Brad Morikawa, center, a welder supervisor with Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, poses for a photo after receiving the George S.B. Walters Shipyard Service Award on Jan. 23, 2026. Pictured with Morikawa are, from left: Cmdr. Marcus Machart, shipyard executive officer; Capt. Ryan McCrillis, shipyard commander; Jane Ferreira, executive director of the Navy League of the United States, Honolulu Council; Nina Kaaiai, nuclear weld shop general foreman; Ronald Vicens, superintendent of the Structural and Fabrication Shop; and Pernell Aipoalani, weld shop nuclear director. The George S.B. Walters award is presented annually by the Navy League of the United States Honolulu Council to a PHNSY&IMF civilian employee who best exemplifies the enthusiasm, initiative and team spirit demonstrated by Walters on the morning of Pearl Harbor Day. PHNSY & IMF’s mission is to keep the Navy’s fleet “Fit to Fight” by repairing, maintaining, and modernizing the Navy's fast-attack submarines and surface ships. Strategically located in the heart of the Pacific, it is the most comprehensive fleet repair and maintenance facility between the U.S. West Coast and the Far East. (U.S. Navy photo by Mike Wilson)
| Date Taken: | 01.23.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 02.02.2026 19:05 |
| Photo ID: | 9498719 |
| VIRIN: | 260123-N-GC612-1011 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 1.27 MB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, US |
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