Vinson Voice FEB 17th

In This Issue: CATCC | Gun Shoot | For the Graper Good | Green Machine

Vol 03 No 03 | February 17, 2013

365

ALL DAY

EVERY DAY CPO

STORY BY

365

MC3 (SW) Heather Roe| Carl Vinson Staff Writer

B

“

ecoming a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy was one of the most monumental moments in my life. I remember standing on the flight deck of Carl Vinson, overwhelmed with emotion and exhaustion, surrounded by loved ones and my new brothers and sisters,” said Chief Aviation Electronics Technician (AW/ SW) Ryan Kilgo, aircraft intermediate maintenance department IM-3 division’s calibration lab chief. “I was proud of all the goals we met together. I will never forget the Sailors that got me where I am and I will never forget to train my Sailors to replace me one day.”

Just as Chief Kilgo did before them, USS Carl Vinson first class petty officers (FCPO) are honing their leadership skills while learning

Photo By MC2 (SW) Megan L. Catellier

CONTINUE ‘CPO 365’ on PAGE 2

2

Vinson Voice

FROM ‘CPO 365’ ON PAGE 1

about the expectations and tradition of a U.S. Navy chief petty officer.

However, with a recent revision to the training program, CPO 365, Carl Vinson FCPOs will receive even more training and mentorship.

“CPO 365 is a program established by the master chief petty officer of the navy (MCPON) designed for current chiefs to start developing first classes, not only to develop them right now and help them with their leadership skills, but to train Sailors so when they get selected and promoted to chief they already have the skills that they are going to require,” explained Senior Chief Aviation Support Equipment Technician (AW/SW) Eleazar Garcia, CPO 365’s assistant training coordinator.

Established by the 12th MCPON, Rick West, in February 2012, the revised CPO 365 guidance by MCPON Mike Stevens instructed the training of FCPOs fleet-wide whether they are eligible for selection to chief or not.

“There is no more initiation season; there’s no more transition; there’s no more shaping through induction. All three of those words have been retired. It’s CPO 365 all year long. That is the big change this year,” explained Senior Chief Logistics Specialist (SW/AW) Kris Rains, CPO 365’s chairman.

“It’s a program to help first classes get to that necessary leadership point, but instead of compressing it down into what used to be a sixweek induction process for chief selectees, we’re now taking a full year to help all first classes get to that step,” Garcia said. “Granted, they may not make chief, but at least we know we’re developing stronger first classes.”

In the new CPO 365 program, FCPOs go through two phases that last all year. With each phase, Carl Vinson’s Chief ’s Mess trains FCPOs to start thinking outside their comfort zone and begin networking around the ship to ensure each Sailor benefits from CPO 365.

“Our process allows them to learn techniques to be effective

communicators to get the job done,” Rains said.

Phase one of CPO 365 begins every year the day after the annual CPO pinning ceremony in mid-September. The purpose of phase one is to start building a foundation for the FCPOs to follow while in their current positions to better equip them in the future. The first phase concludes when the NAVADMIN message announces those FCPOs selected for CPO. “During phase one, we have professional development training where we test them professionally, personally, physically, and mentally,” Rains said. “We do that with a training team that puts together a curriculum.”

As part of phase one, FCPOs attend classroom training throughout the year. The FCPOs are broken up into four teams, meeting once a week with their designated team to discuss a topic of research from the week prior.

“There are main topics we have to train on, designated by the MCPON, as part of CPO 365,” said Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) (AW/SW) Mark Sowell, CPO 365’s training coordinator. “Our focus is getting the first classes all the training they need to get them ready to be a chief. Basically, what we’re doing is putting tools in their toolbox for them to be a complete leader.”

