Vinson Voice: September 7, 2011

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In This Issue: Senior Medical Officer | Bayside Clean-Up | General Quarters | Welcome Aboard

Vol 02 No 61 | September 7, 2011

Vinson, FULL SPEED AHEAD! Ending Fast Cruise and Beginning Local Operations STORY BY

MC2 (SW/AW) Lori D. Bent | USS Carl Vinson Staff Writer

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inson Sailors commenced a fast cruise and a four day underway to conduct sea operations and training exercises on Monday in preparation

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for their upcoming deployment. Prior to removing the brow, Sailors successfully executed and completed more than 140 training events as part of the ship’s fast cruise and became fully prepared to tackle the Precision Approach and Landing System (PALS) carrier qualification and Navigation Certification out to sea. “Get this warship back and ready for our next deployment,” urged Vinson’s Commanding Officer Capt. Bruce Lindsey during a 1MC announcement to the crew. Navigating out of port is nothing new for this experienced crew, but moving a multi-billion dollar warship out to sea is no picnic, even for Sailors of Vinson’s Navigation Department. “Our main focus in port was chart studies. We spent a lot of time training so we could correctly exercise the skills we learned when it was time to pull in and out of port and fast cruise played a critical role in preparing us,” said Navigation Department’s Leading Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Quartermaster (SW/ AW) Jonathon Myers. “We trained extensively on executing standing orders and familiarized ourselves with navigation norms and the rules of the road. We were preparing a warship and its crew to go to sea.” Vinson’s Quartermasters are all enrolled in a 100-ton Captain License course to enhance their skills as navigators but they Continue ‘FULL SPEED’ on Pg. 5


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