George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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X-4 Division Tours to London, Paris, Jerusalem and other points west kept the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Division on the move during the deployment. Led by MMCS(SW) Jerry Forbus, this flexible band of travel agents, fitness coordinators, and activity organizers capably met the challenge of arranging tours in all liberty ports, maintaining all athletic equipment in George’s Gyms, and arranging other activities, such as “Really Really BIG BUCKS BINGO!” for the crew during underway periods. They also processed more than $25,000 in flower orders that were sent to loved ones back home, became the experts in using USOGRAMS and sold more than 2,000 movie tickets for stateside use. Looking out for the welfare of the crew was their objective and they proved up to the challenge at all times. y. V '■ is

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PNSA Jerome Owens 269 Samuel Davis - ESO Instructor William Hazlett • ESO Instructor Virgil Jardine • ESO Instructor Howard Streifford • ESO Instructor PNl(SW) John Nemitz PN3 Paul Brown PN3 Mark Stevens AN Erik Nimrod X-3 Division .owledge is power,” and j George Washington, the tional Services Office team, led |?NS Todd Pitts, strove to foster a irit of Learning.” The crew took tagc of the educational services ing more than 1000 hours of p credits through the Program oat College Education (PACE). mbcrs-tumcd-students took s such as Personal Finance, |gc Algebra, and English Com-jon. Credits were also earned by ipating in the College Level ination Program (CLEP). •uring the deployment, the staff administered more than ) Navy-wide advancement examinations. Included in this process were more than 20,000 service record entries including qualifications achieved and personal and unit awards. With the help of the ESO, more than 100 GW Sailors were provided assistance to achieve their goal. Applications for Officer Candidate School, Limited Duty Officer, Chief Warrant Officer, and the new Seaman to Admiral Program were carefully screened and quickly processed. The competition was tough but the ESO team made sure that their customers were able to “put their best foot forward.”

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p Sailors from X-5's Public Dffice kept busy doing what-►ok to tell the George Washing-W-7 and battle group story to and the rest of the world, le ship. Public Affairs wrote, I and distributed the ship's er, family gram and welcome aboard brochures, as well as the cruise book you are reading now. They operated the ship's television stations and produced GW NOW, the command's local news show as well as live telecasts such as Captain's Call and BINGO. Outside the ship. Public Affairs nLT Matthew Brown JOC(SW) Gregg Snaza marketed hundreds of stories about the crew to external media. In addition, their efforts in coordinating hometown radio interviews while GW was stationed in the Arabian Gulf resulted in an unprecedented Public Affairs success. Sailors from every state spoke either live or on tape to radio stations in their hometowns. The most intense PAO experience during the deployment was the coordination of the Presidential embark for the D-Day commemoration. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Public Affairs team, one that will remain a memory as the biggest and most successful public event they'll have ever taken part in. JOI John Barnett JOI Lee Bosco JOI(SW) Mark Piggott J02 Charles Achord J02 Kurt Allen J02 Thomas Gelsanliter AA Joe Cernie AN Thomas Smith Administration Department 271 X-5 Division