


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

The Submarine Industrial Base Council (SIBC) held its 28th annual Suppli-er Days conference, reception and

day-long lobbying event in Washington, D.C. on February 26 and 27. Established in 1992, the SIBC seeks to educate poli-cymakers and the public about the need to preserve the strength of the U.S. sub-marine force and promote the value of the submarine industrial base as a vital part of our national security.

This year more than 430 attendees rep-resenting over 200 suppliers met at the Capitol Hilton and heard program brief-ings and plans for the Columbia SSBN program from Capt. Jon Rucker and the Virginia program from Capt. Christo-pher Hanson. Electric Boat’s and Newport News’ leadership from both programs dis-cussed the opportunities and challenges that both programs present to the subma-rine industrial base.

Supply chain presentations covered upcoming strategic sourcing initiatives and the increased demand on the supply base from the Virginia Payload Module introduction and the Columbia SSBN pro-gram. The importance of supplier quality was highlighted by recent lessons learned from missile tube construction. The sub-marine industrial base is facing the same workforce training and development chal-lenges that Electric Boat is facing. A presentation focused on how Electric Boat was teaming with the states of Connecti-cut and Rhode Island to create and expand workforce training programs.

A presentation on the upcoming fiscal year 2020 budget challenges provided a backdrop for the preparations for lobbying meetings scheduled for the second day. Dinner keynote speakers included Con-necticut’s Congressman Joe Courtney, the new chairman of the House Armed

Services Seapower Subcommittee and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ships) Jay Stefany.

The following day kicked off with a Congressional breakfast where 15 mem-bers of Congress attended and addressed the crowd on their support for the subma-rine programs. The attendees then fanned out across Capitol Hill and conducted over 185 individual meetings with members of Congress and staff from the attendees’ individual states and districts.

The Submarine Industrial Base Coun-cil’s advocacy and education efforts are consistent with Navy budget plans and the program offices’ goals as presented annu-ally to Congress. These advocacy efforts have directly resulted in over $530 million dollars of additional submarine program funding in the past three years. For more information on the Submarine Industrial Base Council, please visit http://subma-rinesuppliers.org.


Blair Decker, VP of Supply Chain, Material Con-veyance and Strategic Sourcing, will celebrate his 40th anniversary with EB later this year. In

this Q&A, Blair reflects on how EB’s business has changed since 1979 and what the future holds for the Supply Chain organization.

What brought you to EB?

My grandfather ran the trading floor, then known as the “garage” of the New York Stock Exchange. I studied economics in college because I expected he was going to get me a job as a stockbroker on the trading floor. During my senior year, when I was close to graduating, I asked him when I could come to work. He said, “When you get a few years’ experi-ence and prove you can work.” So I found a job at a transportation com-pany in Bridgeport (Hemingway Transportation), working third shift. The company was located in a rather unsavory part of town. After I got robbed for the second time getting to/ leaving work, I started looking for another job and applied to EB.

In October of 1979, I was hired as an associate buyer at a salary of $10,200 a year, which was a lot of money in those days. I had the oppor-

tunity to work on a rotational basis through all the departments that made up Materials Management. I worked at Quonset Point for a time; Material Engi-neering Services was located in big, long red buildings built during World War II, with holes in the walls and rats running through. I was given the opportunity to take part in Material Management’s full portfolio of activities and work my way through the ranks. I’ve been in supervisory roles since 1985, culminating in me joining EB President Jeff Geiger’s staff in 2014. I recently calculated that from when I walked in the door until now, I’ve bought material for 84 new-construction ships, including about 4,000 pumps. Overall, I’ve been part of more than $30 bil-lion spent on materials.

When did you give up on the stockbroker dream?

Early in my career we had to buy a replacement water brake (this is a very large, complex product also known as a dynamometer), which is a load absorber used for submarine component testing. It came from a company in Germany. No one in the department spoke German, but I could as I’d taken it in high school, so I volunteered for the job. It was an expensive piece of equipment, worth a few million dollars. That got me hooked – I became enthralled with how big pieces of equipment get manufactured. I realized I wanted to do work that helped create something tangible, something I could touch and be proud of when finished. And, in all my years in mate-rial acquisition, I’ve been able to contribute to the most technologically advanced product in the world. Every day brings a new set of challenges and oppor-tunities. I truly enjoy what I do and have done.

What was EB like in 1979?

Between Groton and QP, we were about 27,000 people, with around 10,000 trade workers on the Groton waterfront. When the gates opened at lunch time, thousands of people would stream out and head to the food trucks and places to eat. You did not want to be going in the wrong direction. We had 16 ships in the yard, primarily the Los-Angeles class, 688 boats. I started over on Long Hill Road. There were no computers, people could smoke in the building and the phones were rotary. The early days of com-puter programming took place in the basement, with keypunch cards of ones and zeroes. Our inventory management system consisted of long green tubs and yellow cards with part numbers. When the inventory planners wanted to order something, they would pull a yellow card, write down what they wanted, and pass it on to a buyer. The buyer would get a quote, negotiate and then pass the information to the typing pool—at the time we had over 20 typists—who would type the purchase order. If there was an edit, the typist would have to start over from scratch.

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BLAIR DECKER

WITH SUPPLY CHAIN’S BLAIR DECKERQ&A


Q&A WITH SUPPLY CHAIN’S BLAIR DECKEROver the last 120 years, EB has cycled through times of high and low production. How did our supplier base change following the end of the Cold War in 1989 through the lower production years of the 1990’s?

The original Navy plan of record was to build 30 Seawolf submarines, and then one day they said, no, we’re only going to buy one. These were trying times, and we weren’t sure the company was going to survive. We looked at a myriad of different proj-ects to see if we could augment the business, including barge-mounted power plants and wind tur-bines for power generation—anything and everything we could think of. None of them made sense or drove enough volume to make it worth pur-suing. We went from a peak employment level of about 28,000 employees down to 6,000. From the purchasing perspective, we knew we were only going to have enough business to support single sup-pliers for the major components we purchased, rather than being dual sourced. So we went to our suppliers and told them who would survive and who we would no longer have a need for. It was tough, but it was the right thing to do for all parties. So we took suppliers out of our industrial base, and about 95% went away forever.

Thank goodness for (then CT Senator) Joe Lieber-man, who pushed for the two Seawolfs—that was the survival factor that got us to the mid 1990’s. Then the opportunity came for the Virginia-class design contract, which clearly saved the company.

At the employee Town Hall this past December, you described the Supply Chain organization through a series of statistics. What does 75% signify and why does it scare you?

That’s the percentage of the dollars that we spend in our supply base that is a single or sole source, a very high-risk proposition. Our industrial base is pri-marily located on the East and West Coast of the U.S., and some of our most critical suppliers are high risk from a geography standpoint. For example, Northrup Grumman in Sunnyvale, CA, sits on a fault line. Another supplier in Gulfport, Miss., was flood-ed with four feet of water due to a hurricane a few years ago. If we lose any one of our critical suppliers,

it will take three-to-five years to rebuild, or re-create somewhere else, their capacity and capability.

