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The Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) held its first-ever “boot camp” introduction and overview July 15-18 at the Washington Navy Yard, culminating with a tour of Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Participants came from both the program staff and stakeholder organizations such as the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development & Acquisition), Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).
“The Navy’s four shipyards are a key part of the foundation of our national defense, but they were built during the age of sail and steam,” said Mark Edelson, program executive officer for Industrial Infrastructure, who oversees SIOP’s cost, schedule, and performance. “The shipyards’ facilities have served their purpose well for over a century. SIOP exists to ensure that our people have the buildings and equipment they need -- where they need it -- to maintain our submarines and aircraft carriers well into the future.”
Attendees learned that SIOP is a holistic recapitalization of the Navy’s four public shipyards through integrated investments in facilities, utilities, and industrial plant equipment to meet nuclear fleet maintenance requirements. As the presenters explained, expanding shipyards’ capacity, optimizing their configuration, and creating resilient infrastructure is improving shipyard efficiency and reducing the duration of maintenance availabilities.
“This generational effort is delivering the shore support required to keep the Navy fit to fight,” said Capt. Luke Greene, SIOP program manager. “We’re just getting started, but we have completed one dry dock retrofit and a workforce training facility, along with flood protection around four dry docks. We have $6.5 billion of construction under contract, we have delivered 165 pieces of equipment, and we have $577 million of industrial capital equipment projects in procurement.”
Participants said they appreciated how the session provided detailed information on each division, what they do, and how that ties into the overall goal.
“It was good to put names to faces and also share my experiences with the attendees to help be a resource to others and vice versa,” said Alex Ogilvie, the program’s Industrial Operations Division manager.
“This was a great experience,” said Lt. Cmdr. Pete Daddona with the program’s operations staff. “I would definitely recommend boot camp, especially for our program office team members at the shipyards. It’s helpful for anyone who isn’t familiar with the NAVFAC/NAVSEA dynamic in our combined office.”
“This first session of boot camp went really well,” said Linda Roberts, SIOP chief of staff and organizer of the event. “It’s important that our program staff and our stakeholders understand what SIOP is doing and how it impacts them and the fleet as a whole. We’re looking forward to holding more sessions, learning and teaching as we continue this very important work. Anyone interested in a future session should contact me at linda.o.roberts2.civ@us.navy.mil.”
| Date Taken: | 08.30.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 09.05.2024 13:59 |
| Story ID: | 479871 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, US |
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