George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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A03 William Holmes III A03 Corey Fortier A03 Kevin Henry A03 Matthew Johnson A03 Michael Mohr A03 Larry Simpson A03 Herman White AOAN Carlos Armstrong AOAN Kenneth Carlson AN Bryan Deem AOAN Bert Hansen AOAN Rickie Pardini AN Christopher Pool AOAN Jeffrey lyndall Weapons

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G-4 Division G-4 Division owned, operated and maintained the nine weapons elevators onboard George Washington. The primary mission of G-4 was to ensure the safe and expeditious transport of airborne weapons from below deck magazines and weapons assembly areas to the flight deck and the awaiting aircrews or “the business end of the big stick.” Such a challenge required a unique bldnd of talents in various technical specialties. The ratings that comprised G-4 were: Aviation Ordnancemen (AO), Electrician’s Mates (EM), and Machinist Mates (MM); who operated and maintained the complex state-of-the-art logic-controlled, electro-hydraulic powered weapons elevators. During the cruise, G-4 Division trained and licensed 248 elevator operators, safety observers and safety supervisors. They transported more than 3,800,000 pounds of ordnance and expended more than 33,600 maintenance the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Adriatic Sea, and the Arabian Gulf. man-hours in the upkeep and operational support during GW's maiden deployment to ENS Allen Wooten AOC(AW) Jerry Freeman EMI Leon rad Brannen EMI Daniel Funchess AOI Robert Giles MM2(SW) Danny Phillips MM2(SW) Steven Russell EM2 Sterling Taylor A03 Jason Anderson A03 Frederick Benjamin A03 Kevin Blackburn A03 Walter Connare 532 Weapons

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 v AOAA Mark Burney AA Jason Reynolds AA Fabian Robinson AA Aaron Rowe G-5 Division AR Derrick Chapman AR James McCauley No great department can run without someone keeping track of the records. Making sure that Weapons Department ran smoothly were the men of G-5 Division who handled the department's administrative work. G-5 Sailors updated and controlled the departmental tickler ensuring all correspondence and administrative action was completed efficiently and on time. They controlled the department’s manpower distribution and coordinated internal TAD tasking as well as advised the Gun Boss on all manpower and administrative topics. During the cruise they processed in excess of 1600 pieces of action correspon- LCDR Kenneth Porter CW04 Edward Von Reuss AOCM(AW) Leroy Beck GMC(SW) Lewis Rogers dence and requests, affected the transfer of 39 personnel and distributed 41 newly received personnel. The Ordnance Control Group acted as the operational nerve center for the department. They were responsible for documenting the ordering, issuing, and expenditure of ordnance as well as planning and supervising the loading, expenditure, and offloading of ordnance. They coordinated the onload of 253,938 pounds of ordnance, the movement of 3,833,000 pounds of ordnance to the flight deck on 3,673 elevator runs, and then orchestrated the down load of4,252,018 pounds to various units prior to return to Norfolk. 534 Weapons