George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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OX Division OX Division was home to the Operations Admin team, the strike operations officer, the Operations Department leading chief, the Operations 3M coordinator and career counselor. The yeomen provided support to the Operations Officer and the entire Operations Department. They processed more than 800 special requests, 600 PQS packages, 300 enlisted evaluations, 200 awards and than 30 reenlistmcnts, 20 early separations, along with several HARP duty requests, rate conversions and Professional Development Boards. In addition to serving all of Operations career counseling needs, he instructed more than 60 petty officer indoctrination students, and 256 career information training course students. The 3M Coordinator led Operations Department to an overall grade of 89.2 on jother administrative correspondence during the cruise. I I The department career counselor, OS 1 Marvin 1 Franklin, organized more I I CDR Craig Bultemeieri I LT Curtis Lindsay' I LT Michael Masla, OSCM(SW) Robert ChasseJ I the 3M inspection in which 76 satisfactory spot-checks I I were completed. I I Strike Operations was the GW scheduler for flight| operations. They were alsa the source for the Green I I Sheet, Pink Sheet, Gold i [Sheet, daily airplan, and most importantly, the daily I airplan cartoon. The infer- i i matipn Strike Operations ? 1 together helped the crew i lOiganize their days and nights j YN2 Brian Gregory Dennis RoW YN3 Charles Falls YN3 Stephen Muniz 450 Operations

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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

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)Z Division Cell (SIAC) was the primary intelligence center that supported airwing strike planning. SIAC supported in excess of 200 Operation Deny Flight missions over the beach and 40 simulated strikes into Southern Iraq. SIAC was truly the one-stop-shop for airwing strike planning support! Though separate and distinct in their individual work assignments, these three cells worked together to provide the embarked staff, ship, and airwing with the most comprehensive intelligence support afloat. CDR Deborah Effemey CDR Joseph Thomas LCDR Christopher Liptak LCDR Steven Lohr LCDR Charles Sanford LT Eric Borio LT Jeffrey Dominick LT Douglas Strain CW02 Jerome Cole ISCS(AW SW) Stephen McCabe ISI(AW) John Doptis ISI(AW) Patirck Flynn Z division was comprised of jencc specialists, a |ogist and a draftsman who ed a D-Day commemorative illustrated maps and drew ns for the ship’s newspaper. s responsible for keeping all nents of Ihc battle group ed of potential threats. It ed information to help eom- s effectively plan, train and e operations. OZ Division vided into three cells, [ulti-sensor Interpretation tracked high-interest mer- it, chant vessels, especially those suspected of carrying narcotics or cargo prohibited by U.N. resolutions bound for the former Yugoslavia or Iraq. Supplementary Plot (SUPLOT) played a critical role in extending George Washington Battle Group’s tactical horizon beyond the range of ship’s sensors. SUPLOT watch teams delivered 640 tactical situation briefs to the battle group staff, CVW-7 aircrews, and ship’s company CDC watch officers. Strike Intelligence Analysis Operations 451