Essex (LHD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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TEAM ONE

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FLEET SURGICAL hat exactly is a Fleet Surgical . Team (FST)? We are a surgi cal medical augnientation unit consisting of an Officer in Charge C ATF surgeon, a division officer (Medi- cal Service Corps), a general surgeon, a nurse anesthetist or anesthesiologist, an operating room nurse, an internist, a ward ICU nurse, and various Hospital Corpsmen. The function of the FST is to aug- ment an amphibious ready group or amphibious task force as directed by higher authority. Our platform is usu- ally a large amphibious ship, such as an LHD or LHA. The FST will support military operations, disaster relief mis- sions, fleet exercises and scheduled fleet deployments. HERRMANN LT COOPER LT WEBB CAPT MCDONALD • CDR DIXON LCDR BRADLEY HM1 HERNANDEZ HM2 SLICK HM2 GUEVARRA HM2 WESTBY 1 wk O LEFT: Ward corpsmen with LT Cooper in the ICU ward. TOP RIGHT: FST1 staff take a break from a hard day ' s work to strike a pose. OPPOSITE, BOTTOM LEFT: Lab techs studying blood samples. OPPOSITE, BOTTOM RIGHT: There isn ' t a surgical procedure too difficult for us to handle.

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HC-11 C-11 Det5,vvithits compliment of 23 -enlisted and 8 of- ficers, is deployed to oper- ate and maintain two HH- 46D helicopters, which pro- vide SAR 24 hours a day. Pride and professionalism in action... HC-11 Gator SAR Det Five rocks! LT KLINE LT LINCH LTJG JOSHWAY LTJG KEITH LCDR SMITH LT BELL LT HOWELL LTJG ORLOSKY AEC ENRIQUEZ AMH1 BLACKWELL AD1 FERGUSON AD1 MEYERS AMS1 NICHOLSON AE1 ONDARZA AZ2 BRYDEN RIGHT: The crew that lives up to the motto, So others may live .