Every week the FCPOs are assigned a new topic or theme to research, to continuously build their level of knowledge. After researching the topic, the FCPOs start networking throughout the ship to gain more information about the topic. Topics range from understanding the physical fitness assessment (PFA) to the role of the drug and alcohol program advisor (DAPA) – anything a Sailor in management needs to know to ensure the success of their division.“Overall, the training is designed to hone their leadership and management skills,” Garcia said. “We teach those topics that first classes need to be knowledgeable on to train their Sailors and to be

February 17, 2013

able to make a turn-around on issues we’ve seen.”

You have to know policy and instruction forward and backward, said Ship’s Serviceman 1st Class (SW/AW) Jason Petty, supply department S-3 division’s services leading petty officer. “As a leader, you’re going to be in the position where you need to explain, in detail, policies to young Sailors and how they are going to affect them in years to come. Everything we learn is for a reason,” Petty said.

Along with professional and educational growth, CPO 365 stresses good physical health development in its FCPOs, holding weekly physical training (PT) sessions throughout the program.

“PT is group-oriented to build camaraderie and develop teamwork and to reflect a strong sense of espirit de corps among FCPOs and chiefs,” said Senior Chief Machinist’s Mate (SW/AW) Adrian DavilaZapata, CPO 365’s assistant PT coordinator. “We are trying to pass on this culture of fitness and influence to the first classes to get them motivated and, essentially, to be fit, to be healthy.”

FCPOs meet once a week at 5:30 a.m., conducting cardio exercises to burn fat and calisthenics exercises to build strength. One of the main goals is to instill the Navy’s culture of fitness in FCPOs so, once they become chiefs, they are able to influence and train their junior Sailors on its importance.

“It’s not only healthy to PT, but you’re leading by example to influence junior Sailors to start PTing or PT more often to obtain a higher physical-fitness level,” Davila-Zapata said. “By doing this, we can influence, little by little, over time, all of our Sailors. They will better understand the importance of maintaining a consistent fitness level.”

After the NAVADMIN naming the newly selected chiefs is released in late summer, all FCPOs then continue on into CPO 365’s phase two. While all FCPOs participate in phase two, only the chief selectees participate in certain traditional events. Phase two lasts six weeks, until the chief selectees are pinned as chief petty officers.

“The reason that we now do it year-round is to develop effective leaders, which does not happen in a few short weeks. It is a continuous, never-ending process, hence ‘365’,” Rains said. “These future chief petty officers are going to be in charge of leading and developing our future Sailors in the Navy. It must be a year-long process to fully instill the heritage, the importance of physical fitness, and the knowledge of where to find the answers when they are asked.”

Although Carl Vinson is only in its first complete year of CPO 365, it has already shown positive effects within the FCPO population aboard.

“I see a lot of Sailors who have embraced CPO 365 this year due to some of the changes in training,” Rains said. “The first classes have stepped up. They all want to be chiefs someday and we’re trying to make sure those tools are available to them.”

One benefit all FCPOs receive from CPO 365 is the opportunity to interact with and learn from their fellow first classes.

“I believe that it’s giving me an opportunity to listen to others. We are all leaders. I think the most important thing with being a leader is having vision,” Petty said. “What’s your plan to achieve your goals and how are you going help make your Sailors successful? An E-6 listening to other E-6s, learning how they are going to get to the next plateau is really beneficial.”

“The Navy has been ever-changing since 1775 and chief petty officers have been the backbone of embracing change,” Rains said.

“That’s why CPO 365 must be a year-round program. It is the single, sustaining method we will use to train, build and develop effective chief petty officers.”

3

Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Robert Gonzales, left, and Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Jonathan Kress, right, do sit-ups in the hangar bay.

Photo By | MC3 Giovanni Squadrito

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 1st Class Kenneth Cranston participates in CPO 365’s physical training in the hangar bay.

Photo By | MC3 Giovanni Squadrito

Sailors perform arm circles during morning PT in the hangar bay.

Photo By | MC3 Giovanni Squadrito

4

CATCC

Vinson Voice

Carrier Air Traffic Control Center

PHOTOS BY: MCSN Iain L. Stratton | Carl Vinson Staff Photographer

Chief Air-Traffic Controller Shannon Lynch supervises Sailors while they monitor flight operations from the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center.

