Ranger (CV 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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OER Division is RANGERS Radar and Navigation equipment repair division responsible for air and surface search radars with Identification Friend or Foe IIFFJ, the Automatic Carrier Land- ing System IACLSl, and a wide variety of navigation equipment. During each underway period, OER work centers consistently keep the navigation equipment in top form for navigating the ocean blue and the channels of the various ports of call. The Air Navigation work center is the eyes and ears of RANGER, always searching the horizon and surround- ing surface, identifying and guiding home our aircraft as well as providing vital navigation information to the Bridge and the Combat Information Center. The ACLS work center main- tains four computer enhanced radar systems, along with the Carrier Air Traffic Control System, to provide the air traffic controllers with all the infor- mation needed to track and land air- craft, just like a big city airport. The SINS work center maintains the 5hip's inertial Navigation equipment, which plots our precise position on the globe around the clock. This infor- mation is fed to all of the aircrad dur- ing their prefiights, and enables each aircraft to navigate independent of thc ship and each other during routinc flights or engagements. Working long hours each day, the men of OER Divi- sion exempli6f a Can Do attitude at all times. OER DI VISI O LTJG Mullens, C. ETC Adams, D. ET1 Cacho, V. ET1 Hess, S. ET 1 Smock, P. ET2 Cooper, G. ET2 Miller, M. ET5 Clay, D. ET5 Franceschi, G. ET5 Gonzalez, M. ET5 Graelii 5. ET5 Harlin. G. ET5 Jamison, D. ET5 Landoll, M. ET5 Mackennan, B. ET5 Meredith. J. 'SSI'-li M if lx uu l'h.. 'I v V ,- I 3 Y V 'mflru nu- ET1 HESS REVIEWS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH ET5 GONZALEZ. ET5 SMITH EXPLAINS SYSTEM FUNCTIONS TO ET2 COOPER 148 OER DIVISION E4f'1f Y

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1 -. I if 'I-Us I -'. A OER DIVISION I CONT. I N7 E T5 Turner, E T5 Urquhart E T5 Voltz, E T5 Zakrajsek, E T .3 Rintamaki, W. E T5 Rosecrans, M. E T5 Schultz, J. ET5 Smith, R. ET5 Snedeker, L. I OE IS 'ilu Y I bf' 1 J. brvrsro ETCM Fowler, D. ETC Brossier, C. ET2 East, W. OEX is a newly-formed division within Electronics and Combat Systems which is responsible for accounting for the more than two million dollars spent annually by the Operations Department. The division not only ensures that over 1500 pieces of test equipment are maintained, repaired and calibrated, but also administers all of the hand and power tools used within the Operations Department. STRIKE OPERATIONS CDR Roed, Peloquin Flank R IS5 Skinner IS5 SKINNER PREPARES THE AIR PLAN. Strike Operations serves as the ship 's primary interface between Carrier Group ONE, Destroyer Squadron SEVEN, Carrier Air Wing TWO, and RANGER in scheduling battle group functions. The daily Green Sheet and Air Plan origi- nate in Strike Ops. As ALPHA RO- MEO, or Air Element Coordinator, Strike Ops coordinates with AIR OPS, CIC and the Air Department to ensure that air sorties are managed on a real time basis to meet the re- quirements of the combined Battle Group warfare commanders. In sup- port of the air wing, Strike Oper- ations performs weaponeering ofthe ordnance carried aboard air wing aircrak, and in the case where a spe- cific target is to be attacked, deter- mines which ordnance would best take out the target. In short, if you're looking for THE GOUGE, stop by the red door on the 05 level. OER, OEX DIVISIONS 81' STRIKE OPS 149