Big E’s MTT: Teaching First-Aid to First Responders

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USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

The Shuttle Newsletter Edition

“We are Legend”

May 15, 2012 Issue

Big E’s MTT: Teaching First-Aid to First Responders Story by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gregory A. Pickett II There are seven battle dressing stations aboard Enterprise. While it is the responsibility of the corpsmen to maintain the BDS, including inventory and making sure the equipment is working properly, it is everyone’s responsibility to learn how to save a life when called upon. A battle dressing station is like a mini trauma station that is stocked with a lot of dressings equipment to maintain people’s airways, oxygen and blood-drawing equipment that is used in case of a mass casualty situation. Enterprise Sailors always train as if they were in the midst of a real GQ situation. History has shown that the most common wounds in such cases are called GITMO 8 wounds, which vary from sucking chest wounds and electrical shocks to amputations and fractures. There are only about 50 corpsmen among Enterprise’s crew of more than 4,600 Sailors and Marines, so if a real mass casualty situation arose, all crew members would need to recall the first-aid training they have gone over time and time again. “Last deployment during the piracy incident was the first time all of the training came into place with stretcher bearers and the medical team,” said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Sonya R. Strickland, forward BDS supervisor. “I think that everyone realized how important the training is and how much we need as many people as possible to know how to Sailors, instructed by the Medical Training Team, respond to a simulated save lives.” medical emergency during a general quarters drill. (Photo by MCSN Brian G. At every GQ, the MTT trains for the unknown Reynolds) because, when they are called into action, it is USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea – Once a week, Sailors stationed essential to remember what steps are needed to save a life. aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) run a To become qualified to operate in a BDS, Sailors are general quarters (GQ) drill to further their knowledge of required to have advanced stretcher bearer training and be CPR firefighting, flood control and life-saving first aid techniques. qualified, with further medical training to continue when they When the GQ alarm sounds, Enterprise’s Medical Training reach a repair locker. Team (MTT) stands ready to educate crew members in the The first aid training and qualifications Sailors receive can aspects of first aid, GITMO 8, CPR, mass casualty treatment, also help save lives both on and off the ship. medical response during a major fire, patient transporting, and “The best medical training team is experienced. Training how to assist the Medical department during other medical and dedication to teaching others makes a good training team,” emergencies. said Lt. Darcy R. Guerricagoitia, ship’s nurse. “Safety and It is every Sailor’s responsibility to be prepared to help save knowledge of the ship are also important for MTT members.” lives aboard ‘Big E’. Therefore, every GQ drill, repair lockers For more information about the MTT or the first-aid training and battle dressing stations (BDS) have corpsmen who lead offered aboard Enterprise, Sailors should contact Medical at training on basic life saving procedures. J-7777.


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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Sailor on the Street What does “Liberty is a Mission” mean to you?

“It means making sure you have a designated non-drinker in your group and being sure to act responsibly.” - YNSN Kayli Peterson

“I think it’s important to have a plan so you can maximize your opportunities and get the most out of your liberty experience.” - Lt. j.g. Emily Rhatican

“Part of the mission is carefully choosing a non-drinking buddy. It’s good to know you always have someone looking out for you.” - HM2 Frank Lacy

“It means making sure that everyone gets back safely and on time.” - Lt. j.g. Jermaine Moore

“It means keeping yourself and your shipmates out of trouble.”

“Liberty is a mission means going out and setting a good example by acting the way you’re supposed to act.” - ABEC Christopher Stanley

- AOAR Randall Gray

Be sure to tune in to SITE TV Thursday, May 17 for the Bahrain Liberty Port Brief!

The Shuttle USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

The Shuttle is published and printed daily underway and bi-weekly in port by the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Media Department, FPO AE 09543-2810. This newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Defense. Please direct all story ideas, questions and comments to MC1 (SW) Steve Smith at smithsw@cvn65.navy.mil. Commanding Officer Capt. William C. Hamilton, Jr. Command Master Chief ABCM (AW/SW) Eric M. Young

Editors MC2 (SW) Kristin L. Grover MCSN Brian G. Reynolds

Executive Officer Capt. G. C. Huffman Public Affairs Officer Lt. Cmdr. Sarah T. Self-Kyler


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In the News

Private Navy Planned To Counter Pirate Raids By David Black, THE NATIONAL

ABU DHABI - A private navy costing US$70 million (Dh257m) is being set up to escort merchant ships through the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden. It will comprise a fleet of 18 ships, based in Djibouti, and will offer to convoy merchant vessels along the Internationally Recognised Transit Corridor (IRTC). This is the world’s most dangerous shipping lane, between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. The fleet will be operated by the Convoy Escort Programme (CEP), a British company launched by the international shipping insurers Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) and the Lloyds of London underwriters Ascot. Full funding will be in place by the end of next month, and the CEP hopes the fleet will be operational by December.