Photo By | MCSN Iain L. Stratton MCSA Matthew A. Carlyle | Carl Vinson Staff Writer

STORY BY

C

arl Vinson took another major step toward becoming deployment-ready, earning Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC) qualifications Feb. 14.

CATCC uses advanced radar systems and communication technology to direct aircraft leaving the ship or returning from a mission and assists pilots in safely landing their aircraft aboard the flight deck.

“The CATCC qualification was an overall team qualification, gauging whether or not Carl Vinson air traffic controllers can work as a cohesive unit in a CATCC environment with live aircraft,” said Chief Air-Traffic Controller (AW/SW) Shannon Lynch, operations department OC division’s CATCC chief.

After earning the CATCC

certification, Carl Vinson’s CATCC team – comprised of air operations, carrier controlled approach (CCA) personnel, and air transfer officers (ATO) – is once again qualified to conduct Case III flight operations.

“Case III is at night or during bad weather, when the pilots can’t see anything,” explained Air-Traffic Controller 1st Class (AW/SW) Alexander McCardle-Blunk, CATCC supervisor. “During Case III conditions, we’re working our hardest. We take positive control of the incoming aircraft and use the radar to guide the aircraft to the ship.”

Even though these operations take place during low visibility, our qualification process was held during the daytime to ensure the safest conditions for all personnel, said Lynch.

“They did two simulated Case III night

operations for us to get qualified,” Lynch said. “Now that we’re qualified to work as a CATCC team, we’ll do all nighttime operations and daytime operations without any supervision.”

The team had to get recertified because it hasn’t had any live aircraft to work with since the end of Carl Vinson’s Western Pacific (WESTPAC) deployment in May 2012, McCardle-Blunk explained.

“Without going to sea, the ship can’t keep its certification. As a CATCC team, we needed to earn this qualification to again be fully-operational for at-sea operations,” he said.

Like much of the ship, the CATCC equipment received upgrades and underwent major maintenance during the ship’s seven-month maintenance availability. It was therefore necessary, McCardle-Blunk said, to ensure all CATCC equipment and antennae were working properly.

“All of our scopes are brand new

February 17, 2013

5

Osprey, Arriving Air-Traffic Controller 2nd Class (AW/SW) Ashley Wilson monitors flight operations from Carrier Air Traffic Control Center.

Photo By | MCSN Iain L. Stratton

PHOTO BY

MC3 George M. Bell | Carl Vinson Photographer

Air-Traffic Controller 2nd Class Andrew Roberts monitors the status of aircraft in the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center aboard Carl Vinson.

Photo By | MCSN Iain L. Stratton

and our keyboard functions have been remapped,” McCardle-Blunk said. “We have a brand new antenna – the AN/ SPN-43 antenna - our primary air traffic control radar. We just got it working perfectly. Before, it was 180 degrees off.

Now, we have it working and love it. It’s beautiful.”

The CATCC qualification, and all qualifications earned during this nineday underway period, is a crucial step toward readying Carl Vinson for the nation’s tasking.

“Without the CATCC qualification, the aircraft would just sit on the deck,” Lynch said. “With Carl Vinson, you have a carrier that’s fully going through its flight deck certification, its Precision Aircraft Landing System (PALS) certification, and its CATCC certification, to become an overall-certified carrier. We can be called upon at any moment to go do the job. That makes us a ready carrier, which the Navy always needs.”