Strategic Sourcing is a key Supply Chain initiative — what is it?

When we went into low-rate production, we pulled a lot of work in from the vendor base to ensure the survivability of Quonset Point. Quonset is currently expanding, but we will hit a limit, both from a people and footprint perspective. So a number of products that we brought in-house back in the 80’s and 90’s will now have to go out of the facility to be manufac-tured by a vendor base—one that does not currently exist.

That means helping companies start from scratch or taking products to existing suppliers that have never done a particular type of work before. It’s going to be challenging living with the pain of first-time experiences. By the mid 2020’s, we’re going to be executing between 1.5 and 4.5 million hours of work within the supply base; work that we will be unable to accomplish at Quonset Point. These suppli-ers will need to quickly come up the learning curve, and it has to be at least cost neutral. This is going to be one of my biggest challenges for the remainder of my career. We’ve got a strategic sourcing organiza-tion operating in purchasing now, led by Luke Georgian; I’m confident they will figure it out.

What are you most proud of in your EB/work life?

I’m most proud of having contributed to this great corporation and the U.S. Navy for 40 years, with all of the ups and downs, challenges and successes. I’ve built relationships and a pretty good reputation as someone who can get things done. I hate to fail; I drive myself really hard not to. I’m proud that I’ve always been able to support the leaders I’ve worked for, and delivered on my commitments and promises.

I’m also proud of my relationships with the indus-trial base. Suppliers are a critical element of what we do every day, and getting them to be aligned with our goals and objectives is a key part of my job.

I truly wish I was ten years younger—what this company is going to do for the next two decades will be amazing. Don’t miss it, if you have the chance.

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HAPPY 120TH BIRTHDAY!

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On February 7, 1899, American businessman Isaac Rice incorpo-rated the Electric Boat Company to complete a 54-foot submersible vessel developed by John Philip Holland. 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 World War I 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,

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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 for Peru on July 12, 1926. It was the first submarine built by Electric Boat at the Groton shipyard.


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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 under its own power. Nautilus (SSN 571) underway. On sea trials in 1955, the submarine sent the historic message “underway on

nuclear power.” President Truman initials Nautilus keel plate on June 14, 1952. Over the course of World War II, Electric Boat produced 398 patrol torpedo boats, including the famous PT 109 commanded by then-Lieutenant John F. Kennedy.


designed, built and sustained ever-more capable and stealthy attack submarines, culminating in the Virginia class, pioneering research vessels like the NR-1 and the sea-based, survivable leg of our country’s strategic nuclear force, the Ohio Class, with its next-generation replacement, Columbia, underway.

Through the changing times and challenges of the last 120 years, there’s been one constant – our talented, creative and hardworking employees. It’s an honor for me to lead a company with such a storied history and a very bright future.

Thank you for the work you do to deliver the advantage that protects our sailors, our families and our freedom.

Happy Birthday Electric Boat!

Jeff Geiger, President

Clockwise From Top Left, Three of the 3,000 women hired by Electric Boat during World War II. In 1775, Connecticut’s David Bushnell built the Turtle, the first torpedo boat and the first underwater craft to employ a screw propeller. Triton (SSN 586) was the only submarine ever powered by two reactors. The submarine circumnavigated the world submerged in 1960, the first such voyage. On February 7, Groton shipyard leaders gave away birthday cards and treats to celebrate EB’s 120th birthday, from left, Harry Haugeto and

Dave McCall. Quonset Point’s automated frame and cylinder manufacturing facility was completed in 1979. In 1932, Weldera takes shape on the building ways. She was an all-steel, 28-foot sloop and a respected competitor in local races for many years.


On February 7, EB turned 120 years old, and Sam Grills has been on the 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.

Grills has witnessed, firsthand, EB’s entire lineup of nuclear submarines. Although he wasn’t yet an employee when Nautilus (SSN 571) launched, his older brother was; he got Grills a ticket to see the first nuclear submarine slide into the Thames river from the South Yard Ways on Jan. 21, 1954.

“The first nuclear Seawolf (SSN 575) was berthed right next to it,” said Grills. “Then, when I joined EB in 1956, the company was about six months out from launching Skate (SSN 578), the third nuclear submarine.”

Grills recalls how the company created the first ballistic-missile submarine. “They were building the 585 (Skipjack) class, when they got the contract to put the missile compartment on one of the boats. They took the 589 boat, the Scor-pion, which was pretty near built on the shipyard ways, spread apart the bow and stern, and put the missile compartment in the middle. That’s how the first SSBN, USS George Washington, came to be. They built another Scorpion, which, tragically, was lost at sea in 1968.”

Grills was hired in as an apprentice draftsman, became a journeyman shipfit-ter and then transferred to the drawing room eight years later. “Upon reflection, I’m glad I had those eight years in the shipyard; you can’t buy experience like

REFLECTIONS FROM EB’S LONGEST-SERVING ACTIVE EMPLOYEE

that,” said Grills. That experience includ-ed a few arctic-cold winters in the early 1960’s.

“Back then all the floors were dirt in the construction ways. In the winter, they would have a big coke (coal derivative) bin, for heating. You’d go in and fill a five-gallon bucket and throw it in what they called the salamander, a stove fabri-cated from a big barrel connected to an air hose. We’d stand in front of it, roast-ing on one side and freezing on the other. I’ll never forget those cold snaps.”

Grills worked on Triton, SSRN 586, the only U.S. submarine with twin

nuclear reactors, and the largest subma-rine of its time. During her shakedown cruise, Triton successfully executed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world, following the same track as the first circumnavigation led by Ferdinand Magellan. A few years back, Grills was interviewed and filmed for the PBS doc-umentary “Triton: America’s Deep Secret,” which premiered on PBS stations in the fall of 2018.

For all the EB history he’s lived, Grill’s advice for new employees hasn’t changed much over the years: “Get up, dress up, show up. Keep breathing.”

SAM GRILLS, EB’S LONGEST-SERVING ACTIVE EMPLOYEE. BELOW, SSBN 598 WAS COMPOSED OF A SKIPJACK-CLASS ENGINE ROOM AND STERN, NEW 133 FT. SECTION WITH 16 BALLISTIC MISSILE TUBES AND SKIPJACK-CLASS FORWARD COMPARTMENT. BOTTOM: USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN 598) ON DEC. 30 1959.

Grills has witnessed, firsthand, EB’s

entire lineup of nuclear submarines.

Although he wasn’t yet an

employee when Nautilus (SSN 571)

launched, his older brother was; he

got Grills a ticket to see the first

nuclear submarine slide into the

Thames river from the South Yard

Ways on Jan. 21, 1954.


