Essex (LHD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUPPLY

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SUPPL Y ESSEX ' S Supply Department works hard to live-up to the motto, Ready for Sea by providing a wide variety of services. They do everything from expediting critical repair parts, to washing and drying thousands of pounds of laundry daily, sending and receiving mail, cutting hair, running a multi- million dollar ship ' s store operation, managing a million dollar payroll, maintaining a state of the art Local Area Network (LAN) computer operation, to preparing and serving over 9000 meals daily to hungry Sailors and Marines. Made up of seven different ratings and over 200 personnel, the Supply Department has achieved much success in their quest to provide the best customer service possible. The initial impression of the Supply Department for a newly reported Sailor or Marine is generally made on its Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award winning mess decks. The Food Service Division takes pride in providing over 9,000 quality, well-balanced meals daily to its Sailors and Marines at-sea. The focus of our Mess Specialists is not only providing quality meals but directly enhancing crew morale through special meals and events such as. Ice Cream Socials, All-You-Can-Eat Pizza nights, and Steel Beach Picnics, Combined with the Mess Specialists in the Wardroom and CPO Mess, this group can organize a formal reception at a momemls notice. They are the top of their class. ..the best of the best! The Data Processors on ESSEX manage a system that costs in excess of $ 1 ,200,000 on a 24 hour a day basis that includes four Mainframes with over 127 individual workstations linked together by a state of the art Local Area Network. Deploying with a newly installed SNAP Ill LAN system, the Data Processors are proud of a 99 percent scheduled up time rate. The Data Processors have been a superb addition to the Supply Department. The S-4 Division is home for probably the most critical of the Supply Department ' s services. ..mail and pay. There is nothing more important to a deployed Sailor or Marine than getting a letter from home. On ESSEX ' S first deployment, Postal Clerks processed over 400,000 pounds of letter and bulk mail keeping morale high. The Disbursing Clerks manage a Crew payroll of over $2,000,000 a month, with cash disbursements exceeding $300,000. Our Disbursing Clerks do this while exceeding all Navy standards for pay record accuracy and travel claim processing time. Mail and Pay are often ignored until there is a problem, however on ESSEX there has been no major problems. Whether you ' re looking for watches or radios, ball caps, ESSEX t-shirts or uniform devices, you ' ll find it all in ESSEX ' S Ship ' s Store, The Swamp. On ESSEX ' S first deployment, retail sales exceeded one million dollars, providing all pr ofits to the ship ' s Welfare and Recreation Fund. These profits were used to outfit the fabulous Gator Gym, and underwrite Crew and Troop events in all liberty ports. The retail operations on ESSEX, barbershops, laundry, store and vending machines, have provided continuous top-level service to the crew and troops whether off the coast of Somalia or Waikiki.