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Frank Cable Holds Safety Stand Down

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS100924-08
9/24/2010

By Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class David R. Krigbaum, USS Frank Cable Public Affairs

SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- USS Frank Cable's (AS 40) Repair Department held an all-hands safety stand down Sept. 17 amidst undergoing major upgrades and changes at Guam Shipyard for the Military Sealift Command (MSC) integration.

The command is responsible for conducting maintenance for submarines home ported in Guam, and the safety stand down was designed to make the crew even more efficient at completing its mission.

"This stand down afforded Frank Cable the opportunity to present the lessons learned from this heavy maintenance period and review the process improvements that have been implemented," said Cmdr. Michael Dufek, USS Frank Cable repair officer and safety stand down organizer.

Capt. Tom Stanley, USS Frank Cable commanding officer, used the time as an opportunity to recognize Sailors by holding an awards presentation at the start of the stand down.

He then addressed the crew with praise for their accomplishments. Cable completed 2,400 jobs, performed depot level maintenance and worked on seven surface ships including an aircraft carrier in the past year.

Stanley finished his address with a reiteration of the command's top priorities of safety, production quality and production capacity as well as the command's guiding principles: procedural compliance, integrity, questioning attitude, forceful backup, teamwork, formality and level of knowledge.

"Every craftsman should follow them like general orders," said Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman (SW) Peter Fruean."

Lt. Cmdr. Scott Greenstein, who had accepted this year's Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Safety Award for the command, spoke after Stanley to talk about safety, hazardous material handling and changes in procedures.

Lt. Philip Carey, Ens. Brent Deering, Senior Chief Diver Jeremy Duplissey, Ens. Elizabeth Cavazza, Ens. John Araiza, and Lt. Steven Carlson also took turns at the podium to present lessons learned from across the Repair Department to the crew.

"It was good we had the whole Repair Department there; not just our division, so we could learn from other divisions too," Fruean said. "We might have to do jobs they did before and can learn from how they did it."

USS Frank Cable is completing upgrades at Guam Shipyard for the Military Sealift Command (MSC) integration and preparing for sea trials.