Essex (LHD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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Combat Cargo CWO3 J. HEFFELFINGER Combat Cargo Officer PRIDE 81 POWER The highly motivated and dedicated Combat Cargo team prove to be the backbone in the execution of Eleventh Marine Expeditionary Unit's tactical plans and numerous administrative vertical replenishments in support of the ESSEX. The Combat Cargo team is directly responsible for the movement of every Marine and Sailor, as well as all vehicles and cargo from the flight deck and well deck. The flight deck team lead by GyS gt. Bowman, routinely worked ten to twelve hours a day in a fast pace and an inherently dangerous enviromnent loading and off loading CH-53, CH-46 and UH-1 helicopters on nine flight deck spots. They accounted for the movement of over 12,357 passengers, 1,100 tons of cargo! mail, and seventy vehicles, during the Western Pacific deployment. The well deck team led by GyS gt. Stovall, worked long arduous hours to quickly and safely load 4,251 passengers, 729 vehicles, 629 tons on numerous Landing Craft Air Cushioned CLCACS J and Landing Craft Utility CLCUSJ. The following firsts amplify the esprit and tremendous capability of the combat cargo teamg on the flight deck we oversaw the first fast roping and spie rigging ever conducted on ESSEX, and in the well deck ESSEX conducted the safe movement of over 230 U.S. civilians from Kuwait during the first LCAC N oncombatant Evacuation Operation CNEOJ ever conducted for an American embassy overseas. Keeping the Navy moving, many pieces at one time! PHOTO Bv: GvsG'r s'rovALL

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