Enterprise (CVN 65) - Naval Cruise Book

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ABCS D. Hewitt BMl I. Flowers AOl C. Thomes YN2 F.D. Enriquez HT2 D. Mills SAFETY (SW) EM2 D. Noll L SAFETY 305

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The ENTERPRISE Safety Department is a small but essential part of the ENTERPRISE Team. The Safety Department is responsible for implementing a comprehensive safety program based on objectives established by the Commanding Officer. In carrying out this Safety Program, the ship ' s Safety Department must promote maximum cooperation in Safety Matters at all levels, ensure a wide distribution of safety information, monitor the submission of required safety reports, and maintain appropriate safety records and statistics. In implementing safety programs involving General Safety, Aviation Safety, Motor Vehicle Safety, Environmental Protection, and Personnel Safety, the Safety Department must instill all crewmembers with an attitude of Safety Awareness on a daily basis. Common sense and Safety Awareness lies with the individual; promoting and improving that attitude is the task of the Ship ' s Safety Department. CDR. P.D. SULLIVAN Safety Officer 304 I SAFETY

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In 1775, a 70-foot wooden ship by the name of Enterprise was rapidly being provisioned so that she could rejoin the small but highly effective Continental Navy in their fight against the British Fleet. Her loadout would have been accomplished by the ship ' s quartermaster and his assistants and would have to be meticulous in every detail in order to properly support the ship ' s mission and her crew during their upcoming voyage. This careful planning and attention to detail is just as important today as it was 200 years ago, but the size of the task has grown 100 fold. Today Enterprise relies upon the officers and enlisted members of the Supply Department to ensure that whatever logistical support required in support of her crew and air wing is provided. In order to accomplish this herculean feat, the talents of 14 officers and 475 enlisted men in six different and specialized ratings and 275 non-rated men are put to the test daily. The Storekeepers and Aviation Storekeepers provide the technical research, requisitioning and storage for more than 100,000 line items and tons of consumable material necessary for the support of aircraft and ship ' s equipment. Mess Management Specialists stow, issue and prepare a wide variety of food items to produce more than 15,000 appetizing meals daily for the men embarked in Enterprise. Providing customer-oriented service, Ship ' s Servicemen run retail stores and fountains, process laundry, and man two barber shops. The Big E Disbursing Clerks carefully audit the pay records of the crew, prepare paychecks and serve as the bank on board. Operating the complex Honeywell DPS-6 computer on Enterprise is the job of a select group of individuals known as Data Processing Technicians. The non-rated personnel provide the labor force for moving parts and cargo, processing laundry and providing clean, sanitary eating facilities. True to the motto of quality first equals professionalism, the members of the Supply Department go to any lengths to provide the best in the way of services and material necessary to support the mission of Enterprise. CDR DA. TARANTINO, SC, USN Supply Officer 306 I SUPPLY