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TO USS CARL VINSON INFO COMCARSTRKGRU ONE COMNAVAIRFOR SAN DIEGO CA//N00/N7/N7A/N7S// BT UNCLAS SECINFO/U/USA// MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2009/COMNAVAIRPAC SAN DIEGO CA/0201/FEB// SUBJ/2011 COMNAVAIRPAC CARRIER BATTLE E WINNER// REF/A/DESC:DOC/COMNAVAIRFOR/YMD:20100209// NARR/REF A IS COMNAVAIRFORINST 3500.20C AIRCRAFT CARRIER TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL// POC/FORCE CV CVN TRNG/SAN DIEGO CA/UNIT:COMNAVAIRFOR N7 1. CONGRATULATIONS TO USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) FOR WINNING THE 2011 COMNAVAIRPAC CARRIER BATTLE E AWARD. AS DEMONSTRATED LEADERS ACROSS ALL WARFARE AREAS, YOU HAVE SET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE. WINNING THE BATTLE E IDENTIFIES CARL VINSON AS THE EPITOME OF LEADERSHIP, TACTICAL ACUMEN AND COMBAT PREPAREDNESS WITHIN ALL OF CARRIER NAVAL AVIATION. WHETHER SUPPORTING COMBAT

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IN THE CENTCOM AOR OR SHOWCASING NAVAL AVIATION IN ITS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WITH THE CARRIER CLASSIC, YOU HAVE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED YOURSELVES AS THE BEST. 2. PLEASE EXTEND MY HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH MEMBER

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FIGHT TO FLY, FLY TO FIGHT, FIGHT TO WIN. CONTINUE ‘BATTLE E’ ON PAGE 2 Cover Illustration by: MC3 Phoenix Levin | Carl Vinson Staff Graphic Designer

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Gold Eagle Sailors Proven Battle Efficient Carl Vinson Earns Sixth Battle “E” Award

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MC2 (SW) Byron C. Linder | Carl Vinson Staff Writer

ommander, Naval Air Forces awarded the 2011 Battle Efficiency (Battle “E”) for West Coastbased aircraft carriers to Sailors of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Feb. 10.

Vinson’s Commanding Officer, Capt.

Kent D. Whalen, congratulated the Vinson Sailors who made the award possible.

“It is terrific to see this ship and crew receive this kind of recognition.

It is a testament to their hard work and dedication and very appropriate for the announcement to come while forward deployed conducting combat operations,” he said. “The spirit and enthusiasm on Carl Vinson amazes me every day. I couldn’t be prouder of what these Sailors have accomplished.”

The annual award was the culmination of 2011’s 365 operational days, of which Vinson Sailors spent 235 at sea. This is Vinson’s sixth Battle “E” overall, having previously earned the distinction in 1990, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004. This marks the first Battle “E” since returning from a refueling complex overhaul in 2009.

“I am very proud of our crew and honored to be a part of the team. I see their dedication and professionalism every day, and I am thankful they are being recognized for their accomplishments in 2011,” said Vinson’s Executive Officer, Cmdr. Paul Spedero.

“I know our Sailors will wear the Battle ‘E’ with pride and continue to serve

our Navy with honor, courage and commitment.”

The Battle “E” is designed to measure and recognize a command’s sustained superior performance and battle efficiency in an operational environment through the calendar year.

Vinson’s Command Master Chief, CMDCM (AW/SW) April Beldo, noted the importance of teamwork in the achievement.

“This is something I’ll remember the rest of my career and long after.

Look back at what this crew has accomplished, and there can be no doubt as to whether they deserved the ‘E’,” she said. “Their spirit has been overwhelming and their will to succeed is the reason we’re celebrating this. Individually, these Sailors are outstanding. Collectively, they are unbeatable.”

