Gunston Hall (LSD 44) - Naval Cruise Book

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M ENSIGN DAVID L. WILLIAMS ELECTRONIC MATERIAL OFFICER £»■ ' . ■« ■ ENSIGN MARKW. ROEMHILDT C.I.C. OFFICER OPERATIONS 43

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OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT GEORGE P. ABIT ANTE OPERATIONS OFFICER Operations communications (OC), Operations Electronics (OE) and Operators Intelligence (01), with two work centers each, compose the Operations Department. OC division, with the Radiomen and Signalmen, primarily responsible for the aligning, tuning, and operation of all the ship ' s communications equipment, both electromagnetic and visual. OE division, with Electronics Technicians and Fire Control technicians, handles the preventive and corrective maintenance of all shipboard electronics gear, configuration management of all electronics, and the maintenance and operation of the ship ' s close-in weapons systems. 01 division, with the Operations Specialists and Electronic Warfare technicians, principally stand watch as the ship ' s expert radar operators and are responsible for the detection, classification and tracking of all contacts. They are also instrumental in the planning of amphibious exercises. The department was highly successful throughout the Mediterranean deployment. From the OS ' s planning and executing major amphibious exercises to the Radiomen, Signalmen and Electronics Technicians working together to attain a nearly perfect score on a major communications exercise, Operations department made significant contributions to the success of the deployment as a whole. CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER DUANE FISHER ASSISTANT OPERATIONS OFFICER a c Tf9!ta 42 OPERATIONS

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SMCS(SW)RICKIEA. YARBROUGH RMC(SW) BENJAMIN W. BENTON JR. RMSN JODY J. ANDREWS RM2 ROBERT P. AUGUSTYNIAK H iL ' ilC ' Jirf ■ SMSN CURTIS W. BREWINGTON SM2 CHARLES BROWN RMSN MARK A. CHAMBERS SMl(SW) RONALD G CLEGG RM2(SW) MICHAEL A COFFEY RMSA(SW) DAVID W CONNORS. JR.