The SubTones, EB’s own acapella sing-ing group, came about in May 2008 as a last-minute fill-in when a military

band couldn’t perform at the June chris-tening of the USS New Hampshire (SSN 778), and they haven’t stopped singing since. “The group was a collaboration between me, Tom Meisenzahl, Bob Westhaver and the late Bob Hamilton, the former Director of Public Affairs for EB,” said Virginia Andrea, (D650), who serves as the SubTones business manager.

Hamilton attended a few practices to be sure the group could deliver the sound EB was looking for, and from then on the group was on its way.

For each submarine christening, in addition to the National Anthem, the Sub-Tones perform the state song that the ship is named for. Bob Westhaver (D462) selects and arranges the music that the 24-member group performs. In addition

to christenings, the SubTones also per-form at the Groton Veterans Day ceremony and the EB supervisor Christ-mas party each December along with ship commissioning ceremonies for the Navy, EB Management Association events, memorial services, concerts for

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.

TAKEN DURING THE 2008 CHRISTENING OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (SSN 778), THE FIRST SUBTONES PERFORMANCE, FROM LEFT, JOHN CASEY (THEN EB PRESIDENT), TOM MEISENZAHL, VIRGINIA ANDREA AND BOB WESTHAVER.

the Town of Groton and the Submarine Base, along with baseball games at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, among others.

Over the last ten years, the group has performed for Michelle Obama, secretar-ies of the Navy, admirals, officers and crews, senators, congressmen/women, local representatives, EB employees and their families. Some performances are simulcast live worldwide through EB’s external website.

“We love to sing for all audiences,” said Westhaver. “All the work this requires is worthwhile when we can move someone and honor our fantastic ships and the men and women who sail them. Music spans all emotions and can serve as a great unifier. We are proud to be EB’s ambassadors of music and thank EB leadership for giving us the honor to perform.”


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

USS SOUTH DAKOTA (SSN 790) COMMISSIONED


With the resounding command “Man our ship and bring her to life!” from ship sponsor Deanie Dempsey, USS

South Dakota became the newest and 17th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine in the U.S. Navy during her commissioning 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 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.

Along with being the most modern attack submarine in the world, South Dakota can claim another first.

Craig E. Litty, about 65 percent of the boat’s sailors have never served on a sub-marine before.

“I think we can honestly call South Dakota America’s first millennial subma-rine, from construction to operation,” Courtney said.

EB President Jeff Geiger acknowl-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 CREW OF USS SOUTH DAKOTA (SSN 790) STANDS ASSEMBLED AFTER “BRINGING THE SHIP TO LIFE” AND ASSUMING DUTY DURING THE BOAT’S COMMISSIONING CEREMONY (U.S. NAVY PHOTO).

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

“The rise of the millennial generation emerging to lead EB’s important work for the country, I believe, is a powerful rebuttal of cynics and naysayers that say that American manufacturing and tech-nological excellence are a thing of the past,” said U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District. And, according to South Dakota’s commanding officer, Cmdr.

USS SOUTH DAKOTA (SSN 790) COMMISSIONED


By ROBERT ROSSIER

Sometimes the pace here at EB gets so hectic that we feel like we’re los-ing our minds. As we face challenges

to meet Virginia production schedules, maintain and repair commissioned boats, and rush headlong to complete the Columbia design and prepare for its con-struction, we might begin to question our mental well-being, and worry about maintaining and growing the knowledge needed to accomplish these Herculean projects. But two small teams are work-ing behind the scenes to ensure our knowledge is managed, and this effort is having a growing impact.

One is the Knowledge Management (KM) Team, headed by Dorothy Goet-tler (D400), dedicated to ensuring that EB retains, manages, and expands the knowledge needed to meet present and future needs. Think about it. The only reason we can design, build and main-tain nuclear submarines is because of the knowledge held collectively by our employees. Without that know-how, our tools and facilities would stand idle. “As employees change jobs or retire, and new employees join our ranks, it’s critical that we share and grow our knowledge,” said Goettler. But what does the KM group do?

One obvious change is EB’s new homepage, Homeport (https://home-port.ecms.gdeb.com/). Sporting a fresh new look, the site provides a host of new features and foreshadows coming capabilities. The site keeps employees informed with company news, events and happenings. Navigating the site takes advantage of a taxonomy (a structured, common language) to enhance search capabilities company wide. Already, the search feature on Homeport shows improvement over the former homep-age search. And as new team and intranet sites are added to the Enterprise Con-tent Management System (ECMS) under development, the search capability will become even more powerful. This year, the KM Team will begin rolling out team

sites for various organizations. These sites will provide enhanced document storage and search, and will help connect employees, offering new ways to collabo-rate and communicate.

The KM Team is also working to con-nect employees with each other and with our product. The Sea Stories program provides live-audience lunchtime presen-tations by submarine veterans on topics related to submarine operations. Like-wise, TEK Talks explores cutting-edge technology and challenges in submarine design, construction and maintenance. The team also hosts Development Con-nections (Dev-Con) events that connect employees with technical leaders to gain career development insights.

Fundamental to the team’s effort is a sharp focus on common challenges iden-tified across EB: bringing new employees up to speed quickly, capturing knowledge from employees who are leaving, captur-ing the rationale behind the designs for our products and assessing and managing knowledge critical to our performance now and in the future. Four Multi Depart-ment Directions (MDDs) have been issued that address these challenges. The MDDs currently apply to all of Design and Engineering, but other organizations are invited to have their departments add-ed to the applicability. But that’s just a starting point.

To help put these MDDs into play, the KM Team provides workshops that pro-vide tips, resources and insights for implementation. These 60- to 90-min-ute workshops serve groups of up to 25 employees, and can be sched-uled through [email protected]. A “rapid response” capability is also available to organizations facing time-sensitive knowledge challenges, such

ARE WE LOSING OUR MINDS? LET’S HOPE NOT!Retaining and expanding the specialized knowledge needed to design,

build and maintain the most complex product on the planet is a

monumental challenge; one that both Goettler and Singer are working

hard to meet.

as key employees with plans to leave or retire shortly.

Imbedded in Groton Operations is another knowledge transfer team head-ed by Kate Singer (D200). This team focuses on ensuring the right number of people are on the deck plates to perform the work, and that these people have the right knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform their work. Over the past two years, this group has been analyzing the increased workload in our near future, and understand-ing that impact. “During peak hiring, we won’t have the luxury of time to let new employees gradually come up to speed. We’re working now to build tech-nical development programs for hourly and management personnel to more quickly and effectively prepare them for the deck plates,” says Singer. This year, Singer’s team developed an MDD to define the process for developing and maintaining an Active Learning Cen-ter (ALC). Their main 2019 goals are to ensure each trade has a fully implement-ed ALC, and to implement the Operations Supervisor Technical Knowledge pro-gram (OSTK). These are lofty goals, but this group has hired ten Proficiency Developers and added three other roles to build the OSTK program.

