HII-Built Aircraft Carrier & Shipbuilders Get National Spotlight on Veterans Day
2022年11月3日 - 3:00AM
When men’s college basketball teams Gonzaga and Michigan State
face-off next week on an aircraft carrier in San Diego,
shipbuilders and veterans from HII (NYSE: HII) and its Newport News
Shipbuilding division will share in the national spotlight.
The 2022 Peraton Armed Forces Classic, hosted by ESPN events,
will take place on the flight deck of the NNS-built USS Abraham
Lincoln (CVN 72) on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
Two NNS shipbuilders who are military veterans will receive
special recognition during the game. Shipbuilders Famatta Cole and
Bill McCormick worked on USS Abraham Lincoln when it was at NNS for
its midlife refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) from 2013 to
2017. Both Cole and McCormick served in the U.S. Navy prior to
joining HII.
Cole, who continues to serve our nation as a reservist in the
Navy, served aboard the former Enterprise (CVN 65) during her time
on active duty. CVN 65 was built at NNS and was the world’s first
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. HII is the only U.S. manufacturer
of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
“Most of my career at NNS has been spent working on in-service
aircraft carriers, which allows for continuous learning and
growth,” Cole said. “Being recognized in this way will be a special
way to spend Veterans Day.”
A photo and video accompanying this release are available at:
https://hii.com/news/hii-aircraft-carrier-veterans-day-espn-2022-armed-forces-classic.
McCormick served 20 years in the Navy as a radioman, which
included tours of duty in three strike groups led by NNS-built
aircraft carriers: USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
(CVN 69) and USS George Washington (CVN 73).
“From serving in carrier strike groups during my time in the
Navy to working on them at NNS, carriers have shaped my career in a
huge way,” McCormick said. “As a veteran and a shipbuilder, it’s an
honor to have served and continue to serve our sailors.”
At NNS today, both Cole and McCormick are supporting the RCOHs
of USS George Washington and USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74),
leveraging their experiences and lessons learned from working on
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Airing nationally on ESPN, viewers will also be introduced to
NNS shipbuilder Fatima Medina during a HII commercial that will air
during the game.
Medina is a pipefitter apprentice who is using new digital
technology to help build the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft
carriers under construction at NNS, including Enterprise (CVN
80).
Enterprise is the first aircraft carrier not only designed
digitally, but also being built digitally using visual work
instructions on laptops and tablets rather than paper drawings.
“Each time I download my daily work to the laptop, I can clearly
see what I need to do and how to accomplish the job,” Medina said.
“The digital tools are making things more efficient for all of us
serving our country by delivering aircraft carriers to the
Navy.”
As America recognizes the 100-year legacy of aircraft carriers
this year, all aircraft carriers operating in the U.S. Navy fleet
today were built at NNS. In August, HII celebrated the ceremonious
keel-laying of the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier,
Enterprise (CVN 80). Enterprise is the first of a two-carrier block
buy for the Navy, with work also underway at NNS on the second,
Doris Miller (CVN 81).
You can watch the 2022 Armed Forces Classic on ESPN starting at
6:30 p.m. Eastern time (3:30 p.m. Pacific) on Nov. 11, and get a
sneak preview of the HII commercial that will air during the game
on HII.com.
About HII
HII is a global, all-domain defense partner, building and
delivering the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and
technologies that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and
cyber.
As America’s largest shipbuilder and with a more than 135-year
history of advancing U.S. national defense, we are united by our
mission in service of the heroes who protect our freedom. HII’s
diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial
intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers;
technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business
professionals. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000
strong. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: https://www.HII.com/
- HII on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamHII
- HII on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/WeAreHII
- HII on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WeAreHII
Contact:
Todd CorilloTodd.T.Corillo@hii-co.com(757) 688-3220
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/aae5ad04-0d15-4767-b7f5-b64169478649
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