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USS DWIGHT 0. ElSEMOWER (CVN 69) FPO AE 09532-2030

From: Commanding Officer, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) To: Director of Naval History (OP-OSBH), Washington Navy Yard,

Washington, DC 20374-0571

Subj: SUBMISSION OF COMMAND HISTORY \TT\ Ref : (a) OPNAVINST 5720.123 ' -

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Encl: (1) Command History for USS DWIGHT D. (m 69) for operational period 1 Januar er 1991

1. In accordance with reference (a), s forwarded.

COPY to: COMNAVAIEPLANT COMCARGRU EIGHT

COMMAND HISTORY 1 JANUZARY - DECEMBER 1991 Table of Contents:

-Command Composition and Organization

-Chronology of Events

-Narrative of Operations

-Statistics and Accomplishments

-Command Chronology for embarked Marine Detachment

-Supporting Documents

I, Biography of CAPT W.V. Cross 11, Biography of CAPT T.L. Baker 111. Photographs:

(1) Commanding Officer, CAPT W.V. Cross (2) Executive Officer, CAPT T.L. Baker (3) USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

IV. Welcome Aboard Pamphlet

Encl (1)

COMXAND .COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION

I. MO The mission is to provide sea-based tactical air power for the defense of America's right to freedom of the sea as well as the protection of United States sovereignty. As part of this mission, IKE is capable of projecting tactical air power over sea and land, as well as providing tactical air defense, anti-submarine and anti- surface capabilities.

Named after the 34th president of the United States, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) is the third nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ever built. Originally named Eisenhower on February 21, 1970, the ship was renamed DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER on May 25, 1970.

The keel of the ship(designated hull 599 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company) was laid on Aug. 15, 1970, and was authenticated by the late president's grandson, D. David Eisenhower 11. Five years later, on Oct. 11, 1975, Mrs. Mamie Doud Eisenhower, widow of the former president and the ship's sponsor, christened the ship during launching ceremonies at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.

USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) was commissioned Oct. 18, 1977 at Pier 12, Naval Station, Norfolk VA.

Oraanization Structure

a. Immediate Senior in Command is Commander, U.S. Naval Air Forces, Atlantic.

b. The Commanding Officer is CAPT W.V. Cross, USN, whose biography is attached. He assumed command September 28, 1990.

c. The Executive Officer is CAPT T.L. Baker, USN, whose biography is attached. He relieved CAPT R.C. Klosterman on March 29, 1991.

d. The Heads of Departments as of Dec. 31, 1991 were:

Aircraft ~ntermediate Maintenance Air ~ommunications Deck Dental Engineering Executive Legal ~arine Detachment Medical

CDR CDR LCDR LCDR CDR CDR LT LCDR CAPT CDR

Heads of Departments (Cont . ) : Navigation Operations Reactor Religious Ministries Repair Safety Ship Intermediate Maintenance Supply Training Weapons

CDR CDR CDR CDR LCDR CDR LCDR CDR LCDR CDR

f. The air wing assigned to USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) is Carrier Air Wing Seven, commanded by CAPT J.C. Sherlock, USN. The squadrons of CVW-7 and the commanding officers as of December 31, 1991 were :

CDR Richard Gallagher CDR Brent James CDR Ronald Hoppock CDR David Miller CDR Richard Jaskot CDR James White I11 CDR Mark Klauss CDR Larry G. Salter CDR John W. Smith

CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS 1 January - 31 December 1991 1-15 Jan 11 Feb 16-17 Feb 4 Mar 18-28 Mar 30 Mar 10 Apr 15-18 Apr 19-21 Apr 22 Apr-5 May 6-14 May 15-22 May 23 May-2 Jun 3 Jun-13 Jun 14-17 Jun 18 Jun-1 Jul 2-4 Jul 5-8 Jul 9-22 Jul 19 Jul 22 Jul

- Continue SRA NNSY Portsmouth, VA - Fast cruise underway from NNSY Portsmouth - Independent exercise, VACAPES OPAREA - CSDE - Refresher training, VACAPES/Cherry Point OPAREAS - COMCARGRU Four change of command - NWAI - Underway enroute TCQ - Port visit Ft. Lauderdale FL - TCQ, Gulf of Mexico/JAX OPAREA - In port, Pier 11N, NOB Norfolk, VA - FCQ, VACAPES OPAREA - In port, Pier 11N, NOB Norfolk, VA - Advanced Phase training - Port visit, St. Thomas, USVI - Advanced Phased training - In port, Pier 12S, NOB Norfolk, VA - FCQ, VACAPES OPAREA - In port, Pier 12S, NOB Norfolk, VA - Busch Gardens day for IKE personnel and families - COMCARGRU Four conducts quarterly communications evaluation grades training, operations material,

23 ~ul-9 Aug 10 Aug 10-15 Aug 16-27 Aug 28-30 Aug 31 Aug 1-25 Sep 26 Sep

7 Oct 13 Oct

14-22 Oct 17 Oct 23-30 Oct 31 Oct 1-8 Nov 9-12 Nov 13-26 Nov 27 Nov-3 Dec 4-21 Dec 13 Dec 22-31 Dec 24 Dec 29 Dec

personnel and administrative programs - Fleetex 4-91 Puerto Rican OPAREA - Begin SOCEX - In port, Pier 12S, NOB Norfolk, VA - TCQ, Key West OPAREA/26-27 Aug ORSE - In port, Pier 12N, NOB Norfolk, VA - Dependents Day Cruise - In port, Pier 12N, NOB Norfolk, VA - U/W commence MED/IO cruise to relieve USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, FLEETEX with USS AMERICA - Commander, Cruiser - Destroyer Group Twelve embarked

