George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDR Mark Schaeffler LT Charles Cassidy LT Tom Chortton LT Michael DeGraw L.T Rene Velazquez ABCM Russell Chambley ABECS(AW) Daniel Dray ABEC Robert Lynch ABEC(AW) Michael Patnode ABEC Neal Williamson ABEC(AW) Roland Guay ABE1 Tommy Edgeworth

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V-2 Division V-2 Division is the true point of the spear for Geo ington, the ultimate hand-off between the ship ana Air wing SEVEN. They send aircraft out flying and bring their back aboard safely. The 230 personnel working the first launch to the last plane on deck in the hot. humid Arabian Gulf and the cold, rainy Adriatic wouldn't trade their place on deck with anybody. Six thousand pounds of piston and shuttle propel a 70.000 pound aircraft loaded with bombs and missiles from zero to 150 miles per hour in just over 300 feet. That's over 62 million pounds of force; they have to do it error-free every time. Lives and equipment depend on V-2's attention to detail and good judgment. They are the flight-deck equivalent of a football team that scores a touchdown on every play! Once the flying day is over and the flyers leave the deck, the same V-2 guys who make it work all day get down to the business of maintenance in order to keep up our 100 percent equipment readiness rate. V-2 maintains and operates the five arresting gear engines. four catapults. the fresnel lens, our own seven camera television system, a 2.5 million-dol-lar budget, and a maintenance support system which stocks and tracks an inventory of over 3,500 parts. In addition to our operational superlatives, they process 2,000 individual awards, requests and evals. They produced the Sailor of the Year, two quarterly POQ winners and two GW Spirit Award winners. With the quality personnel they have, the numbers and deeds speak for themselves. The support from Supply. Reactor. AIMD and Engineering Departments is noted with appreciation. They convert their inputs into aircraft launches and recoveries with pride providing the power projection this great ship was built to convey. AIR 325

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ABE1 James Johnson ABE1 James Kay ABE1 Melvin Lee ABE1 Edward Moreno ABE1 Bobby Murphy ABE1 Glen Sturgill EMI(SW) Marco Tayco ABE1 Patrick Young ABEI(AW) Gerald Bonnette ABE1 Joe Jenkins ABE1 Daniel Kimler ICI(SW) Warren Rodeback ABE1 John Rollins. Jr. ABE1 Jack Sorroche IC2 Russell Akers ABE2 Frank Bartanowitz AIR 327