PHOTO BY

MC2 Timothy Hazel | Carl Vinson Photographer

Photo By MCSN Kristopher Haley

Photo By MCSN Jacob Kaucher

WEAPONS QUA

Photo By MCSN Jacob Kaucher

Photo By MCSN Jacob Kaucher

Photo By MCSN Kristopher Haley

6 Vinson Voice

Photo By MCSN Jacob Kaucher

February 17, 2013

Photo By MCSN Kristopher Haley

7

ALIFICATIONS Photo By MCSN Jacob Kaucher

CAPTION BY

MC3 (SW) Heather Roe | Carl Vinson Staff Writer

As a practical compliment to manning full bore stations, Sailors from security department and weapons department G-2 division trained on Carl Vinson’s fantail during a Crew Certification Weapons Qualification Feb. 15 to qualify and re-qualify Sailors on .50 caliber and M240B machine guns weapons needed to man full bore stations and defend the ship during enemy vessel and aircraft situations.

“Full bore is a readiness level that Carl Vinson activates during high-risk situations. During full bore all ten .50 caliber machine gun mounts are manned throughout the ship and two M240B machine gun teams are roving the flight deck,” explained Master-At-Arms 2nd Class (SW/EXW) Patrick Canady, security department crew certification weapon instructor.

“The weapons training team instructs and watches over the safety of our full bore team when they’re out there doing practice or doing a straits transit or high risk transit,” said Senior Chief Gunner’s Mate (SW/AW) Zach

Photo By MCSN Jacob Kaucher

Eubank, weapons department G-2 division leading chief petty officer. “The overarching goal is to make sure when we’re out there doing the job that we have people on station who know what they’re doing and can properly defend the ship.”

During these weapons qualifications, Sailors don personal protective equipment. In order to shoot the .50 Cal and M240B machine guns, they must wear a Kevlar vest, Kevlar helmet, hearing protection, gloves, and goggles.

Each Sailor shoots 100 rounds from the .50 Cal and M240 machine guns in short bursts of three to five rounds to qualify on the weapon.

Although Sailors are firing these weapons in friendly waters off the coast of San Diego now, they must be aware of what the critical training is for.

“It’s important to get qualified for ship readiness. We need to make sure we have as many qualified shooters as we can,” Canady said. “So when we’re going through the straits and we’re standing these longer watches we can have Sailors ready to respond, standing efficient watches.

It all comes down to being able to protect this ship.”

8

Vinson Voice

For the Graper Good V4 Division Pumps the Air Wing’s Life Blood

Sailors handle phone and distance line on the flight deck while Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is alongside fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) conducting a refueling-at-sea.

Photo By | MCSN Iain L. Stratton

STORY BY

MC2 (SW/AW) Luke B. Meineke

C

arl Vinson Sailors completed their first refueling-at-sea (RAS) in more than nine months Feb. 12 while the ship was underway conducting carrier qualifications. Two million gallons of JP-5 were pumped across the 200-foot churning gap separating Carl Vinson and the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187), replenishing its stores, facilitating flight operations and ultimately allowing Carl Vinson the opportunity to complete carrier qualifications.

“Two million gallons is the most we’ve taken on since I’ve been here,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 1st Class (AW/SW) Justin L. Yingling, air department V-4 division’s below

Electrician’s Mate Fireman Rashaun Avery monitors tank level indicators.

Photo By | MC3 Giovanni Squadrito

decks leading petty officer and underway replenishment (UNREP) coordinator who has been aboard Carl Vinson four years.

“It went smoothly, though. It was a very safe evolution.”

While any RAS involves numerous departments from throughout the ship, air department’s V-4 division is solely responsible for the safe and equal dissemination of oncoming fuel to the storage tanks located below decks.

“The two million gallons pumped aboard went into 125 tanks,” said Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) Sean T. Roberts, air department V-4 division’s below decks leading chief petty officer.

“Yingling coordinated everything all over the ship to bring on the fuel safely and as quickly as possible.”

In order to bring about the safe and efficient transfer of fuel, Yingling, from fuels control, and operators on the

Carl Vinson pulls alongside fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser to conduct a refueling-at-sea.

Photo By | MCSN Kristopher S. Haley

Kaiser coordinated the proper pumping pressure from Carl Vinson’s three double probe receiver refueling stations.

