Essex (LHD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 38 text:

AIR CDR KEY LT PATTO Aircraft H T SKIFF Officer ABFCM MCGEHEE Department LCPO fssex Air Department is responsible I for the safe and expeditious execu Jtion of a iation operations for the Am- pliibious Readiness Group. Tlieir job is to assist in the deliver) ' of tlie Marine Expeditionar) ' Unif sairassetsand ordnance to arrive on target, on time, even ' tin e in support of national secu- rity ret]uirements. Tliis is done through the meriailous execu- tion of aircraft nnovements on the Right Deck and Hangar Bay, aircraft launches and recover- ies, control of flight operaHons and sequencing of aircraft within fi ' e miles of the ship, fire fighting and aircraft sahage operaHons as well as fueliiig of aircTaft and assault veliicles.

Page 40 text:

VlDtvtston -1 Division is comprised of 64 , personnel. They have one of the most respected jobs in the Navy, ranging from aircraft han- dUng, directing, tractor and crane operations; as well as rescuing crew members and salvaging burning aircraft. Working long days and nights, flight quarters seems like an ever-going evo- lution. To go along with the long hours of plane handling, V-1 yellow shirts have an ongoing process of qvialifying blue shirt in a wide range of subjects. From flight deck observation, chock chaining, to elevator operator, the list goes on and on. ABHC VASQUEZ ABH1 PETTWAY ABH1 TARDUGNO ABH1 TAYLOR LT CONLEY RIGHT: ABH2 Flournoy launches a Har- rier.