George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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520 SUPPLY The crew of S-11 provided outstanding service to GEORGE WASHINGTON’S “backbone , the Chief Petty Officers. The pride of the cooks and food service attendants were evident in every meal served. Highlights for the CPO Mess crew included a half-way-day celebration dinner and special meals, such as the African-American History Month Dinner, the Irish-American Dinner on Saint Patrick’s Day, CPO Birthday Celebrations, Sunday Brunch, and Saturday Night Hot Wings, were an overwhelming success. The Pizza Night Celebration prior to entering each port had the Chiefs actively involved in the galley baking pizza. The exemplary service and quality of meals provided by S-11 has been noted by it’s selection as the “Best CPO Mess in the Atlantic Fleet and not a single patron or guest of the mess had any doubt that this was a well deserved award. In the CPO Mess, “Life is Good . ASC James Mullins MSI Cesar Cruz MS2 Lorenzo Richardson MS3 Christopher Breton MS3 Lateef Compton MS3 Michael Hall MS3 Sean Jone MS3 Felix Rowland MSSN Jeremy Ament MSSR Aaron Graham

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Supply's S10 Division pioneered a new approach to “Quality Assurance . Having studied and followed Dr. Deming's Management Philosophy, they improved upon the standard Ql techniques of the past. Their name was even changed to reflect this new approach, calling themselves the “Quality Improvement” Division. During the deployment, the “Ql” Division reviewed over 9,000 issue documents and over 3,800 receipt documents per month. These reviews were conducted to effectively monitor, manage, and control financial, inventory, and logistics processing procedures. In addition to logistics audits, Ql Division assisted the ship store operations in maintaining accountability and pricing integrity with weekly and monthly audits, ensuring correct pricing procedures were followed. The Ql Division was evaluated as “outstanding by the COMNAVAIRLANT Supply Management Assessment Team. CW04 Ben Ignacio SKCM Primo Magpantay AKCM Francisco Paras AK1 Michael Felmeten SHI Rodrigo Gaviola

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S-12 Division PCC(SW)Lincoi PCI Herman Timm PC2 Shcdrick Baker PC2 Robert Harrell PC2 Rossi Ross PC2 Todd Stricklin PC2 Albert Treiber PC2 Randy Walker PC3 Eric Lada PC3 James Lytton PC3 Eugene Skibinski PCSN James Elrod PCSN PCSN PCSN PCSN Toby Friddle Scott Martin Warren Nash Harlan Wesley SIGNED. SEALED AND DELIVERED “iy y| ail Cali Mail Call! These were the words that made every hard | I working GW sailor's dream of receiving a package or a letter from home I V I come true. This horrendous task was completed by the 20 members of GW's Post Office, better known as the ‘Postal Posse These spinted sailors, whether their task was large or small, held ' Mail Call day or night for nearly 6.000 shipmates The Postal Posse was also responsible for selling stamps and money orders, collecting outgoing letters and packages, and dispatching mail and cargo to nine ships and submannes of the George Washington Battle Group dunng MedCru-se 96. Knowing the importance of mail during any deployment, the Postal Posse was a major contributor to Supply Department receiving it's second consecutive Blue E for Supply Excellence GEORGE WASHINGTON Postal Operations was graded Outstanding' dunng the Fleet Postal Audit and the COMNAVAIRLANT Supply Management Assessment poor to deployment.