December 2003

• EB president addresses local leaders
• Shipyard quickly completes engine room steaming of Virginia (SSN774)
• Special section: The volunteers of EB

November 2003

• USS Augusta's docking signals start
  of major maintenance jobs
• Navy recognizes EB for security plan
• EB honors veterans, past and present

October 2003

• Q&A with EB President John Casey
• New tracking system improves EB's process improvement program
• Lean Six Sigma program is explained
• Distinguished Shipbuilders honored

September 2003

• Shipyard teamwork keeps Virginia (SSN774) on schedule
• Strategic plan for 2004 unveiled
• EB preparing cranes for future work

August 2003

• EB christens the Virginia (SSN774)
• Electricians find better, safer ways to run submarine cables
• Hull-testing procedure goes strapless

July 2003

• Operations director credits employee dedication for progress on Virginia
• EB raises its environmental standards
  to a higher level
• New tank eases pressure of tough job

June 2003

• Shipyard apprentices return to school
• EB storage area is now shipshape
• Back safety program is revived
• Navy honors EB employees for work at Groton submarine base

May 2003

• 18 graduate from Electric Boat's associate's degree program
• Quonset Point manager gets award
• EB divers are jacks of all trades
• New uses found for milling machine

April 2003

• Rotation program gives engineers shipyard experience
• Calibration process is streamlined
• First module for Hawaii (SSN776) shipped to Groton by Quonset Point

March 2003

• Oil analysis program makes crane maintenance safer, easier, cheaper
• Quonset Point team competes in national quality competition
• Toner discusses GD Marine Systems

February 2003

• Influx of shipyard workers keeps
  Trade Training Department humming
• Shipyard job fair draws nearly 500
• Cooperative safety program sends
  off-site injury rates plummeting

January 2003

• Safety at EB gets better year by year
• Safety mockup teaches real lessons
• Work goes on despite the holidays
• VPs discuss management development