Essex (LHD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 163 text:

Q if: A .Qi ml' as ll 423.24 W Q, w. '12 UPPLY R TEAM -1. .':.,. 9 o OOQQO. ' Q' o 0 00 4 ., Cdr C. McKelvey, SUPPO Lcdr M. Hunter, ASUPPO DEMAND 81 SUPPLY! Welcome to the ESSEX Supply Department! We are the men and women logistics professionals who keep the ESSEX and her embarked Marines and Staff fully equipped and supported so that they may live up to our motto of Safe, Trained, and Ready to Fight! We consist of nine divisions: S-1 Stock Control: S-2 Food Service: S-3 Sales and Services, S-4 Disbursing and Postal: S-5 Wardroomg S-6 Aviation Supply: S-7 Automated Data Processing: S-8 General StoreslMaterialg and S-10 Hazardous Material. The Supply Department is often regarded as the morale center of the ship. We provide ESSEX Sailors and Marines with what they need for Quality of Life at sea - food, money, mail, haircuts, clean clothes, toilet paper, and Internet e-mail access. Under the watchful eye of CDR McKelvey and the administrative sword of LCDR Hunter, the Supply Department has been recognized for several prestigious awards including: The 1996 Captain Edward F. Ney Award as the Finest Food Service Operation fLarge Afloatj in the U.S. Navy: the Blue E for Supply Department Excellence: the Superb Price Fighter Award for the Buy Our Spares Smart CBOSSJ program: runner-up as COMNAVSURFPAC' s Best Ship's Store and Top Financial Perfonner awards: and the Best Afloat Post Office? In addition to these coveted recognitions, the ESSEX Food Service Team of S-2 and S-5 have received resounding accolades for hosting numerous Five Star quality VIP receptions and meals, including the Chief of Naval Operations, and many foreign Heads of State. So enjoy the following pages as you join the finest logistics professionals in the U.S. Navy. The general consensus on the waterfront is If you are looking for a Class Act, look no further than ESSEX Supply. S, . . , Congratulations to everyone m supply department, the blue 'gy E E winners! PHOTO BY: PH1 QAWI ABELL

Page 162 text:

ff' X,j . Y . 1 , 'wr-., FI! II3-IIS nw s-I ,.......- i gif mi y r ' :J ww ., ll ..,V . ,,,W, Z u Q U 4, Q 1 N wilt g x HE BLUE VVINNINI ' 1 f , Vqrw1f1m'g'f5Q

Page 164 text:

- w 1 4 nw M1177 fs msvfwlw .!f.6'JJ.6J7A 1 R 1 I 1 i y A l A F 1 1 A 5' V Y M? 5' 5 3- LCDR K. WASKOW LTJG A. HART ENS J- TIU R i W 'R A ls ' , N 1 N, SKCS R. ESCOT0 SK1 W. BASSIG .L mx W i l :WA M Y I1 X if AK2 D. BRUMFIELD SK2 A. LACDAN SK2 M. SIMEON SK3 T. FRANKLIN SKSA S. NELSON .P A :W N w ..: s ,r fi ' 'ai 1 r, f: , ,. J, A +L A 1 2 .Q , 4 V 1 A 4 ik A YN3 s. BOWE w 1 2,3 ,,.q-4 N PHOTOS BY: AN STARKEY W y W 515 Q 1' wif l A, ' A33 354. M A 160 i , V mmm? : , x i-,rx