“We started out at the minimum pressure that they can give us,” explained Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class (AW) Jesse Malm, air department V-4 division pump room 2 console operator. “As soon as we knew all the sponsons were good and the probes were all seated, then we increased the psi (pounds-per-square inch) gradually.

We increased from 40 psi to 60, from 60 to 80, 100, and then to the maximum, which is 120 psi.”

From the receiving stations oncoming JP-5 ties into the transfer main, a 12inch pipe that runs the length of the ship from bow to stern. It disseminates the fuel down to the seventh deck and throughout the ship, which allows V-4 division to distribute fuel in both

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Jesse Malm monitors fuel levels.

Photo By | MC3 Giovanni Squadrito

February 17, 2013

forward and aft tanks at the same time.

“We had fuel going down into the cargo tanks. We had fuel going back aft and fuel going forward simultaneously,” Yingling explained. “We have a certain amount of tanks open at one time and I have to monitor all of them to make sure they are getting the correct levels.”

Assisting Yingling to direct the fuel throughout the ship, JP-5 fuel pump room 2 and JP-5 fuel pump room 3 consul operators monitored the forward and aft tanks, respectively, during the RAS. “While Yingling was monitoring every tank, he had eyes and ears in the pump rooms feeding him information, keeping him abreast of the situation in order to assist him with a clearer, more efficient picture,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 2nd Class (AW) Alex Rivera III, air department V-4 division’s pump room 3 console operator.

Each console operator has a screen that illustrates each tank in their area of responsibility. The operators use these screens to continuously brief fuels control and to open and close the storage tanks in order to direct oncoming fuel.

“I let fuels control know what tank I was going to be opening next,” Rivera said. “Once a tank closed, I opened up the next tank available and notified fuels control, always leaving 10 tanks open at a time.”

Like every other operation stores onload, refueling at sea operations must keep ballast in mind in order to keep the ship and the flight deck as level as possible.

9

“We can’t go too heavy on either side, so we watched our weight on port and starboard to keep them even,” said Malm.

“Each tank has what we call a ‘sister tank’, so there will be one tank on the starboard side and its opposite on the port side,” Yingling explained. “That’s how we create our tank system. We go back and forth as we refuel to keep everything balanced.”

Yingling, Malm and Rivera acted as a control measure throughout the refueling and ensured nothing was overlooked.

“We oversee the tanks, but ABF1 Yingling is there to make sure everything is correct,” Malm said. “There are a lot of tanks. I could miss something and Yingling will pick up on it; that’s what he’s there for.”

“Fuels control and the console operators are constantly communicating during a RAS,” Yingling said. “Rivera and Malm make our job easier because, when it comes to monitoring for Chief Roberts and I, they tell us exactly what’s going on down in the pump rooms – what tanks are open, what tanks are about to close and what tanks are going to be opened next. Having those senior guys down there makes our job on the upper chain so much easier.”

It was the abundance of knowledge and experience brought by everyone involved to the evolution that enabled such a safe and expedient result, Yingling said.

“Despite a long break between UNREPs, and this being the largest transfer I’ve seen since coming aboard Carl Vinson, from the top all the way to the bottom, everyone did outstanding.”

A Sailor observes the replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser while working out at the Seaside Gym aboard Carl Vinson.

Photo By | MCSN Iain L. Stratton

Aviation Support Equipment Technician 3rd Class Dominic Marello, left, and Aviation Support Equipment Technician 3rd Class James Mains, right, troubleshoot a mobile start unit on the flight deck.

Photo By | MCSN Iain L. Stratton

Crash and Salvage Sailors stand by prior to flight operations on the flight deck.

Photo By | MCSN Iain L. Stratton

Weapons Officer Cmdr. Keith Rowe, left, supervises Quartermaster 3rd Class Samanta Small, right, while she carries a reference flag.

Photo By | MC3 (SW) George M. Bell

Carl Vinson pulls alongside fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser to conduct a refueling-at-sea.