Retaining and expanding the special-ized knowledge needed to design, build and maintain the most complex product on the planet is a monumental chal-lenge; one that both Goettler and Singer are working hard to meet. For more on Knowledge Management, contact Dor-othy Goettler or visit https://homeport.ecms.gdeb.com/km/. Questions regarding knowledge transfer in the yard (Groton Operations) should be directed to Kate Singer.

At Electric Boat, there are about 120 riggers and crane operators, each 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.


Take a car for example. You can go

to any construction company, and

they’d be able to pick up your car

and set it down on your driveway.

But could they lift your car, rotate

it, drift it down the stairs through

a basement hatchway and set it

on the floor in your basement?

Riggers at EB can, and they would

not scratch your paint or ding

your walls.

MEMBERS OF THE RIGGING TEAM IN TRAINING.

As the workload at Electric Boat increases, the department will double in size. They’re looking for people who can think outside the box.

Safety is the department’s top priority. Riggers rely heavily on on-the-job train-ing, and in the last year, they have set up Active Learning Centers that help increase skill and performance before new employees attempt a task.

“It’s realistic; there’s real valve pieces that you’re actually flipping, rolling, and trying to get through water-tight doors that we’ve had fabricated, so the first time our employees work with it, it’s not on a boat,” said Perrino. In addition to training, there is always a ‘rigger in charge,’ who stands back and oversees the entire job. Perrino states, “At the end of the day, rig-ging is a team effort; you can’t do it yourself. You need somebody else with you. It comes down to trusting the other team members that you’re with.”

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, Perrino explained. The confined spaces within a submarine hull and the rules and regulations that EB follows create a unique skillset that you don’t find outside of EB. It takes a lot of planning, and isn’t just as simple as picking something up and putting it down. “Having an under-standing of what you’re doing and how you’re going to do it is essential,” said Perrino. “It’s the checking of the gear, the understanding of what you’re about to pick up, how heavy it is, if the pieces have sharp edges, considering what could potentially go wrong and then put-ting your body in a safe position.”

Take a car for example. You can go to any construction company, and they’d be able to pick up your car and set it down on your driveway. But could they lift your car, rotate it, drift it down the stairs through a basement hatchway and set it on the floor in your basement? Riggers at EB can, and they would not scratch your paint or ding your walls.


MARINE GROUP ROUNDUPJohn Casey to Retire; General Dynamics Appoints Smith as Executive Vice President; Paddock as President of Jet Aviation

FALLS CHURCH, Va.General Dynamics has appointed Rob-

ert E. Smith as executive vice president of the Marine Systems segment, effec-tive July 1. Smith succeeds John P. Casey, who has informed the company of his intent to retire on June 30. David Paddock, Jet Aviation’s senior vice president and general manager of U.S. aircraft services, will succeed Smith as

president of Jet Aviation.Phebe N. Novakovic, chairman and chief executive

officer, said, “Rob Smith’s expertise in Navy submarine and surface ship programs will serve us well as we con-tinue to grow our shipbuilding business. With Dave Paddock’s in-depth understanding of Jet Aviation, he will ensure that we continue to meet our customers’ needs across Jet’s portfolio.”

“John Casey has had a long and distinguished career in shipbuilding, starting in welding school, rising through the ranks to become president of Electric Boat for nine years and ultimately executive vice president of Marine Systems,” said Novakovic. “His superb understanding of shipbuilding has helped General Dynamics design and build the nation’s most complex submarines and ships for decades. We will all miss him.”

General Dynamics and Bath Iron Works Awarded $719 Million for Planning Yard Services for DDG 51-class ships

BATH, MaineIn February, The U.S. Navy announced that General

Dynamics Bath Iron Works was awarded a contract to continue providing planning yard services for DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.

The contract is valued at $126 million for the first year with four option years which, if exercised and ful-ly funded by the Navy, would bring the total value of the contract to $719 million.

Planning yard services include design, material kit-ting, logistics, planning and execution. The majority of the Planning Yard services work will be performed in Maine.

Bath Iron Works also currently manages post-deliv-ery maintenance and modernization activities for DDG 1000-class ships and LCS-class ships.

JOHN CASEY TO RETIRE ON JUNE 30, 2019

General Dynamics NASSCO Commissions New Panel Line

SAN DIEGO, Calif.In January, General Dynamics NASSCO held a ribbon-cutting cere-

mony to commission its new panel line, which expands steel production capabilities for the construction of commercial and government ships in San Diego.

The new panel line enables distortion-free welding of plates as thin as five millimeters to produce lighter, more energy efficient ships. The cutting-edge facility uses hybrid laser arc welding and numerically con-trolled robots to mill, seam and weld steel panels in a highly automated production line. These features improve capacity, quality, accuracy and cycle time, and are expected to double steel processing rates.

“Our team scouted thin plate welding technology and processing facil-ities from around the world to identify the components that would allow NASSCO to stay at the forefront of shipbuilding manufacturing technol-ogy,” said Kevin Graney, president of General Dynamics NASSCO.

“This facility, the only one in the world with this unique combination of technologies, is already beginning to transform our business while reducing energy consumption and emissions,” said Graney. “This facili-ty is a win for NASSCO, our customers and our region.”

Four ships are currently under construction at the San Diego shipyard, including two containerships for Matson Inc., and the first TAO-205 -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 construction.

Representatives from NASSCO, the U.S. Navy and Matson, Inc., attended the ceremony.

Electric Boat awarded $2 Billion for Virginia-Class Submarine Material

GROTON, Conn.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.

The award modifies a contract awarded in 2017 that provides funding for long lead time material for steam and electrical plant components, main propulsion unit and ship service turbine generator efforts and mis-cellaneous hull, mechanical and electrical system components. This modification brings the overall contract value to approximately $3.2 billion.

“This award allows Electric Boat and the submarine industrial base to continue to make preparations for construction of Block V, which will bring additional payload capacity to the Navy. Our team will continue to produce the world’s most technologically advanced submarines, safely and efficiently,” said Electric Boat President Jeffrey S. Geiger.

Block V submarines will include the Virginia Payload Module (VPM), an added section of the ship containing four large-diameter payload tubes. Extending the hull by 84 feet, the VPM will boost the submarine’s strike capabilities.

Electric Boat employs about 17,000 people in Groton and New London, Connecticut; and Quonset Point, Rhode Island.


EB BUSINESS ETHICS AND CONDUCTUNACCEPTABLE WORKPLACE CONDUCT AND HARASSMENT

Electric Boat strives to maintain a workplace in which employees treat one another fairly and with

dignity and respect. Harassment, threatening or violent behavior and other similar conduct will not be tolerated from anyone including employees, visitors or employees of third parties.

Electric Boat prohibits behaviors 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.

