Essex (LHD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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CEDruision ENS GRAHAM ETC SOLLAZZO lE Divison is comprised of 20 Electronic Technicians responsible for the preventive and corrective mainte- ' nance of the ship ' s electronic radar, navigation and communications systems installed on Essex. Our communications workcenter maintains ESSEX ' abil- ity to transmit and receive secure HE, VHF, UHF, EHF and SHE tactical and administrative messages, as well as the ship ' s eight satellite systems, such as POTS, IMMARSAT and Sailor Phone. The radar workcenter maintains all surface search, navi- gation, 2D air search, air traffic control and precision control approach radars. Navigation systems consists of the Global Positioning Satellite system which is used to provide accurate ship ' s position information. In addition, they maintain the Tac- tical Air Navigation system used to provide ships location to in-flight aircraft. ETC WALLACE ET1 MIKEALSON ET1 RICHARDSON ET1 SKILLRUD ET2 CABRERO ET2 CURRIER ET2 DUCUMMON ET3 FIELDS LEFT: Proud to serve, Happy to be here.

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CDDivision DS3 HAMILTON DS3 RANDELL ET3 STEWART DS3 WILSON TOP: Hey, Bring on the shwarmas and the belly dancer.!! MIDDLE: DS2 Ambrecht trouble shooting the UYH- 3. BOTTOM: First Class OS ' s coallition.

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