Photo By | MC3 (SW) George M. Bell

10

Vinson Voice

CARL VINSON’S CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO MCSA Samuel LeCain| Carl Vinson Staff Writer

CONSERVATION STORY BY

C

arl Vinson Sailors are supporting conservation efforts and the preservation of the environment by actively participating in the ship’s environmental stewardship organization known as the Green Machine.

“The Green Machine is a Sailor-led effort on Carl Vinson to reduce shipboard waste, increase recycling, and have a positive environmental impact in our local communities,” explained Carl Vinson’s Safety Officer Cmdr. Eric C. Wever. “One of the best ways to achieve these goals is with deckplate-level efforts like the Green Machine.”

“Out to sea, our main goal is to recycle as much cardboard and as many aluminum cans as we can and also to reduce the amount of plastic we use onboard,” said Green Machine Committee Chairman Chief Aviation Electronics Technician (AW/SW) Baron L. Brown.

“For example, last deployment we issued a sports bottle to each Sailor onboard to reduce the amount of plastic and paper cups used. “ The size of Carl Vinson and her crew makes it imperative to carefully examine the amount of recyclable waste produced and manage it accordingly, Brown said.

The numbers increase when tenant commands come aboard. The addition of Sailors assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) and Carrier Strike Group One (CSG1), raises the averages to one metric ton of recyclable cardboard waste and 1,000 pounds of aluminum can waste produced per day, Brown explained. “The Green Machine is working diligently to reduce and recycle that waste we create.”

For example, during Carl Vinson’s six-month Western Pacific (WESTPAC) 2011-2012 deployment, the Green Machine cooperated with replenishment ships to ensure offloaded cardboard and aluminum waste was disposed of properly at whichever base the waste was delivered to.

Due in part to the Green Machine’s innovative and dedicated

efforts to reduce waste production, Carl Vinson received the fiscal year (FY) 2011 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Environmental Quality Award, Large Ship. The CNO Environmental Awards for FY 2012 will be announced July 2013.

“I can say with pride that we’re the first carrier to recycle on the scale we do,” Brown said. “So, until someone beats our metrics, we are the greenest carrier in the fleet.”

During WESTPAC 2011-2012, Carl Vinson recycled 301,750 pounds of cardboard and 31,750 pounds of aluminum, and diverted 161,700 pounds of plastic from going into the ocean, Brown said.

The Green Machine played an integral role in Carl Vinson’s conservation successes. Sailors were spreading the word throughout the ship, promoting the sorting of trash and the importance of recycling, explained Green Machine correspondent Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class (AW) Karen Glover.

Vinson’s Green Machine has no intention of resting on past successes and they’ve invited all hands to become active members.

“This is a great opportunity to get involved with your command and with our local community,” Glover said. “Helping to save our community for present and future generations is a great way to make a huge impact on Earth.”

“In port, our goal is to help the community,” Brown added.

“We want the community to know Carl Vinson is devoted to environmental stewardship.”

The Green Machine is holding a beach cleanup Feb. 22 at Breaker’s beach and is planning an event for Earth Day April 22.

“If you are interested in protecting the environment, reducing waste, and having fun, then come out and talk to us,” Brown said.

“We always want more volunteers to help. The more people we can get to help, the better the program will do. It’s an amazing feeling

“Helping to save our community for the present and future generations is a great way to make a huge impact on earth.”

February 17, 2013

11

NOW PLAYING CARL VINSON CINEMA

once you realize the difference you can make in the community.”

The Green Machine meetings are held once a month to share ideas, discuss events and plan community relations projects, but its Sailors spread the word about the importance of environmental preservation all month long.

“Going forward, we want to establish a strong presence within the community,” Brown said. “We want to be known as an entity that recycles, reduces, and reuses. Carl Vinson is definitely doing its part to protect the environment for future generations.”

If you have any questions or would like additional information, contact ATC Brown or ABE2 Glover.

