Nimitz (CVN 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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G-4 G-4 Division is made up of approximately thirty men who man the armory, complete damage control work, and per- form PMS on the Magazine Sprinklers. G-4 Division is comprised of Gunner's Mates, Torpedomen and Aviation Ordnancemen. The Armory Crew performs preventive and corrective maintenance on our 4OMM Saluting Battery and small arms. Approximately two hundred and fifty personal weapons frifles and pistols ordered through Nimitz' Gun Clubi were processed and stored in the Armory during Med Cruise 82-83. They also control access to the magazines, issue shore patrol gear, and provide line gunners for under- way replenishments. The Damage Control Crew performs preventive and cor- rective maintenance on Damage Control equipment for the majority of Weapons Department. They help man the Ar- mory andthe Magazine Sprinkler Boards, they band torpe- dos, and also help move supplies during the Unreps. The Magazine Sprinkler Crew performs preventive and corrective maintenance on the Magazine Sprinklers which are located throughout the ship. They also band torpedos, man Magazine Sprinkler Boards, help man the Armory, and lend a hand during Unreps. During Med Cruise 82-83, G-4 Division fired one hundred and twenty-five shot lines across to accompanying ships for Underway Beplenishments and Refueling. Approxi- mately three hundred and seventy Small Arms Familiariza- tion Firings were held and over ninty rounds of 4OMM Sa- luting Charges were expended for National Salutes. CWO3 G.L. Fugate TMO1 Fl.S. Haysiip A02 W. Johnson 284 AO3 J.L. Pearson GMG3 J.D. Smith GMGC D.R. Snyder A02 M.L. Diggs GMG3 R.M. Denell GMG3 D.J. Flenthrope TMT3 J.L. Van Cleave TMT1 k.w. Barker TMO2 S. Johnson TMT3 S.B. Fowler GMG3 J.E Robinson GMTSN G.L. Butler

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LCDR C. Nolan AO1 C. Baker AO3 E. Merring A03 L. Roop AN A. Kenworthy AN J. Mackin AN R. Nolan AR E Gordon AWMCS The Ordnance Handling Officer is commonly referred to as the OHO . He is in charge of the Aviation Weapons Movement Control Station fAWMCSl which is the nerve center of the Weapons Department. The sailors of AWMCS are the OHO's right hand men . Manned and ready to respond to any task twenty-four hours a day, they must direct and coordinate the breakout, assembly and delivery of all weapons required to support the embarked Air Wing, ship's company and Marine De- tachment. Using an extensive internal communications system, they must maintain constant contact with the magazine assembly areas and weapons elevators in coordinating ordnance routes both to the flight deck and down to the magazines. Strict accountability must be maintained at all times whether it be 20mm ammunition, five-hundred p0Ufld bombs or the most sophisticated air-to-air missiles. It is a demanding job with no room for error. The timely safe delivery of properly prepared weaponS, when and where they are needed, is the goal of the men of AWMCS.