“The shipping industry needs to stand up and be counted,” said Angus Campbell, the CEP’s chief executive and a former director of Overseas Shipholding Group, the world’s second-biggest listed oil tanker company. “The time is now, not in four or five years’ time.” Piracy in the region is costing the global economy an estimated US$7 billion a year. For the ship owners alone, every vessel sailing through the waters off Somalia is charged additional insurance premiums of between $50,000 and $80,000. Ships opting to carry their own armed guards can be charged an additional $18,000 and $60,000 per voyage by security companies. Although the European Union is spending more than €8m (Dh37.94m) a year to maintain a naval force in the waters - EU NavFor - its warships still

cannot provide close support to all merchant vessels. The CEP, however, offers substantial savings to owners as well as protection from pirate attack. The CEP will buy insurance and use that to cover the ships in its convoys, so owners will no longer need to pay premiums, or hire security. Instead, they will just pay a flat $30,000 to $40,000 per ship in the convoy. The CEP is planning to buy seven 150-foot fast patrol boats, understood to be ex-Swedish Navy, and has already earmarked 11 former offshore supply vessels for purchase and conversion. The ships will be equipped with fast semi-inflatables, called ribs, an array of non-lethal counter-measures, and 0.50 calibre heavy machine guns.

U.S. Trains African Troops For Somali Fight By Craig Whitlock, WASHINGTON POST KAKOLA, Uganda — The heart of the Obama administration’s strategy for fighting al-Qaeda militants in Somalia can be found next to a cow pasture here, a thousand miles from the front lines. Under the gaze of American instructors, gangly Ugandan recruits are taught to carry rifles, dodge roadside bombs and avoid shooting each other by accident. In one obstacle course dubbed “Little Mogadishu,” the Ugandans learn the basics of urban warfare as they patrol a mock city block of tumble-down buildings and rusty shipping containers designed to resemble the battered and dangerous Somali capital. “Death is Here! No One Leaves,” warns the fake graffiti, which, a little oddly, is spray-painted in English instead of Somali. “GUNS $ BOOMS,” reads another menacing tag. Despite the warnings, the number of recruits graduating from this boot camp — built with U.S. taxpayer money and staffed by State Department contractors — has increased in recent months. The current class of 3,500 Ugandan soldiers, the biggest since the camp opened five years ago, is preparing to deploy to Somalia to join a growing international force composed entirely of African troops but largely financed by Washington. After two decades of failed efforts, the U.S. government and its allies in East Africa say the interventionist strategy is slowly bolstering security in war-torn and famine-

stricken Somalia, long considered the most ungovernable country in the world. Ever since it plunged into chaos in the 1990s, Somalia has destabilized the region, serving as a hub for Islamic extremists and bands of pirates who plunder some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. American officials have long worried that al-Qaeda leaders will seek to rebuild their global operations in Somalia and nearby Yemen, across the narrow Gulf of Aden. The U.S.-backed force, which is officially led by the African Union and endorsed by the United Nations, began operations in Somalia in 2007. For years, it struggled to fill its ranks, overcome a lack of equipment and win support among Somalis. Since the fall, however, these troops have chased al-Shabab, the Somali militia affiliated with al-Qaeda, out of Mogadishu and solidified control of the capital. In February, the African Union announced plans to expand the size of the force from 12,000 to 18,000, and is preparing to deploy troops to southern and central Somalia for the first time. About three-quarters of the force — mostly Ugandans, but also soldiers from Burundi, Djibouti and Sierra Leone — will have been trained by U.S. contractors hired by the State Department. U.S. military trainers are playing a supporting role, offering specialized instruction in combat medicine and bomb detection, among other subjects.


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Big E Entertainment

ACROSS 1. Cards with 1 symbol 5. Fragrant oil 10. Crazes 14. Mouthful 15. Not tight 16. Rich soil 17. By mouth 18. Australian kingfisher 20. High ranking officer

22. Sprinkle 23. Zero 24. Monster 25. Not prudent 32. Motherless calf 33. Electronic letters 34. Consumer Price Index 37. Blaring 38. Ecru 39. Fashionable

40. Barely manage 41. Flatboat 42. Quench 43. Not asked for 45. Elegance 49. Tin 50. Stewardess 53. Not excessive 57. Disinfectant 59. Superhero accessory 60. Clairvoyant 61. Drying cloth 62. Allies’ foe 63. Makes a mistake 64. Rock 65. Pass the tongue over DOWN 1. All excited 2. Medical breakthrough 3. Distinctive flair 4. Having great beauty 5. Acid neutralizer 6. Anagram of “Loot” 7. Also 8. Requests 9. Harvest 10. A high-pitched woodwind 11. Heart artery 12. Challenges

13. Clever 19. Biblical tower 21. Rend 25. Doing nothing 26. Cozy corner 27. Chills and fever 28. Clairvoyants 29. Spanish for “Friend” 30. Deli item 31. Get prone 34. Gossip 35. Northern freshwater fish 36. Chilled 38. Prohibit 39. Objective 41. Public transit vehicles 42. Fraud 44. “Stick” of frozen water 45. Pursue 46. Hermit 47. Daisylike bloom 48. Mixes 51. Collections 52. Smudge 53. Mortgage 54. Cab 55. Sweeping story 56. Writing table 58. Pair

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