George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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ibound! George jndcr attack. Only L Who can save us? ist and most effective inbound missiles is ption, or “soft kill.” r of microseconds, c warfare equipment jtargeting radars of most weapons encountered, pulling the attackers off target or blinding them, and the Sailors in the electronic warfare module were ready to do just that. The Sailors of the EW Module controlled GW's outbound emissions and were capable of exploiting those of the enemy by detecting and track- ing hostile forces at distances well beyond the horizon’s edge. Praised as the “Best in the Fleet' by COMNAVAIRLANT’s training team and COMCARGRU Four, the EW’s were responsible for the expert use and maintenance of various electronic countermeasures and detection equipment. LT William Bulmer LT Javier Covelli EWC(SW) David Wise EW1 Richard Rose EW1 Robert Tuslng EW2 Rodney Craven EW2 Marvin Ferguson EW2 Michael Holder EW2 William Panned EW2 Stephen Sims EW2 Richard Waters EW3 James Jefferson EW3(SW) Shane McDaniel EW3 Gregory Sellers EW3 Tyshawn Taylor EWSA Christopher Williams Operations 449