If you feel you are being harassed or threatened, promptly report the unacceptable workplace conduct to your supervisor or manager, to Human Resources, Security Inves-tigations, Ethics Director or to the General Dynamics Ethics Hotline which is available 24/7 at 800-433-8442 or 503-619-1815 for international callers

The EB Ethics Director, Pete Ste-fanski, 860-433-0873 is available to assist anyone with questions or issues that may relate to ethical decision making. Online access to the Ethics Helpline is available at www.gd.ethicspoint.com where you can ask a question, express a con-cern or report ethical misconduct.

MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION UPDATEIn January, the U.S. Navy announced that it had assigned the post-shake-

down maintenance availability (PSA) for the USS Delaware (SSN 791) to 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 the Groton shipyard.

The Delaware was christened at Newport News Shipbuilding on October 20, 2018, the very same day that Vermont (SSN 792) was christened at EB’s Groton shipyard. In October, EB completed the PSA on the Colorado (SSN 788) and began the PSA on Indi-ana (SSN 789) in November. The opportunity to perform the post-shakedown availability for the submarine Delaware will support Electric Boat’s effort to stabilize the waterfront workload and sustain the skills and capabilities of the shipbuilders.

In March, the U.S. Navy announced it has awarded an upcoming emergent maintenance availability contract for the USS John Warner (SSN 785) to Electric Boat. The work is scheduled from March through August 2019. Also in March, the Navy awarded the planning portion of the upcoming Engineered Overhaul (EOH) for the USS Hartford (SSN 768) to Electric Boat. Planning was scheduled to begin in late March 2019.

During Technical Excellence Week 2019, March 18 through March 22, EB recognized the achievements and showcased the work of the engineering and design community through technical presentations, employee recognition events, production facility tours

and competitions.This year’s theme was Delivering the Advantage By: Honoring the Past, Excelling in the

Present and Shaping the Future. The theme was echoed by Rear Adm. Dollaga, Command-er of the Undersea Warfighting Development Center, during his keynote address, and by Cmdr. Litty, Commanding Officer of the USS South Dakota, during his guest presentation.

The theme was also included in this year’s three competitions: DETECT Challenge, Ele-vator Speech and Junkyard Wars. Ray Zimmerman won the Elevator Speech competition. David Hufner, Kedrick Swain and Guillermo Rivera each won one of the three challenges in the DETECT Challenge. Silent but Deadly, a team consisting of Art Marcelynas, Dean Myllymaki, Nathan St. Pierre, Stephen Ganz and Tim Stankewicz, won Junkyard Wars.

TEAM SUBTLE PUN’S VEHICLE COMPLETES A MISSILE LAUNCH, SUBMERGES AND TRAVERSES THE JUNKYARD WARS COURSE UNDERWATER. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT, SHAWN COFFEY, SAMANTHA FALKOWSKI, KEVIN FONTANA, HART WELLES AND MATT LUDWIG. FRONT ROW (KNEELING): BAYINDIR CITAK

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE WEEK 2019


50 YEARS241 Edward W. Luther 242 Steven A. Giesing 355 Frederick C. Butts 545 Phillip V. Brown 795 John P. Sior

45 YEARS100 William R. Savage226 Daniel M. McGuire, Jr. 226 John T. Murray227 Clarence Hill 229 Stanley E. Dillon229 Edmund J. Durigan 229 Steven L. Kraimer 229 Alan T. Smith246 Peter A. Sandt, Jr. 248 William J. Cosenza 320 Carol A. Sylvia323 Andrew J. Miller 333 Robert E. Heivly 341 Robert J. Aiello 341 Scott M. Wardwell 423 Fred E. Collings447 Geoffrey D. Gardner 447 Peter F. Kerttula447 Gerard A. Pothier452 Edward Andruskiewicz 452 Glenn A. Harris456 John T. Lazur 459 Thomas E. Dahl 459 Frank J. Silvia 484 Sal Spinella, Jr.501 Raymond Rodriguez 505 Frank Dias, Jr.507 David L. Peltier 604 James S. Hicks, Jr. 604 Jay B. McKernan 604 Douglas H. Witt 795 John B. Miller904 George H. Furtado, Jr. 951 Michael G. Gendron 962 David A. Gustafson, Jr.

40 YEARS230 David R. Laplante 230 Steven A. Monroe 241 Peter E. Andersen 241 Michael J. Pirt241 William Ursini 242 David E. Russ 243 Arthur L. Shaw246 Margaret M. Fowl 246 Ronald Ninteau 246 John J. Sylvester 251 George S. Dunnack 252 Jay M. Lopriore 252 James E. Vose252 James A. White 272 Willie E. Brown 278 Matthew G. Roohr

341 Ronald A. Lamb 408 Kent M. Fields410 Richard A. Clippinger 411 Terrence J. McGill423 Arthur H. Caporale 429 George A. Ballassi431 Benjamin E. Weston, Jr. 437 Jeffrey S. Walter442 David F. Bednarz 442 Jeffrey L. Izbicki452 John W. Casagranda 453 Reginald G. Neto456 Glenn R. Leyko 456 James J. Ryan, Jr. 456 Vito F. Servedio 459 Dennis J. Alfera459 Thomas W. Bassett 459 Salvatore Bottone 459 Paul H. Bourque 459 Arthur J. Hocking 459 Michael G. Murphy 459 Donald G. Tellier 460 Nicholas J. Pedro 462 Dennis R. Kapfer 472 Mark A. Lloyd473 Cheryl A. Moreau 501 Joseph L. Causey 604 David L. Giambattista 642 Robin G. Snelgrove 650 James E. Bridges 660 David J. Hull795 Kenneth A. Welch 911 Robert M. Caird 915 Robert G. Gauthier 950 Charles W. Doyle 962 Richard F. Lavoie

35 YEARS201 Robert A. Dean 226 Morris C. Page, Jr.241 Joseph A. DePasquale, Jr. 242 Gregory D. Cousens243 Daniel J. Nelson 251 Brooke E. Riley251 Marie A. Treadway 252 Keith A. Dawley252 Melvin M. Moreau, Jr. 275 Kevin R. Levreault323 Kenneth H. Levine 323 Kevin J. Oles330 Pamela F. Thimas 341 James W. Duerr, Jr. 341 Mark S. Toscano 400 Kevin P. McKinzie 403 Kevin C. Berry408 Augustus F. Craig 408 Bhadrik B. Shah409 MaryEllen MacInnis 431 John H. Chapman 433 Saeed K. Shaikh448 Christopher E. Buffon