Vinson earned 14 departmental efficiency awards for 2011 as part of the assessment – the Air Department Yellow “E,” Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department Black “E,” Combat Systems Department Green “CS,” Damage Control Red “DC,” Deck Department White Crossed Anchors with Black “D,” Engineering Department Red “E,” Medical Department Blue “M,” Navigation Department White Ship’s Wheel, Operations Department Green “E”, Safety Department Green “S”, Security Department Black “S”, Supply Department Blue “E”, Weapons Department Black “W”, and Carrier Maintenance Purple “E”.

“Our Sailors answered every bell with enthusiasm, technical expertise,

an eye on safety and great pride in service. You don’t win a Battle ‘E’ on appearances. You have to excel in every area,” said Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon, commander, Carrier Strike Group 1 (CSG 1). “Carl Vinson Sailors clearly demonstrated sustained superior performance, operational effectiveness and continuous readiness above all others. I couldn’t be more proud.”

Lt. Cmdr. Amy Hunt, Vinson’s training officer, noted despite the different criteria for earning a departmental award, one common factor ran through the individual successes.

“We earned it because the Sailors worked really hard all year long,” she emphasized. “There were a lot of competitive exercises the departments had to perform. Whenever we had a graded general quarters drill, those went into the overall ship’s grade.”

Vinson Sailors were charged with completing 110 graded exercises throughout the year. These evolutions were spread out over nine departments.

“We trained very well and very hard, and our grades for those exercises were very good. We had two backto-back combat deployments, and we demonstrated we were the go-to ship,” Hunt said, citing Vinson’s service in the 2011 Quicken Loans Carrier Classic NCAA basketball game. “Any time we were tasked with something, we did it. And we have a very good reputation as a ship because of our hardworking Sailors.”

Safety: Green “S”

Damage Control: Red “DC”

Weapons: Black “W”

Air: Yellow “E”

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Departmental and Purple “E” Award Winners

A Message From Your Ombudsman Team PROVIDED BY

Ginger Manley | Carl Vinson Ombudsman

Deck: White Crossed Anchors with Black “D” Health Services: Blue “M”

Combat Systems: Green “CS”

Navigation: White Ship’s Wheel

Supply: Blue “E” Operations: Green “E” AIMD: Black “E”

Security: Black “S”

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e want to thank all you for your hard work and dedication. We also want you to know you have amazing families, and they are handling the challenges we all encounter during a deployment in a manner that should make you proud!

This deployment, we have a new website - www.vinsonombudsman. org. It is meant to help keep your family members and loved ones involved and informed, no matter where they are. It is a great place to find resources, Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) program information, events, updates, and contact information. We also have worked with Media Department this deployment to bring our weekly “I Love My Sailor” podcast contest.

This is a weekly contest where the winner’s Sailor gets to give a podcast interview which is posted along with the Sailor’s picture and a “shout out” from back home. All of this is posted on the Ombudsman website every Wednesday.

Video teleconference calls (VTC) will be starting again soon. This was very popular last deployment; many of you and your families enjoyed it.

Keep a look out for more information and be sure to sign up for a time slot.

Our Family Readiness Group (FRG) has a fantastic adults-only halfway party planned (tickets are still available), and a fun children’s halfway party planned (no charge).

More information on these and other FRG events is available at www. vinsonfrg.org.

We are happy to help answer questions your families may have and to provide information about the many programs and resources available to military members and their families.

Our contact information is available on our website and in the POD. It is our pleasure to be your USS Carl Vinson Ombudsman Team!

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PUMP IT UP PART 5: Hangin’ Tough SERIES BY

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MC3 (SW) Luke B. Meineke | Carl Vinson Staff Writer

ust the name lets you know right off the bat that you might want to seek other fitness options if you’re not already in damn good shape.

TUF, or tactical underway fitness, is an “overall full-body workout” focusing on functional strength. The class, led

by Lt. Christopher Tighe, TUF instructor and information operations planner for Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1’s Flag Information Operations Department is formatted to build strength around real-life circumstances. To build functional strength, basic exercises such as squats to strengthen the muscles used when lifting a box off the deck, and shoulder presses to build the muscles used to set that box overhead, comprise the majority of TUF movements.

