George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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V-4 Division AfiFC( AW) Jam 9 ABFT (AW) Titus E When most people. civilian op military think of an Aviation Boatswain's Mate ((Fuelsk their minds usually env ision an aircraft carrier's flight! deck En addition to the fuellers on the roof another group of ship-mates labored! deep within the ship on the third and seventh decks. The D B men ofY-4 Division amassed some impressive numbers during the deployment including receipt of more th;m t E mil-Eion gallons of fuel and disdributiion of more than [0t million gallons to embarked aircraft. That amount could Eiave filled up a ear's gas tank approximately 3701000) times at a cost of roughly S12 million. The Quality Assurance Lab was responsible for taking thousands of fuel samples each month for a total of more than 15 859 during the deployment. During an average day of flight operations. 140 to B 50 birds were refueled. V-4 fueled over planes Not only did V-4's “grapes pump fuel to aircraft, they provided gasoline to various pieces of EOD and SEAL Team equipment. They also prov ided Aviation Lube Oil to the catapults JP-5 to yellow gear liberty boats The AJRLANT Handling Team was very impressed with Y-4's operations and procedures AD fuel system casualty exercises were graded 100 percent across the board a fitting iore for the fleet's finest fuels div ision-

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Air Department AR Eric Benavides AR Jereme Burton AR William Comerford AR Daniel Davis AR Cameron Foster AR Kenneth Nault AR Andre Kerr AR Richard Middaugh AR Robert Pickard AR Andy Register AR Christopher Spina AR Anthony Thomas AR Stephen Thomas Jr. AR Michael Trowbridge AR Christopher Young AR William Wilcox Jr. AR Alonzo Wilson

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ABF2 Andrew Fontanelle ABF2 John Hope ABF2(AW) Gary Josey ABF2 Donald Long ABF2 Percy Maness ABF2 Kevin Sayre ABF2 Connery Swinson YN3 Richard Allen ABF3 Isiah Bogan Jr. ABF3 Steven Brooks ABF3 Avery Brunson ABF3 Carl Broussard