452 Catherine T. Lizzio 452 Edward J. Mrowka 453 Henry O. Georgi 453 Randall E. Grout 453 Michael A. Lanteri 453 David J. Russell 453 Richard T. White 454 Susan E. Yovino 456 Edward T. Burke 456 Michael P. Faucher 456 Allan C. Monroe 456 Bruce A. Stauffer 456 Thomas D. Zarbo459 Anthony C. Giordano, Jr. 459 Steven L. Minick460 Christopher F. Doyle 462 Stephen D. Strader 483 Steven D. Ollhoff 496 Syed H. Haque545 Keith R. Coppin 545 Frank S. Kovalik 551 Keith A. Brown604 Laurie A. Brodhead 604 David A. Devine 662 Robert E. Lewis, II 682 Jeffrey L. Fout904 Peter D. Slowinski 912 Charles I. Rudolph, Jr. 914 Joseph R. Sousa915 Ronald E. Kingsborough 921 Alfred W. Beaudoin

30 YEARS242 Danny R. Melton 243 Paul S. Grohocki 251 Roger E. Benton 251 Glenn A. Bergman 251 Joseph A. Charette 251 Kevin M. Gilebarto 251 Johnny L. Horton 252 Judy L. Exley252 Wayland W. Hedding, III 274 William G. Bausum, Jr. 322 Susan M. Buehler322 Lisa A. Thormahlen 330 Gerald A. Parker341 Charles H. Lamphere355 Jonathan J. Cumberlander 355 John S. Rowe400 Christine M. Siciliano 403 Kenneth A. Laporte 408 Ricky P. Milnarik425 Charles L. Doughty 428 Scott A. Riccitelli 429 Alan J. Blaisdell 431 Philip J. Piasecki 435 Kurt E. Schaufler 440 Victor A. Sottile441 Michael G. Odgers 447 Clifford H. Levalley, III 452 Jessica A. Browning

452 Ronald E. Dion 452 Karen V. Heroux 453 Kevin J. Brodnicki 453 John F. Cleary453 Lance D. Shirghio 453 Richard Vidot453 Troy L. Williams454 Anthony F. Attanasio 459 John D. Argarin459 Robert K. Dion 459 Russel W. Quick460 David J. Smallridge 471 Michael W. Kilburg 472 Dominic F. Lucente 473 Philip A. Rumm473 Judith M. Ruthko 481 Thomas A. Lambert 484 Jacob Arzoumanian486 John A. Peck 493 Walid J. Said 501 Frank Maiolo502 Michael J. Gosselin 604 Kenneth R. Fast634 Kevin P. Hanrahan 642 David L. Costello 650 Edward J. Tynan, IV 701 Joseph R. Bauer 707 Aubrey L. Totten, Jr. 901 Richard J. Costello 902 David J. Corvello 902 Michael C. Primrose 913 Douglas M. Place 915 Robert P. Graham 915 William H. Pierce 917 Charles L. Dufresne 921 Paul H. Brouillard 935 Mark S. Battey

25 YEARS226 Kevin C. Kelling 341 Adam T. Sprecace 355 Fred W. Eddy355 Daniel A. Untied405 Tabitha M. Hitchcock 409 Frank Florio, III413 Rick J. Kaye 419 Ogden Carroll 423 Brett A. Diem 443 Lucia Rapple452 Timothy A. Hollingshead 452 Charles R. Hugh452 Stanley Richardson 453 Arthur C. Allbee 453 Leonard F. Delia453 Stephen S. Jackson 456 Whitfield M. Deane, Jr. 456 Thomas Wallace459 David M. Capozzoli 459 Brian Duval459 Michael J. Fogarty 459 Peter J. Governale

459 Laurence J. Lembree 462 Christopher T. Carrott 463 Jonathan D. Webster 463 Mark D. West463 Edward H. Ziegler 464 John M. Terrill 485 Ramon A. Bueno494 Wayne S. Lawrence 494 Mark M. Palladino 498 Ronald K. King604 Diane A. Cain621 Sharon L. Barnaby 628 Barbara A. Boston 686 Michael W. Holubecki 701 Kathleen M. Guinan 701 Peter P. Scalaro707 Kenneth P. Fournier

20 YEARS241 Robert A. Desroche 242 Joseph Oddo244 Stephen O. Crosby, Jr. 246 Richard A. Martell 330 Daniel P. DiMauro330 Alexander J. Houston 355 Adam G. Cave355 Brett D. Craig408 Donato T. DiGenova 424 Daniel A. Foster 442 Lonnie E. Jones445 Michael R. Yacovone 448 Michael V. Davis459 Theodore J. Fields 467 Benjamin D. Cook 472 Thomas J. Eisley 615 Kathryn P. Colonis626 Benjamin W. Manfull 646 Jane E. Nelson684 Jonathan F. True 686 Charles P. Dufour 686 Frank J. Marzano 901 David W. Hayward 912 Edgar A. Rodriguez 913 Dennis W. Arnold 915 Kevin S. Hooper915 Christopher J. Natale 915 Laurie A. Radcliffe 915 Stephen D. Sewall915 Michael R. Thornton, II 920 Ernest D. Moreira, III 921 Erin N. Foster921 Robert J. Sanford 924 Robert E. Cavanaugh924 Bryan A. Woodmansee 935 Tracia V. Cardinale935 William W. Fitzgerald, Jr. 936 Jose P. Abua950 John N. Neves

service awards


50 YEARS241 Edward W. Luther 242 Steven A. Giesing 355 Frederick C. Butts 545 Phillip V. Brown 795 John P. Sior

45 YEARS100 William R. Savage226 Daniel M. McGuire, Jr. 226 John T. Murray227 Clarence Hill 229 Stanley E. Dillon229 Edmund J. Durigan 229 Steven L. Kraimer 229 Alan T. Smith246 Peter A. Sandt, Jr. 248 William J. Cosenza 320 Carol A. Sylvia323 Andrew J. Miller 333 Robert E. Heivly 341 Robert J. Aiello 341 Scott M. Wardwell 423 Fred E. Collings447 Geoffrey D. Gardner 447 Peter F. Kerttula447 Gerard A. Pothier452 Edward Andruskiewicz 452 Glenn A. Harris456 John T. Lazur 459 Thomas E. Dahl 459 Frank J. Silvia 484 Sal Spinella, Jr.501 Raymond Rodriguez 505 Frank Dias, Jr.507 David L. Peltier 604 James S. Hicks, Jr. 604 Jay B. McKernan 604 Douglas H. Witt 795 John B. Miller904 George H. Furtado, Jr. 951 Michael G. Gendron 962 David A. Gustafson, Jr.