Though the exercises are basic, TUF is an advanced fitness class designed for Sailors with a higher level of physical fitness and thorough understanding of form and movement.

“It makes me push myself, that’s what I like about it,” said Lt. j.g. Brice Johnson, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22. “It’s a tough workout and it’s always intense.”

“It’s weird because you’re balancing two things,” said Lt. Jens Berdahl, also assigned to VFA-22. “You’re balancing speed and form all the time.”

“Right now, with the group I have, our form is good,” Tighe said. “We know the movements and we can go fast and quick and hard. If it’s a beginner’s level, we’d need to start from basic movements. We would have to work on the form before moving on to something else.”

That “something else” is not easy. One of the typical class strength workouts, “21-15-9”, is only 12 to 15 minutes long and misleading in its simplicity. You pick three exercises, then do 21 repetitions of each exercise, then 15 of each, and then 9 reps of each, Tighe explained. “Last week for our workout, the three movements were handstand pushups, regular pushups, and I have these gymnastics rings we do ring-dips with. The three movements sound sort of easy, but, as you go through it, the blood gets into your muscles, you start slowing down and you feel it the next day.”

With strength classes lasting 12 to 15 minutes and endurance classes only 20 to 25 minutes, one of TUF’s distinctive features is its relatively short class length. The workouts are short because you can’t really go much further in intensity and maintain a regular training schedule, Tighe said. “If you keep the intensity to 20, 25 or 30 minutes, you’re going to feel it, but the next day you’re not going to be so sore you can’t work out.”

“I would say to the people who think you don’t get a good workout in 20 minutes –because that was my problem, I wanted longer to work out – I went and did it, and in 20 minutes, I was dead,” Johnson said.

“If you do a workout faster, you’re actually using more energy to do it because you’re forcing your body to do more work,” added Lt. j.g. Josh Raymond, assigned to VFA-22. “You get a better response out of it.”

Tighe has drawn on his experience earning a level one CrossFit certification and working as a certified trainer to develop the class and instruct.

“It’s not the fact that I was certified. That’s just a piece of paper,” Tighe said. “The fact I have experience working with people, that I’ve studied a little bit of kinesiology in the past, studied muscle movement, and just the experience of working with people, has helped me be able to do something like this.”

Tighe runs TUF classes every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 1300, though the day-to-day schedule is as fluid as the training plan according to his personal schedule. Tighe said he knows that’s tough for everyone, but his class picks up the slack. “What’s good is I have a few guys in my group that have similar experience as I do with different programs that they’re trainers in. So they fill in the gaps sometimes,” Tighe said.

Currently, Tighe’s class is fairly small, with most classes made up of five to 10 Sailors. “The smaller class is good, because, as time goes on, you grow a relationship – that camaraderie you build,” Tighe said. “At the beginning of a workout, you’re talking trash, making fun of each other and having a good time. Then, at the end of a workout, you’re shaking each other’s hand, saying, ‘Ah, man, that was a great workout. Can’t wait for the next one.’”

“The class is awesome,” Raymond said. “Having the other guys there pushes you harder. We’ll try to do it on our own, but you don’t push yourself as hard as when there’s a guy next to you.”

Tighe said he likes larger groups, as well. However, larger numbers demand more equipment, and on deployment, equipment is a premium. “We have to limit the variety of exercises we do,” Tighe said. “With the CSG 1 staff, I do a larger group of 15 to 20 people and we just make do. It doesn’t matter the size of the class for me. However big or small the group is, as long as we’re accomplishing our goals of having fun and getting fit, we’re good to go.”

The limited equipment available during deployment can have positive results, though. “It forces me to look out for new stuff to implement into our program to make it more interesting and more fun so people don’t get bored and move on,” Tighe said. “We try to find things around the ship and get creative and see how we can use it in our workout.”

