Saipan (LHA 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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AIR DEPARTMENT LCDR J.T. Borrori Former Assisicni Air Boss 'fm 1 ' ,ff CDI? SD. Sioir Air Boss I H73 L LCDR J.T. Lukoszewicz Assisiom' Air Boss

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V.'I DIVISICDN LCDR Frdzier LT. HunTer ABCS Kennedy ABT-ll Fioberg ABH4 Rodgers ABH2 Cldywell l'K ABH2 Long ABH3 BrydnT ABH3 Gee ABH3 Gronger ABH3 Jdmes ABH3 Lewis Jr. ABH3 Mercer ABH3 MiTchell V-'l Division runs The flighT deck. We pork, ldnd dnd Idunch dll The dircrdfT ThdT come dbodrd Sdipdn. Edch mon's job is signified by The color of his jersey. The supervisors wedr yellow shirTs. They help run The complex operdTions on The flighT deck. Fly PO's reddy The spoTs. LSE's QLdnding Signdl EnlisTedj wdve Their lighTed wdnds dnd direcT dirborne helicopTers onTo The moving ship. Once on deck, blue shirTs run under The Turning blddes dnd quickly chock dnd chdin The helo To The rolling deck. Purple shirTed fuelies pull hoses ouT To The birds ond pump Them full of JP-5 while The red shirTed crdsh crew sTdnds reody To rescue in cdse of on emergency. The flighT deck is dlwdys o busy pldce. The dir officers ore up in The Tower, on The flighT deck, dnd in The hdnger boy. They coordinoTe operdTions wiTh The resT of The ship, fly The ship's helo, dnd keep The crews guessing dbouT whdT color jersey They ore going To wedr. During on dssdulT The pdce never leTs up. We ore dll up before down dnd work unTil ldTe inTo The nighT ldunching dnd ldnding dircrdfT. During The cruise we compleTed more Thdn 41000 dircrdfT ldndings wiThouT d hiTch, dnd in The fdsT dnd ddngerous flighT deck environmenT we hdd no injuries. We did our job, did iT well, did iT on Time, dnd mosT imporTdnTly we did iT sdfelyl