{"id":74250,"date":"2022-12-28T02:42:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T02:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:02:45","slug":"army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BATH, Maine \u2014 Making the switch from building corporate jets to building Navy warships has been reinvigorating for a soldier-turned-business executive who\u2019s leading Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles \u201cChuck\u201d Krugh said he wasted no time in getting his hands dirty, meeting daily with workers on the ships\u2019 \u201cdeck plates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m a hands-on guy that likes to get into the details,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shipbuilders weren\u2019t so sure at first whether it was just an act, but after six months they\u2019re now accustomed to him regularly chatting with shipbuilders to get a handle on their workflow, at all hours of the day and night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labor relations have improved along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all been good. We\u2019re moving in the right direction. We\u2019ve just got to keep moving that way,\u201d said Rock Grenier, president of Local S6 of the Machinists Union, which represents production workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Charles
Charles F. Krugh, president of Bath Iron Works, listens during a meeting at his office at the shipyard, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in Bath, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Krugh, 58,<\/a> arrived in June after the abrupt departure<\/a> of former Bath Iron Works President Dirk Lesko, who led the General Dynamics subsidiary through a difficult period that included a pandemic and a two-month strike, both of which lengthened construction delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future guided-missile destroyer USS Carl M. Levin<\/a> that completed acceptance trials this month is more than a year behind schedule. The silver lining, Krugh said, is that the warship earned the highest marks for a Bath-built ship in years in a review by the Navy\u2019s Board of Inspection and Survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krugh said he\u2019s encouraging the shipyard\u2019s 7,000 workers to rethink processes to ensure they can complete tasks as efficiently as possible. A big part of that is ensuring proper planning before a task even starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe show people that you can do the impossible, or the seemingly impossible, if you spend enough preparation time to get things ready. So that\u2019s the good news side of what we\u2019re doing, and we\u2019re seeing a momentum building now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army veteran formerly served at Gulfstream, another General Dynamics subsidiary, which builds business jets, before being tasked with overseeing a historic shipyard that dates to the late 1800s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said he was taken aback by labor relations and the condition of the company upon his arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of the improvement in relations with the union and in shipbuilding efficiency was the rehiring of shipyard veteran, David Clark, from Marinette Marine, to serve as vice president of manufacturing, Grenier said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can to keep building those ships faster and more efficient,\u201d the union president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shipyard is continuing to hire hundreds of new workers to replace older workers who are retiring, and Krugh said they\u2019ll picking up the necessary skills to build the latest versions of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer along with the next-generation destroyer in coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continual improvement made possible by cooperation is necessary to assure the shipyard\u2019s survival, said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future isn\u2019t assured for the shipyard beyond the current decade unless the shipyard continues to become more competitive, Thompson said. Bath Iron Works competes with the larger Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi for contracts to build destroyers, the workhorse of the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is imperative for the union and management to get along because if they don\u2019t, the long-term consequences for the yard could be fatal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Krugh, he said some outsiders mistakenly suggested he\u2019d struggle with the transition from aerospace to shipbuilding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he said he\u2019s rejuvenated by being closer to the military \u2014 and urged any critics to watch and see what happens at the shipyard before casting judgment on the shipyard\u2019s abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is really personal for me. This is our country. We don\u2019t build mixers here. We\u2019re building the warships that are going to protect my family, your family and other Americans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Army veteran Charles F. Krugh, president of Bath Iron Works, took over the Maine shipyard seven months ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":107210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":65,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,23,89,12,26,19,65],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2453],"class_list":["post-74250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-middle-column","category-news","category-newsletters","category-veterans","category-your-navy"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"IX7C2QRIAJB3LKOU56B57J63UU","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-military\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\nArmy veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape - Navy Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Army veteran Charles F. Krugh, president of Bath Iron Works, took over the Maine shipyard seven months ago.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Army veteran Charles F. Krugh, president of Bath Iron Works, took over the Maine shipyard seven months ago.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Navy Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-28T02:42:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T15:02:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Sharp, The Associated Press\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Sharp, The Associated Press\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t \"@graph\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/#article\",\n\t \"isPartOf\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/\"\n\t },\n\t \"author\": {\n\t \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t },\n\t \"headline\": \"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape\",\n\t \"datePublished\": \"2022-12-28T02:42:15+00:00\",\n\t \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T15:02:45+00:00\",\n\t \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/\"\n\t },\n\t \"wordCount\": 684,\n\t \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t \"publisher\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t },\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t },\n\t \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP22355662378899.jpg.jpg\",\n\t \"articleSection\": [\n\t \"Daily News Roundup\",\n\t \"Home\",\n\t \"Middle Column\",\n\t \"News\",\n\t \"Newsletters\",\n\t \"Veterans\",\n\t \"Your Navy\"\n\t ],\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t \"target\": [\n\t \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/#respond\"\n\t ]\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/\",\n\t \"name\": \"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape - Navy Times\",\n\t \"isPartOf\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#website\"\n\t },\n\t \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t },\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t },\n\t \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP22355662378899.jpg.jpg\",\n\t \"datePublished\": \"2022-12-28T02:42:15+00:00\",\n\t \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T15:02:45+00:00\",\n\t \"description\": \"Army veteran Charles F. Krugh, president of Bath Iron Works, took over the Maine shipyard seven months ago.\",\n\t \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t },\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t \"target\": [\n\t \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/\"\n\t ]\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP22355662378899.jpg.jpg\",\n\t \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP22355662378899.jpg.jpg\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/28\\\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t \"itemListElement\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 1,\n\t \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/\",\n\t \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 2,\n\t \"name\": \"Your Navy\",\n\t \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/\",\n\t \"ad_zone\": \"your-navy\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 3,\n\t \"name\": \"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape\"\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#website\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/\",\n\t \"name\": \"Navy Times\",\n\t \"description\": \"Independent News For Sailors | Navy Times\",\n\t \"publisher\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t },\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t \"target\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t },\n\t \"query-input\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t }\n\t }\n\t ],\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t \"name\": \"Navy Times\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/\",\n\t \"logo\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/navy-logo-white.png\",\n\t \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/navy-logo-white.png\",\n\t \"caption\": \"Navy Times\"\n\t },\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t }\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t },\n\t \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape - Navy Times","description":"Army veteran Charles F. Krugh, president of Bath Iron Works, took over the Maine shipyard seven months ago.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape","og_description":"Army veteran Charles F. Krugh, president of Bath Iron Works, took over the Maine shipyard seven months ago.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/","og_site_name":"Navy Times","article_published_time":"2022-12-28T02:42:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T15:02:45+00:00","author":"David Sharp, The Associated Press","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Sharp, The Associated Press","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape","datePublished":"2022-12-28T02:42:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T15:02:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/"},"wordCount":684,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22355662378899.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Daily News Roundup","Home","Middle Column","News","Newsletters","Veterans","Your Navy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/","name":"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape - Navy Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22355662378899.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-28T02:42:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T15:02:45+00:00","description":"Army veteran Charles F. Krugh, president of Bath Iron Works, took over the Maine shipyard seven months ago.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22355662378899.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22355662378899.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/12\/28\/army-veteran-tasked-with-getting-navy-shipbuilder-back-in-shape\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Your Navy","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/","ad_zone":"your-navy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Army veteran tasked with getting Navy shipbuilder back in shape"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/","name":"Navy Times","description":"Independent News For Sailors | Navy Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#organization","name":"Navy Times","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/navy-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/navy-logo-white.png","caption":"Navy Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Navy Times","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22355662378899.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74265,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74250\/revisions\/74265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74250"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=74250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}