[]

6 7

CH 6

PG-PG13

CH 7

MEDIA DEPARTMENT |PUBLISHER|

PG13-R

CAPT. KENT D. WHALEN COMMANDING OFFICER

SUNDAY

REQUEST A MOVIE!

You may call Jdial 6789 with your request only during a previous movie’s credits.

Movie List is located - S:\ALL HANDS\Facebook\Movie Inventory

0815 1100 1300 1445 1715 1915 2115 0000 0200 0345

0815 1030 1215 1400 1545

|EXECUTIVE EDITORS| LCDR KYLE RAINES

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

LTJG TREVOR DAVIDS

ASSISTANT PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

|EDITOR IN CHIEF|

MCC (SW/AW) MONICA R. NELSON

GONE ACT OF VALOR JOYFUL NOISE WANDERLUST ROCK OF AGES SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO GONE ACT OF VALOR JOYFUL NOISE WANDERLUST

MONDAY

AVATAR BIG MIRACLE A THOUSAND WORDS AMAZING SPIDERMAN FRANKENWEENIE U-571 AVATAR BIG MIRACLE A THOUSAND WORDS AMAZING SPIDERMAN

0815 1000 1200 1400 1545 1825 2045 2330 0115 0315 0445

MEDIA ALCPO

|MANAGING EDITOR|

MC2 (SW/AW) LUKE MEINEKE

|PHOTO EDITOR|

MC2 (SW/AW) TIMOTHY HAZEL

|LAYOUT EDITOR|

MC2 (SW) MEGAN L. CATELLIER

|GRAPHICS/LAYOUT| MCSN MICHAEL H. LEE

TUESDAY

THE BOUNTY THE THREE STOOGES DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DOG DAYS STEP UP REVOLUTION CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER

8 MILE MEET THE FOCKERS TED HOPE SPRINGS TRANSPORTER

|STAFF WRITERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS|

0815 1015 1215 1415 1600

MC3 (SW) GEORGE M. BELL MC3 (SW) HEATHER ROE MC3 GIOVANNI SQUADRITO MCSN SCOTT FENAROLI MCSN KRISTOPHER HALEY MCSN JACOB KAUCHER MCSN IAIN L. STRATTON MCSA MATTHEW CARLYLE MCSA SAMUEL LECAIN

12

Vinson Voice

DIALOGUES D E C K P L A T E

| Who is your favorite president and why? | “BILL CLINTON WAS PRESIDENT WHEN I GREW UP AND HE WAS ON POINT.”

A T 3 ( S W ) Tim Petersen

“TEDDY ROOSEVELT BECAUSE THE TEDDY BEAR WAS NAMED AFTER HIM.”

S A M ariah Kohloff

“ABRAHAM LINCOLN BECAUSE HE ABOLISHED SLAVERY.”

“ABRAHAM LINCOLN BECAUSE HE FOUGHT TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY TOGETHER DURING A TIME OF WAR.”

E M 3 ( S W / A W ) D av i t a J o h n s o n

A B H 2 ( A W ) Andre w McDougle

“GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS MAN WHO INCORPORATED HIGH MORALS IN HIS OFFICE AS PRESIDENT.”

“DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WAS ONE OF OUR GREATEST LEADERS.”

R P 3 A shl e y S c hum ak e r

L T Jeff Lineberry

“JFK BECAUSE HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.”

“GEORGE W. BUSH BECAUSE HE SHOWED THAT AMERICA WASN’T AFRAID TO TAKE ON TERRORISM.”

A Z A N F e l i sha M a rt ine z

P S 1 ( S W / A W ) Ruben Suarez

ESWS||EAWS

Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System (FLOLS): Provides a stabilized visual reference of the aircraft’s glide slope in relationship to the deck. May be set to target any one of the four arresting gear wires.

Tactical Electronic Warfare (VAQ):

fixed wing squadron that tactically exploits, supresses, degrades and deceives enemy electromagnetic defensive and offensive systems including communications, in support of air strike and fleet operations.