George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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C-l Division ost often referred to as George Washington’s {[Office,” X-l Division provided a wide Bf services to ship’s company personnel and 7 the embarked airwing. Responsible for the inistrative and personal support of the Commanding Officer, the Ship’s Secretary, (r Terry Chauncey, then LT Frank Thiemann, yeomen and mess management specialists in ing the CO’s day-to-day activities. Off to a rt at the beginning of the cruise with the ation of the President, First Lady, and us other VIPs, the pace rarely slowed, ere always officers transferring and arriv-ess reports and personal awards to process ords to maintain. Add to that the protocol ments of the numerous foreign port visits u’ve got a non-stop schedule, le Print Shop worked around the clock ionally preparing the countless printed ial items required to keep GW and other h Group units at peak operational capability, lishers of the ’’Green Sheet”, the ’’Pink S the ’’Gold Sheet”, the POD, family grams, e of command invitations and programs, and ip’s daily newspaper, their efforts kept the nformed of all activities. Recognized as the [[efficient print shop in the Atlantic Fleet, they the challenge in designing a unique Suez Canal cate for each of GW’s 6,000 crew members. i A ✓' N LT Terry Chauncey YNCS AW SW) James Martin LIC(AWISW) Warner Mayden YNI(AW) Richard Dove U1(AW SW) Darius Trumer LI1(AW SW) Jerome Wilson LI2 Lawrence Agins LI2 Danny Hawkins jK Administration Department

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Gronbech and YNSN Vince Hardin innovatively put inputs together from around the ship to create George Washington’s Plan of the Day. Also part of X-A Division was the Command Career Counselors. STAR, SCORE, VSl SSB, SRB and CREO arc just a few of the mysteries the CCC team made plain on a daily basis. The Counselors were assisted by more than 150 departmental and divisional career counselors. During the deployment, they kept track of the career intentions of 5000-plus sailors and processed 204 reenlistments, equaling 816 years of total obligated service. The hard work paid off for them and the crew. More than S1 million was paid to these deserving individuals in recnlistmcnt bonuses. In June, 73 recnlistments were completed, 60 of which were presided over by the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, and Chief of Naval Operations ADM Mike Boorda. “Beware of Laser Jet Blast” is a caution sign any visitor may have seen when walking into the XO’s Admin Office. Although cranials and float coats arc not required personal protection, the personnel assigned to the Admin Office of GW’s Executive Officer, CDR Bill McKee, constantly kept their Hewlett Packard HP IV laser jet printer on “afterburners” to handle the constant flow of paper traffic. Having processed more than 1,500 awards during the deployment, YNC Pete Tama and YN2 Brian George were the ship’s resident experts in awards preparation and processing. YN3 Mike Collins had the demanding job of maintaining the Procedures and Regulations Manual (PROM), a 1,000 page document that provided the necessary policy and guidance to assist the crew in performing routine and specialized tasks. When it came down to keeping the crew informed of daily events shipwide, YNSN Rob NCCM(SW) Oscar Jose YNC Peter Tama Jr. MMI(SW) Frank Demmers NCI Harold Martin YN2 Brian George PN2 Angel Lazo YNSN Robert Gronbech YNSN Vincent Hardin 264 Administration Department X-A Division

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YN2 William Hinton