Ranger (CV 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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oc DIVISION KCONT. Q OC Division, more commonly known as the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center, or CATCC for short, is an essential and integral part of the RANGER team. Licensed by the Fed- eral Aviation Administration and governed by NA TOPS, the Navy Air Traffic Controllers fACsi that staff CAT CC and Air Operations are re- sponsible for the safe, orderly and expeditious movement of all air traf fic to and from the ship. CA TCC con- trollers utilize radar and state of the art electronic equipment, including the hands off Automatic Carrier Landing System KACLS 1. Also includ- ed in OC Division is the Air Transfer Office tATOl team that is responsi- ble for the movement of all people and cargo to or from RANGER using helicopters or Carrier Onboard De- livery fCODl aircraft. The ACs'job encompasses everything from daily departurefarrival logs and flight schedule changes to actual aircraft control. All agree that it is demand- ing, rewarding and challenging. OUR MOTTO: LAND 'EM SAFE! AIR SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE CON- X if - vu ACC Watson, J. AC1 Facer, J. AC1 Frost, W. AC1 Oglesby, G. fi' I AC1 Shea, D. AK2 Diaz, F. AC2 Gustavel, D. AC2 Hudson, K. E! vi AC2 Johnson, J. AC2 Martin, J. AC2 Palmer, 1. AC2 Wells, B. AC5 Baker, M. AC5 EIIIS, T. AC5 Fetz, N. AC5 Lawrence, T. AC5 Snider, J. AC5 Wells, S. AC5 Winsell, L. ffl i ACAN Coombs, B AN Femandez, J. ACAN Henry, R. ACAN Howard, P. ACAN Menitt, R. ' 'Z ACAA Linton, R. OC DIVISION 151 AC5 Fitzgerald, C.

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ta Y x ' t A .ang-, Y V Y! :Gi min 1 iff Y I wx Y I V I LTJG daddy, P. ms react, T. ABE C Dickson, D. HT1 Fisher, A. AO1 Tipton, R. ET2 Schwartz, E. RANGER s Salety Department is comprised ol senior personnel from xarious ratings. Tlieirjobs take them from stem to stern, and top to bottom: inspecting, obsening and talking to everyone. We help make RANGER, Top Gun liar None through training and information on hon to do thejob without getting hurt or damaging equipment. Its RANGERPIEN u ho make safety work, but the Safety Department tries to keep ourshipmates alert and aware, We 're also responsible for monitoring sexeral NA VOSH programs including hearing conservation, respiration protection, hazardous materials and many, many more. Nonetheless most RANGERMEN only re- member safety because of their Green Zingers or green cross safety discrepancies. Whateveryou do, think about it first, then do it right the first time, every time, SAFEL Y. YN5 Newton, J. ABEC DICKSON checks on SAFETY Pkoccoumfs. REPORTS ARE ESSENTIAL IN THE SAFETY SAFETY IS Ib4NOER'S MAIN GOAL. AVIATION SAFETY CHECKS SAVE UVE5- PROGRAM. 'X ' SAFETY 155 35- --,- ...Qu