George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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With 24 of the Navy’s finest sailors assigned. Operation’s Electronic Missile Division (OEM) stood ready to defend USS George Washington anytime, anywhere with the NATO Seasparrow Missile System and Close-In Weapon System. OEM Division operated and maintained four Close-In-Weapons Systems and three Nato Seasparrow Missile Systems which rely on the MK23 Target Acquisition System (TAS) radar for target assignment. The TAS radar is an air search radar that is directly interfaced with the Combat Direction Center to all three NATO missile systems. The primary mission of OEM was to defend the ship from air threats. As part of their resolve to be ready to accomplish this mission, OEM conducted daily system operability tests, forty Pre-Aim Calibration Firings and the highlight of the deployment, a live missile firing exercise conducted against a Tactical Air Launched Decoy in the Arabian Sea. CW02 Steve Dicketts FCCM(SW) Larry Varner FCCS SW) Patrick Wilson FCC(SW) Roger Melon FCI(SW) Barry Long FC2(SW) Edward Appleby FC2(SW) James Centeno FC2(SW) David Gregory FC2 John Harland FC2 Jon Johannes FC2 Matthew Logan FC2 Mark Murphy OEM Division 436 Operations

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DS2 Chris Crews DS2 Eric Dleffenwierth DS2 David Dumas DP2 Robert Infante DS2 James Leggett DS2 Michael Sutton DS2 Frank Tilke DS3 Michael Bostan DS3 Alan Campbell DS3 Daniel Fielder DS3 Jason Fink DS3 John Gann DS3 John Jennings DS3 Randal Lai-awa DS3 Todd Meyer DS3 Mark Morandi IM3 John Stone DS3 John Walker DS3 Barry Wordell WTSN Alan Goff Operations 435

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FC2 Jamey Myers FC2 Edward Sheehan FC3 Anthony Anania FC3 Mathew Basnight FC3 Marcus Bridge FC3 Charles Bumbard FC3 Joel Copas FC3 Claude Henderson FC3 Thomas Knickerbocker FC3(SW) Robert Meyer FC3 Micheal Olivier FC3 Christopher Pongracz FC3 Aaron Tasseff FC3 Andrew Torres FC3 Ted Williams SA Jason Beckgerd