40 YEARS230 David R. Laplante 230 Steven A. Monroe 241 Peter E. Andersen 241 Michael J. Pirt241 William Ursini 242 David E. Russ 243 Arthur L. Shaw246 Margaret M. Fowl 246 Ronald Ninteau 246 John J. Sylvester 251 George S. Dunnack 252 Jay M. Lopriore 252 James E. Vose252 James A. White 272 Willie E. Brown 278 Matthew G. Roohr

341 Ronald A. Lamb 408 Kent M. Fields410 Richard A. Clippinger 411 Terrence J. McGill423 Arthur H. Caporale 429 George A. Ballassi431 Benjamin E. Weston, Jr. 437 Jeffrey S. Walter442 David F. Bednarz 442 Jeffrey L. Izbicki452 John W. Casagranda 453 Reginald G. Neto456 Glenn R. Leyko 456 James J. Ryan, Jr. 456 Vito F. Servedio 459 Dennis J. Alfera459 Thomas W. Bassett 459 Salvatore Bottone 459 Paul H. Bourque 459 Arthur J. Hocking 459 Michael G. Murphy 459 Donald G. Tellier 460 Nicholas J. Pedro 462 Dennis R. Kapfer 472 Mark A. Lloyd473 Cheryl A. Moreau 501 Joseph L. Causey 604 David L. Giambattista 642 Robin G. Snelgrove 650 James E. Bridges 660 David J. Hull795 Kenneth A. Welch 911 Robert M. Caird 915 Robert G. Gauthier 950 Charles W. Doyle 962 Richard F. Lavoie

35 YEARS201 Robert A. Dean 226 Morris C. Page, Jr.241 Joseph A. DePasquale, Jr. 242 Gregory D. Cousens243 Daniel J. Nelson 251 Brooke E. Riley251 Marie A. Treadway 252 Keith A. Dawley252 Melvin M. Moreau, Jr. 275 Kevin R. Levreault323 Kenneth H. Levine 323 Kevin J. Oles330 Pamela F. Thimas 341 James W. Duerr, Jr. 341 Mark S. Toscano 400 Kevin P. McKinzie 403 Kevin C. Berry408 Augustus F. Craig 408 Bhadrik B. Shah409 MaryEllen MacInnis 431 John H. Chapman 433 Saeed K. Shaikh448 Christopher E. Buffon

452 Catherine T. Lizzio 452 Edward J. Mrowka 453 Henry O. Georgi 453 Randall E. Grout 453 Michael A. Lanteri 453 David J. Russell 453 Richard T. White 454 Susan E. Yovino 456 Edward T. Burke 456 Michael P. Faucher 456 Allan C. Monroe 456 Bruce A. Stauffer 456 Thomas D. Zarbo459 Anthony C. Giordano, Jr. 459 Steven L. Minick460 Christopher F. Doyle 462 Stephen D. Strader 483 Steven D. Ollhoff 496 Syed H. Haque545 Keith R. Coppin 545 Frank S. Kovalik 551 Keith A. Brown604 Laurie A. Brodhead 604 David A. Devine 662 Robert E. Lewis, II 682 Jeffrey L. Fout904 Peter D. Slowinski 912 Charles I. Rudolph, Jr. 914 Joseph R. Sousa915 Ronald E. Kingsborough 921 Alfred W. Beaudoin

30 YEARS242 Danny R. Melton 243 Paul S. Grohocki 251 Roger E. Benton 251 Glenn A. Bergman 251 Joseph A. Charette 251 Kevin M. Gilebarto 251 Johnny L. Horton 252 Judy L. Exley252 Wayland W. Hedding, III 274 William G. Bausum, Jr. 322 Susan M. Buehler322 Lisa A. Thormahlen 330 Gerald A. Parker341 Charles H. Lamphere355 Jonathan J. Cumberlander 355 John S. Rowe400 Christine M. Siciliano 403 Kenneth A. Laporte 408 Ricky P. Milnarik425 Charles L. Doughty 428 Scott A. Riccitelli 429 Alan J. Blaisdell 431 Philip J. Piasecki 435 Kurt E. Schaufler 440 Victor A. Sottile441 Michael G. Odgers 447 Clifford H. Levalley, III 452 Jessica A. Browning

452 Ronald E. Dion 452 Karen V. Heroux 453 Kevin J. Brodnicki 453 John F. Cleary453 Lance D. Shirghio 453 Richard Vidot453 Troy L. Williams454 Anthony F. Attanasio 459 John D. Argarin459 Robert K. Dion 459 Russel W. Quick460 David J. Smallridge 471 Michael W. Kilburg 472 Dominic F. Lucente 473 Philip A. Rumm473 Judith M. Ruthko 481 Thomas A. Lambert 484 Jacob Arzoumanian486 John A. Peck 493 Walid J. Said 501 Frank Maiolo502 Michael J. Gosselin 604 Kenneth R. Fast634 Kevin P. Hanrahan 642 David L. Costello 650 Edward J. Tynan, IV 701 Joseph R. Bauer 707 Aubrey L. Totten, Jr. 901 Richard J. Costello 902 David J. Corvello 902 Michael C. Primrose 913 Douglas M. Place 915 Robert P. Graham 915 William H. Pierce 917 Charles L. Dufresne 921 Paul H. Brouillard 935 Mark S. Battey

25 YEARS226 Kevin C. Kelling 341 Adam T. Sprecace 355 Fred W. Eddy355 Daniel A. Untied405 Tabitha M. Hitchcock 409 Frank Florio, III413 Rick J. Kaye 419 Ogden Carroll 423 Brett A. Diem 443 Lucia Rapple452 Timothy A. Hollingshead 452 Charles R. Hugh452 Stanley Richardson 453 Arthur C. Allbee 453 Leonard F. Delia453 Stephen S. Jackson 456 Whitfield M. Deane, Jr. 456 Thomas Wallace459 David M. Capozzoli 459 Brian Duval459 Michael J. Fogarty 459 Peter J. Governale

459 Laurence J. Lembree 462 Christopher T. Carrott 463 Jonathan D. Webster 463 Mark D. West463 Edward H. Ziegler 464 John M. Terrill 485 Ramon A. Bueno494 Wayne S. Lawrence 494 Mark M. Palladino 498 Ronald K. King604 Diane A. Cain621 Sharon L. Barnaby 628 Barbara A. Boston 686 Michael W. Holubecki 701 Kathleen M. Guinan 701 Peter P. Scalaro707 Kenneth P. Fournier

