George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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Operations 447 PH2 James Vidrine PH3 Mark Avis PH3 Terry Beall PH3 Ray Connors PH3 Shane Hebert PH3 John Lawrence PH3 David Schoonover PH3 Todd Summerlin PHAA Ryan Child PHAA Anthony Haley SA Michael Houston AA Christopher Vickers

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OP Division George Washington had by far the most advanced shipboard photo lab in the Navy. The cruiscbook you arc holding is only one example of the quality of work performed by GW’s Photographer’s Mates. From the tearful goodbyes on Pier 12 in May to the screams and laughter of homecoming, PHs have been in the air, on land and on the water with camera in hand. During the two-day presidential embark and D-Day commemoration, more than 4,600 negatives were shot and processed and more than 6,800 prints produced by the photo lab. The state-of-the-art GW photo lab was one of the first onboard a Navy ship to electronically transmit images to Washington D.C., sometimes moments after they were taken. The images sent back to stateside magazines and newspapers enabled the country to see the George Washington story as it unfolded. Daily “hot area” sheets and mission maps produced on the electronic darkroom system also played a vital role in ship and airwing operations. Photographer's Mates also manned the Carrier Intelligence Center (CVIC) photo lab, where all intelligence and reconnaissance photography was processed. They processed more than 100,000 feet of aerial film while George Washington was off the coast of Bosnia, ensuring that United Nations and other commanders had the best intelligence products available. 446 Operations

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 CT01 Derek Mitchell CTA1 Cedric Sims CTM1 Darrell Smith CTR2 Rhonda Ballard CTM2 Andrew Bazner CTR2 Robert Ferry CTR2 Matthew Genovese CT02 Michael Lajoie CTM2 Michael Maurer CTR2 Daniel O’Brien CT02 Toni Sabins CT03 David Phillips OS Division OS Division was comprised of Sailors leled support to the Battle Group through from five diffcrcnt cryptologic ratings analysis of newly detected high-interest including electronics maintenance personnel, targets. By maintaining numerous commu-1 The OS work center was the ship s nications circuits, SSES provided timely, signals exploitation spaces (SSES). The error-free reporting to warfare commanders, team of cryptographic personnel met all tactical decision makers, and shore-based assigned tasks, provided information on staffs. SSES worked closely with the Secret detection, classification, and tracking of Service and White I louse Communications targets for threat recognition and indication Agency during D-Day to provide national-of hostile intent SSES provided unparal- level communications and support. CTRCS Bill Williamson CTOI(SW) Richard Harroun CTR1 John Madden CTR1 Ron McConnell 448 Operations