One stipulation Tighe makes to those Sailors interested in trying or attending TUF is they contact him first. “I’d like to know what their goals are and what their fitness level is,” Tighe said. “If they are a novice and haven’t done this kind of program before, maybe it’s not for them, because it’s kind of intense.”

Raymond urged Sailors thinking about trying TUF or any advanced fitness class not to be intimidated. “That’s the biggest thing,” Raymond said. “When I’m back on the beach and I’m trying to get people to come in the gym, they’re like, ‘No, man. I can’t keep up with you guys.’ But that doesn’t matter, even though people get intimidated by that. I would say don’t be intimidated and come check it out.”

However, for a large enough group of Sailors new to the CrossFit or P90X-esque programs, Tighe said he would be willing and interested in creating a beginners’ group. The class would focus on teaching proper form and building strength to where, at the end of deployment, those Sailors could join a higher-intensity class.

Tighe said the continuation of functional fitness is a principle focus of this TUF class. For those with experience and those without, Tighe said he hopes “everybody gets something out of it, and not just for the deployment, but they carry it on.”

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“Are We There Yet?” PROVIDED BY

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Cmdr. Keith J. Shuley | Carl Vinson Staff Chaplain

hen the four of us children and our parents would get in the family car to take a trip, one of us would eventually say, “Are we there yet?” Our parents would give us a good idea where we were, and how much longer it was going to take, but it wouldn’t be long before we asked again, “Are we there yet?”

We have definitely hit a point on deployment, in this current underway segment, where people are beginning to ask if we are there yet. And I would like to share with you that we are doing great things, taking care of business, supporting

and defending our nation, and some well-earned liberty is within reach.

But until we are actually there, we have to remain seated, mind our own business, look out our own windows, and keep our hands to ourselves just like the Shuley kids had to do in the old days.

Let’s keep our heads on a swivel and keep our eyes open for FOD and other safety concerns. Let’s take care of one another and help each other to be our best. Let’s make every day at sea count, because our nation, our allies, and our loved ones are counting on us.

While writing this reflection I asked Chaplain Hazlett for his opinion. He quickly stated, “Don’t leave out when Dad says that if you kids don’t stop acting up I’ll turn this car around and we’ll go right back home.”

Well Shipmates, I don’t think that’s going to happen here, at least not yet.

But while we stand the watch, let’s treat it like it’s our first watch, our last watch, our only watch.

Work hard, work smart and stay focused in the days ahead. Enjoy your liberty when the time comes. It is definitely worth the wait.

Please don’t go on liberty until we actually get into port. We are counting on you to maintain the standards of excellence we promote as a ship and air wing team.

Our great reputation has been earned over a long period of time, but it only takes a very short period of time to harm that reputation. Exercise good judgment in all things.

Thanks for taking a few minutes to look over this reflection, and as always, your comments are most welcome. Catch me in the p-way or on a ladder well, drop by the office, send an email or get me on the j-dial at 6422.

And if you’d like to join us, you are always welcome to attend any of our worship services, classes, or activities.

Your religious ministries personnel are here to serve you.

Naval Missions and Heritage Naval Missions and Heritage Taken from the 24th edition Blue Jackets’ Manual

Proper Wearing of Awards And Precedence

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ou will only wear your medals on very formal occassions when the prescribed uniform is full dress. Miniature versions of the medals are worn with dinner dress uniforms. Ribbons are worn on dress uniforms but not on the working ones.

It is important that you wear your awards in the proper order. Whenever you earn a new award, you must determine where it goes in relation to the other awards you have already earned.

The awards with the higher precedence are worn closer to your heart (called “farthest inboard”).

