George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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 Missiles inbound, starboard side, all hands brace for shock. Investigators are sent out and that's when the damage control training kicks in. In a real life situation, the crew would be fighting to keep mighty USS George Washington afloat and stable. Fire teams shrouded in a lire fighting [ensemble. SCBA. helmet and rubber boots would race through passageways to the scene. With fires blazing to temperatures as hot as 1.500 degrees, and seawater surging in. it's a race against time. It’s dark, it's hot. and the air is thick with toxins. All hands must pull together, from the bridge team on the O-10 level to the depths of shaft alley on the eighth deck. Medical Department mans emergency battle dressing stations all over the ship, standing by to provide treatment to anyone in need. In literally a sink or swim situation, training that has been driven into Sailors heads takes the place of fear, and the fight to save the ship is won.