20 YEARS241 Robert A. Desroche 242 Joseph Oddo244 Stephen O. Crosby, Jr. 246 Richard A. Martell 330 Daniel P. DiMauro330 Alexander J. Houston 355 Adam G. Cave355 Brett D. Craig408 Donato T. DiGenova 424 Daniel A. Foster 442 Lonnie E. Jones445 Michael R. Yacovone 448 Michael V. Davis459 Theodore J. Fields 467 Benjamin D. Cook 472 Thomas J. Eisley 615 Kathryn P. Colonis626 Benjamin W. Manfull 646 Jane E. Nelson684 Jonathan F. True 686 Charles P. Dufour 686 Frank J. Marzano 901 David W. Hayward 912 Edgar A. Rodriguez 913 Dennis W. Arnold 915 Kevin S. Hooper915 Christopher J. Natale 915 Laurie A. Radcliffe 915 Stephen D. Sewall915 Michael R. Thornton, II 920 Ernest D. Moreira, III 921 Erin N. Foster921 Robert J. Sanford 924 Robert E. Cavanaugh924 Bryan A. Woodmansee 935 Tracia V. Cardinale935 William W. Fitzgerald, Jr. 936 Jose P. Abua950 John N. Neves

service awards


RETIREES230 Gary L. Briggs 45 years Crane Operator 1/C

242 Anthony W. Woodall 21 years OS Machinist W/L

251 Kent D. Swan 37 years Painter Spec

252 Arthur F. Henderson 42 years Carpenter W/L

Roger L. Pepin 32 years Carpenter 1/C

275 Edward R. Kokoszka 45 years Administrative Aide

323 Margaret M. White 44 years Supv of Quality

330 Mary Anne Alfieri 48 years Planner, Sr Material

Rayna J. Rose 45 years Administrative Clerk II

341 Thomas J. Gomes 45 years Eng Supp-Chem/ Metl Lab

355 Phillip DeRose 5 years Supv of Planning

Barbara J. Giffin 38 years Planner Spec-Eng

Peggy J. Lutze 43 years Planning Spec Sr

John R. Morris 48 years Prod Planner III

408 Mark W. Sasarak 32 years Engineer Sr-Systems

409 Arthur J. Palik 34 years Program Mgr

415 Beth C. Manning 3 years Administrative Aide

424 Sharon A. Holloway 28 years Qual Cntrl Spec

Peter Monstrelis 42 years Auditor Senior

431 James M. Karasevich 45 years Engrg Asst, Project

435 Frank W. Pearson 38 years Mgr of Engineering

436 Paul A. Beaupre 53 years Prjcord Ta Spc

Donna M. Damico 46 years Prjcord Ta Spc

438 Steve H. Topliff 40 years Rad Con Serv Engr 1C

440 James E. Ivey 13 years Prin Engineer- Comm Sys

447 Victor N. Boomer 45 years T/A Material

450 David K. Higgins 21 years Prin Engineer- Structural

Don H. Pham 13 years Prin Engineer- Structural

452 Diep N. Nguyen 24 years Piping Sr Designer

456 James Bass 38 years Design Tech-Elect

Mary J. Fillion 35 years Electrical Sr Chargeman

Richard M. Silva 6 years Elect Sr Designer

William G. Sobieski 10 years Elect Sr Designer

Norman W. Young 23 years Elect Sr Designer

459 Ronald V. DeCarolis 55 years Design Tech-Struct

David E. Haggett 15 years Arrgt Sr Designer

Shirley F. Iselin 15 years Struct Sr Designer

Richard Pesapane 40 years Mgr of Eng/Des Svcs

Ned Remondi 0 years Struct Draftsman

Paul R. Smith 53 years Design Tech-Struct

462 Joseph L. Bennett 26 years Engineer Spec- Sys Admin

Joseph D. Michaels 38 years Engineer Sr-Systems

463 Jonathan E. Giggi 23 years Engineer Sr- Structural

472 Thomas A. Stachelek 42 years Logist Tech Aide

485 David J. Ciemier 36 years Eng Supervisor- Nuclear

489 John M. Tomasko 10 years Principal Engineer-Sys

495 Lynn E. Laput 42 years Admin Specialist

496 David F. Gervais T/A Wt/Est Sr Spec

Mark E. Nelson 39 years Eng Suppt-Wt Est

601 Izola A. George 46 years Asst to President

604 Linda A. Judge 38 years Sr Sys Dsgn Test Sr Spec

605 Dan Barrett 28 years Pub Affairs Staff Spec

626 Frank J. Capizzano 50 years Sr Manager of Finance

Bryan A. Schroeder 44 years Cost/Pric Spec

650 Perry C. Wyatt 11 years Sr Cont Spec

702 Karen M. Hohenleitner 37 years Prin Engineer-Comm Sys

707 Paul W. Galipeau 47 years Manufacturing Tech I

Alan Lewit 15 years Program Rep, Prin

901 George S. Weeden 42 years Install Tech III

904 Enoch R. Sherman 44 years Struct Fab Mech I

912 William R. Heaton 38 years Operations Supervisor

Michael Kennedy 44 years Struct Fab Mech I

913 Mark W. Kocon 19 years Struct Fab Mech I

915 Stephen T. Corr 34 years Struct Fact Mech I

William L. Padula 5 years Install Mech I

Francesco N. Paolantonio 7 years Install Mech III

921 Ramon O. Delrio 43 years Struct Fab Mech I

Peter R. Moseley 43 years Struct Fab Mech I

931 Charles F. Tautkus 44 years Engrg Project Spec

933 Joseph N. Anctil 38 years Matl Svc Rep I

935 Norman J. Baxter, Jr. 43 years Superintendent, Area

951 Roger G. Hinrichs 44 years Struct Fab Mech I

993 Joseph J. Allen, Jr. 32 years Struct Sr Designer

Charles D. Dubicki 44 years Welder-Struct W/L

Donald F. Holloway 13 years Secur Off G/1 Sarf

Norman J. Kozek 53 years Administrative Aide

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STANDARD PRESORT U.S. POSTAGE

P A I DNEW LONDON, CT PERMIT NO. 469

FIRST QUARTER 2019

NEWSEB

ON TRACK AT RISK BUT ACHIEVABLE HIGH RISK

ACHIEVE ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY GOALS(Must Achieve 2 of 3 Goals to Earn Incentive)

793 PRESSURE HULL COMPLETE

795 J89 TO GROTON

VA WORK ORDER GOAL = 96,300

COLUMBIA & VA DESIGN PRODUCT GOAL = 835 (375 Columbia and 460 VPM)

COLUMBIA & VPM CONSTRUCTION READINESS PRODUCTS = 1,350

(780 Work Instructions Issued and 570 Advanced Releases)

VALUE TARGET DATES

JUNE 2019

ACHIEVE PROGRAM COST IMPROVEMENT (Must Achieve 2 of 3 Goals to Earn Incentive)

$250JUNE 2019

ACHIEVE KEY EVENTS WHILE MEETING ESTABLISHED QUALITY METRICS(Must Achieve 3 of 5 Events to Earn Incentive)

$250JUNE 2019

MAY 2019

FIRST HALF EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE GOALS Completion Date: June 30, 2019

$250

“IT ALL COUNTS” PARTICIPATION (60% Participation)

SAFETY TRAINING PARTICIPATION(Reduce “To and From” LWIR 0.6 or Less)

ACHIEVE LWIR OF 1.75 OR LESS

HOURS PER WORK ORDER GROTON OPS – (5% improvement over 2018)

HOURS PER WORK ORDER QP OPS(5% improvement over 2018)

COLUMBIA DESIGN COMPLETION – (5% improvement over 1st half 2018)

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