George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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X-2 Division PNI(SW) Eric Miller PNI(SW) John Nemitz PN1 Chris Stewart PN2 Prostan Pactanac The ship's Personnel office provided a myriad of personnel services to the 5.500 member crew of George Washington and its embarked air wing. This dedicated and hard working group of young professionals formed the “Fleet’s Finest Personnel Office and constantly implemented innovative ways of completing their tremendous workload. Whether answering questions from newly reporting personnel or those detaching, processing thousands of leave papers and Good Conduct medals, issuing hundreds of new ID cards or performing daily maintenance on 2.800 service records, they always proved up to the task. This 24 hour a day operation was always abuzz with activity. Consistent with GW’s reputation as the “ship of choice” for implementing new state-of-the-art technology, the Personnel Office deployed with the Navy’s first at sea computerized ID Card system and put it through the paces while providing valuable feedback information to the program’s sponsors. With the addition of the Source Data System, pay and personnel actions were transmitted via message which led to significantly improving the time it took to get official records updated and pay entitlements in the hands of their shipmates. As has become the norm on GW, the Personnel Office crew consistently displayed a “can do attitude and were al ways willing to “go the extra mile” for their shipmates.

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X-1 Division dmin’s X-1 Division is manned by a group of multi-talented professionals from some of the Navy’s most diverse ratings: Yeomen, Lithographers. and Mess Management Specialists, who manned the Captain’s Office, Print Shop, and Captain’s Galley during the deployment. The Captain’s Office provided a wide range of services to the Ship’s crew and embarked air wing. In addition to providing direct support to the Commanding Officer and the countless visiting dignitaries, they were responsible for processing all official incoming and outgoing correspondence, officer’s service record maintenance, transfers, check-ins. and coordinating the officer sponsor program. The Print Shop worked around the clock preparing numerous print requests that kept the crew and family members informed of our cruise exploits such as the Plan of the Day, the Guardian, and the Cherry Tree and squadron familygrams. They were also responsive to the needs of the many and varied operational printing requirements of GW’s 17 departments, the air wing and embarked staffs as well providing support to other ships in the George Washington Battle Group. The Captain’s Galley crew ensured that well-balanced meals were planned and prepared for the Captain and his many distinguished guests, some of which included a former U. S. President, ambassadors, heads of state, Secretary Under Secretaries of the Navy and Army, Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Chief of Naval Operations, and former warring faction leaders. These are just a few of the many vital functions performed by the personnel who manned X-1 Division. The X-1 Division, while small in number, is one of the busiest, most productive divisions on board George Washington and contributed significantly to the success of its second historical deployment. LT Frank Thiemann LIC(SW) David Brevoort LT1 Robert Hazel ray LI2 Edward Puffen YN2 Bobby Walker YN3 Darrious Burson LI3 Roderick Jessie YN3 William Knecht LI3 David Petrie YN3 Gregory Smith MS3 Jason Solomon LISN Bobby Champion 272 ‘ ADMIN

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PN2 Todd Waiters PN3 Sean Bombard PN3 Marshall Boney PN3 Christopher Cowgill PN3 Jeffrey Dickson PN3 Timothy Eickstacdt PN3 Steve Hager PN3 Luis Hernandez PN3 Michael Jordan PN3 Hector Miecznikowski PN3 Jerome Owens PN3 Tim Pipes PN3 Leroy Pruitt PNSN Nathaniel Ball PNSN Robert Boyd PNSN Joshua Dworak PNSN Steven Kelley PNSN James Klinger PNSN Robert Martinez SN Mark Cephus 274 ADMIN