Ranger (CV 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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ii., , -.... -W Pl-12 M. D. SMOTHERMON PH2 M. D- SMOTHERMON , .. ,-..f A f Ts' NX gif... w ais- S68 Q. ,gi . HPI' AO2 Estano and A05 Boggs monitoring the movement of ordnance. AOCS Foster and AOCM Squier displaying their backgammon skills. '22 A094 EOD DET ACHMEN EO D llixplosive Ordnance Disposall Team is a small select group of highly skilled volunteers who are responsible for the detection, identification, rendering safe, recov- ery, field evaluation, and disposal of explosive ord- nance lsurface, subsurface, foreign and domesticl which has expended in such a manner that it cre- ates a hazard to operations, personnel or equip- ment. This includes items from the simplest to the most complex and sophisticated missiles, bombs and unconventional clandestine devices which in- advertently become hazardous by damage or dete- rioration. The EOD Team provides support for flight deck evolutions, underway replenishments of ordnance, and damage control training for firefighting parties in the special hazards involved with ordnance re- lated accidents such as contamination control and decontamination. They also provide diving ser- vices for RANGER and other ships in company. Detachment Two Five KDET 252 is home based at Barbers Point, Hawaii. 180 G-as Di vi 2 .mf 1, 41 mga, gp - ,ll PH2 M. D. SMOTHERMOH LT Oydna, WTC Gipson, and MM2 Jenkins - Are we having fun yet? LT OYDIYA, B. GMG1 MAUTZ, R. MM2 JENKINS, R. M i - ------------------ ------1--N ---MM --f-f:wv-Mm1M.--w.f1f.-- T ,A ...T,.-,wk..z..Ql,, h .V Aww, Q . F ,, 'S 321 i -WK A xl

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1 Q- mm.. N AOCM Squier, R. AOCS Foster, G. AO1 Snyder, S. AO1 Zeh, R. AO2 Estano, F. AO5 Boggs, K. 1 AWMCS personnel discussing the days events. 1 , 542 sz l lI2 M. D. .SMOTIYIQKMOIY its H' sv I 7 I ,au AO5 Fuss, F. YHSH Cooper, J. AN Powell, G. SN Singer, K. AOAIY Smith, D. AA Mathieu, M. - DIVISIO Division is comprised 1 of two workcenters. One workcenter is the Weapons Office which handles the dai- ly correspondence for the entire de- partment, This entails the correct prep- aration of Letters of Instruction fLOll for a pending weapons movement, routing of messages toffrom the Mes- sage Center, and other miscellaneous forms of correspondence handling. The Weapons Officer fcommonly nick- named as GUN BOSS l administra- tively runs the department from the Weapons Office, along with the Ord- nance Ofiicer, and is assisted by the Weapons Leading Chief Petty Officer IWLCPOI. The other workcenter is the Aviation Weapons Movement and Control Sta- tion tAWMCSl. Personnel assigned to this work center are directly responsible to the Ordnance Handling Officer lOHO.l for monitoring and controlling the movement of all ordnance aboard RANGER. At sea, AWMCS receives the ordnance request from Strike Oper- ations via the Load Plan Schedule . A WMC S then tasks the appropriate divi- sion to assemble and send the desired ordnance to the flight deck where it is issued to ainving ordnancemen for uploading onto the aircraft. AWMCS must keep an accurate account of where each piece of ordnance is stored or staged for ready issue to the air wing. During a shipboard casualty fi.e. fire, flooding or smokel, AWMCS as- sists Damage Control Central by pro- viding information to the repair party of any magazine spacefsl in proximity to the casualty. l'H2 M. D. 5i'7OTfiERMOl'f L YPISIY Cooper and AO1 Snyder earnestly working G-5 DIVISION 179

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PH2 M. D. SMOTHERMOH I 'I Forward SASS Crew I2 M. o. snorfrcffnorv .1 L' 'Win I Y! 1 Aff SASS Crew gc- W DI VISI O Division consists of two work- centers, commonly referred to as Forward and Aft SASS iSpecial Ammunition Storage Spacej. Personnel assigned to W Division are designated Weapons Technicians lWTsl a select group of highly skilled and technically trained and motivated individuals. The historical background of the WT rating stems from the early 1950's and the Armed Forces Services Weapons Project IAFS WPQ. These technicians were the nucleus of AFS WF and were formed into the Nucle- ar Weaponsman tlYWl rating aboard aircraft carriers as early as 1954. ln the early 1960 's, the NW rating was changed to a fictitious rating of Gun- ner's Mate Technician IGMTSJ to pro- tect the individuals from the threats of espionage. The WT rating was born from the GMT rating in 1986. This se- lect group numbers less than a thou- sand assigned to the entire U.S. Navy. On board RANGER, W Division is manned by twenty-seven WT's who are responsible for the assembly, test, stowage, and handling of three Special Weapons Systems. Their capabilities are certified on an annual basis by a thorough inspection of all administra- tive and technical procedures. WTs have maintained a proud tradition of providing over forty years of Peace- keeping without ever firing a shot in anger! LT Williamson, J. LT Tenan, W. WTCS Plummer, W. WTC Harms, K. WT1 Femiak, P. WT1 Stallard, P. .1551 I if 1 se Yf g . 'xl 41 WT2 Dill, D. WT2 Holfman, C. , WT2 Hollis, D. WTJ5 Bell, K. WT5 Blackwell, J. SK5 Bledsoe, S. W DIVISION 181