For example, if you have earned an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, a Navy Unit Commendation, a Combat Action Ribbon, a Navy and Marine Corps Achievment Medal, and a National Defense Service Medal, you would arrange them in two rows, with three ribbons on the lower row and two on the upper row. Since the Navy and Marine Corps Achievment Medal has the highest precedence (nearest the top

of the list), it would go on the top row, closest to your heart (farthest inboard). Next to it would be the Combat Action Ribbon. The bottom row would be the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon farthest inboard, with the National Defense Medal next in line (in the middle), and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal last, on the bottom row, farthest from the heart (farthest outboard).

If you earn the same award more than once, you will not receive the medal or ribbon again, but will receive a special metal attachment that goes on the original medal or ribbon. Other attachments are also sometimes added to awards to represent something other than repeated awards (such as the number of missions flown or an “S” on a pistol or rifle ribbon to indicate qualification as a sharpshooter). Navy uniform regulations contain further information regarding the precedence and appropriate wear of all personnel, unit, and service awards.

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Fitness Challengers M a k i n g SN Kylie Bowers

NC1 (SW) Nancy Lowe

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MC3 (SW) Luke B. Meineke | Carl Vinson Staff Writer

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ix weeks ago Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Division kicked off Cardio Challenge WestPac 2012 in which Sailors bike, row or run, logging miles and meters, to meet a fitness goal of 200 in a specific category.

In the Jan. 12 edition of the Vinson Voice we were introduced to four fitness challengers – Seaman Kylie Bowers, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125, Navy Counselor 1st Class (SW) Nancy Lowe, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 15, Lt. Cmdr. Ana Tempone, assigned to Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class (AW) Alberto Pena.

Bowers, a College Station, Texas native, clocked in at 12.5 miles on the treadmill Jan 12 and she is currently logged at 136 miles, a mere 64 miles from her challenge goal. To increase her chances of meeting her goal prior to Vinson’s next port visit, Bowers increased her daily mileage to six miles per day.

Yet despite the change to her workout routine, she feels like she has hit a rhythm.

“I feel good, I mean, my body feels good,” Bowers said. “I look forward to going to the gym every day.”

Along with the fitness challenge, Bowers has been attending Step classes three nights a week and is pleased with the results.

“It really does make you feel good,” Bowers said. “Your body can tell when you’re doing what you’re supposed to or when you’re not doing enough.”

Bowers’ focus is on finishing. “I’m just trying to get this thing done,” she said. “I know what my minimum is, and if I can push more, then I do that. It keeps me focused and on target.”

Lowe, a Mexia, Texas native took on this challenge to prepare for an even bigger challenge – a triathlon. Her husband, Bruce, is currently in San Diego training for triathlons, and it is Lowe’s goal to join him after Vinson’s return to homeport.

Jan 12, she logged 20 miles on the treadmill and 15 miles on the elliptical. Today, she logged 58 miles on the treadmill and 66 miles on the elliptical. Collectively, Lowe still has to complete 276 miles to meet her goal.

Lowe works out every day to complete both the treadmill and elliptical challenge. She alternates between the treadmill and elliptical trainer, accumulating four miles per day on either machine, and along with the challenge, she helps run the command fitness class “Red Lion Fitness” four days a

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Lt. Cmdr. Ana Tempone

ABH2 (AW) Alberto Pena

week.

“I’m about to die,” Lowe laughed. “I don’t know if it’s the long working hours, PT-ing every day, my duties as ACFL, but I’m running low on energy.”

Despite her body’s tiredness, however, Lowe feels motivated to finish. “I think I’m at the point where I just want to knock it out,” she said. “I might do 10 miles in a row for a week and a half and just knock it out.”

In order to help push through to the finish and because her body flat-out needs more energy, Lowe is eating a lot more than usual. She also has updated her iPod with ten gigabytes of new music and is working on new playlists to help her through her workout.

Aside from that, Lowe will always have Lt. Gloria V. Ewing, a HS-15 Shipmate and command fitness instructor, pushing her to do more.

“She’ll ask, ‘Did you work out today?’” or she’ll say, “You know, you should do 10 miles. What’s stopping you?” Lowe laughed.

