George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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wmm DEPARTMENT LCPO SKCM(SW AW) Cris Cristobal Supply Department provides material support to maintain the ship and Air Wing in a maximum state of readiness, as well as services that contribute to the comfort, morale, and recreation of the entire crew. This enormous job is completed by 13 divisions with more than 600 personnel assigned when the Air Wing is embarked. We manage an inventory of more than 95,000 line items of repair parts and consumable supplies valued at 300 million dollars. We prepare and serve 20,000 delicious meals daily. The crew can select merchandise from two ship’s stores, get their clothes cleaned in the dry cleaning and laundry plants and get their hair cut at our barbershop’s. We run a first class hotel service for chiefs and officers and provide them with five star chow. MWR operates five gyms and coordinates events for the crew both at sea and in port. We order, receive, stow, issue and account for repair parts and consumable materials and move more than 100,000 pounds of mail for the Strike Group monthly.