“Or, if she sees me eating a cookie or something, she’ll say, ‘I hope you worked out today.’ That’ll get me in the gym.”

Lt. Cmdr. Ana Tempone, a Carthage, N.C. native, uses this challenge to keep her motivated through deployment. Jan. 12, she logged 18 miles on the treadmill and 65 miles on the bike.

Today, Tempone is 124 miles away from meeting her goal on the treadmill and 541 miles away on the bike. (Tempone set an 800mile goal on the bike for herself.)

Although she is undertaking two challenges at once, Tempone believes it is going well.

“The run is going more easily, but the bike isn’t going so great,” Tempone said. “The hardest part is still getting to the gym. Once I’m there, it is no problem.”

In order to finish all 1,000 miles, Tempone keeps to a regiment – running between 10 to 15 miles on the treadmill and biking 45 miles a week. However it changes according to her watch rotation, which includes mid-watches.

“It was a little challenging to find times to sleep,” she said. “By the end of my watch rotation, I was ready to sleep for a few days.”

Still, she feels she is on track to finish both challenges by April, and even suspects she will finish the run portion by the middle of March.

To motivate herself, Tempone runs with friends and counts down the miles to stay on point. She has also started a halfmarathon training plan this week to keep another goal in mind.

On Jan. 24, Pena, who logged 63.09 miles and was just 136 miles from his challenge goal on the elliptical, had to suspend his activity due to an abdominal injury.

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fitness classes can be during deployment. “It gives me something to look forward to,” Tighe explained. “It gives me something to think about outside the office. You need something else to think about or you’re gonna go nuts thinking about office stuff and you’re going to get burned out.”

Tighe said skipping a workout is a slippery slope, where taking one day off can turn into two, three, a week, or a month. Fitness classes provide fortification against losing that ground, by offering up motivation from others in the class as well as demanding you be there. “Having a class, whether

I’m running it or I’m not, I have a group of guys there that are expecting me to show up. That keeps me accountable,” Tighe said.

Overall, Tighe is impressed and surprised by the fitness program Vinson has produced this deployment. “I didn’t think there were going to be so many options when I came on the ship,” Tighe said. “I thought it was just going to be, ‘Alright, I’ve got to find something for myself.’ I’m extremely happy with it. There are a lot of options out there, a lot of opportunities. If I get home and I’m overweight, it’s because I didn’t take advantage of what Carl Vinson had to offer.”

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DIALOGUES D E C K P L A T E

| What does winning the Battle “E” mean to you? | “I am proud to be part of the best carrier in the fleet. I know all of us worked hard, and it didn’t go unnoticed.”

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“It means we were successful in qualifying as the best warship in the fleet. We have earned this rightfully by working to get the best qualifications scores.”

LN2 (SW/AW) R a y m o n d A l a m o

“It’s a great pleasure to represent this ship. We worked hard for this title from RCOH until now.”

“That means we have a fine chain of command that led us to success. Without their leadership and guidance we wouldn’t have been able to earn this title. “

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|EXECUTIVE EDITORS| LT. CMDR. ERIK REYNOLDS PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

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ABE3 Roy Dye, left, ABE3 Christopher Jaramillo, center, and ABE3 Ohene Danso, right, stow barricades below decks after flight deck drills aboard Vinson. Photo by MC2 (SW) James R. Evans

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|MANAGING EDITOR| MC2 (SW/AW) LORI D. BENT

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attention on deck!

It is basic military and shipboard courtesy for personnel to stand aside when seniors approach in a passageway or a ladderwell. Additionally, “Attention on Deck” is expected and appropriate when CSG-1, the CO, XO, or Captains or above enter a space. Heads of departments are extended the same courtesy.

|STAFF WRITERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS| MC2 (SW) BYRON C. LINDER MC3 (SW/AW) ROSA A. ARZOLA MC3 (SW/AW) TIMOTHY A. HAZEL MCSN GEORGE M. BELL MCSA ANDREW K. HALLER