- Inchop Sixth Fleet - Transit Suez Canal and inchop U.S Naval Forces

Central Command ----- -7 - Red Sea operations/Desert Storm ----------'-'-̂

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- Relieve USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN as Battle Force Zulu - Gulf of Aden/Gulf of Oman operations - Transit straits of Hormuz enter Arabian Gulf - Arabian Gulf operations - Port visit, Dubai, U.A.E - ~rabian Gulf operations - Port visit, Dubai, U.A.E - Arabian Gulf operations - US0 show featuring icky Skaggs - Port visit, Dubai, U.A.E - Conducted community ~hristmas services on board - Conducted Evening Review in Dubai

NARRATIVE OF OPERATIONS January - December 1991 January

15 Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, VADM Peter Hekman visited IKE for a SRA progress tour and briefing. The Executive Officer and the ship's SRA coordinator, CDR served as escorts.

February

4 The Explosive Safety Review Team from COMNAVAIRLANT came aboard for a five-day inspection of IKE8s Weapons Department. The inspection resulted in an overall grade of outstanding. Technical Unit Two came aboard for a four-day inspection of IKE8s magazine sprinkler systems. The inspection resulted in an overall grade of outstanding.

20 Weapons Department set the standards of excellence during the accomplishment of a historic ammunition on load while at Gulf Anchorage. In less than twenty hours, IKE flawlessly received, stowed, and secured 1,683 lifts of ammunition

Fifteen flag selectees embarked IKE underway for an overnight tour. The visit which was part of the CAPSTONE program, was designed to acquaint flag selectees from the various armed services with the operational capabilities, tactical and strategic role of carriers. Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, VADM John Ready also embarked for an overnight visit underway. During which he hosted a luncheon and CVN orientation tour for ten AIRLANT staff personnel.

24 Dr. Peter Collis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Medical Readiness and five senior business executives embarked overnight for an underway CVN orientation. Dr. Collis remained on board until the 27th and examined the ship's medical facilities.

25 RADM Gachot, FRN, Head, French Military Mission to the Supreme Allied Command Atlantic embarked overnight for underway visit. He was accompanied by CDR Patrick Dillenseger, FRN. Additionally, Art Franklin, a W E C reporter, and his cameraman embarked for an overnight visit. Mr. Franklin interviewed the commanding officers and various personnel in an effort to compose a story on life aboard a carrier.

26 RADM Portal, SPN, Head, Spanish Military Mission to the Supreme Allied Command Atlantic embarked IKE underway for an overnight orientation visit. He was accompanied by CAPT Ehilio Bonaplata, SPN. Joe Krebs, a WRC-TV (Washington, DC) reporter, and his cameraman also embarked. Mr. Krebs had been assigned to prepare stories on Navy aviators, JAG officers and carrier life.

March

4 The Torpedo Readiness and Training Inspection Team from NAVSEA Support Center Atlantic came aboard for a four-day inspection of IKE8s Weapons Department. The inspection resulted in an overall grade of outstanding.

6 IKE conducted parentlchildren predeployment briefs. The briefs were also conducted the following day.

6-7 IKE received a safety survey from the Naval Safety Center.

12 The following people were aboard IKE for a brief in-port tour of the ship's INTEL spaces: Mr. Keith Hall, Professional Staff Member and Budget Director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Mr. Kirk McConnel, Senate Armed Services Committee, Mr. Brian Daily, Senate Armed Services Committee, CAPT Bob Juengling, GDIP staff, and CDR , Office of Legislative Affairs.

13 Safety Standdown

14 Admiral Alain Coatanea and four other French Navy Officers visited IKE for a brief tour and luncheon. VADM J.K. Ready, COMNAVAIF&ANT, served as host.

15 Approximately 40 Army War College students visited IKE for a brief tour. The visit designed to give the students a better understanding of naval aviation.

2 2 IKE hosted and an overnight visit for the Office of Legislative Affairs. Mr. David Emerick, Military Legislative Assistant to Congressman Joel Hefley was aboard IKE for an orientation visit.

30 IKE hosted a change of command ceremony for COMCARGRUFOUR.

31 IKE held an Easter Sunrise Service. CAPT Tom Johnson, CHC, USN, Fleet chaplain, CINCLANTFLT served as guest speaker. The service featured gospel music artist Cissy Houston as guest soloist.

April

6 Ms. Elizabeth M. Tamposi, Assistant Secretary of State, Consular Affairs visited for a brief in port tour. She was accompanied by her executive assistant, Steve Moheban.

The Nuclear Weapons Acceptance Inspection Team from Nuclear Weapons Training Group Atlantic came aboard for a five-day inspection of the Weapons Department. The department received an outstanding in ten of thirteen areas with an overall grade of outstanding.

11 The Mine Readiness Certification Inspection Team from Mine Warfare Inspection Group came aboard for a four-day inspection of the Weapons Department. The inspection resulted in an overall grade of outstanding.

16 Safety Standdown

18 IKE hosted eight leading members of Fort Lauderdale Navy League Chapters and affluent businessmen from the Fort Lauderdale area for an orientation tour.

19 IKE arrived in Fort Lauderdale for a three-day port visit. Over 50,000 tourist were received on board.

24 The Ship's Intermediate Maintenance Department (SIMD) was disestablished and the functions of this department were split between the Repair Division of Engineering Department and the 3-M/QA Department.

IKE hosted her adopted school, Jacox Elementary School. Over 650 students and staff members received for lunch and tours over a three day period.

Ohio Congressman John Kasich, House Armed Forces Committee and 17 members of the Ohio Young President's Organization visited IKE in port, Norfolk for a luncheon and tour.

Twenty journalists from Eastern and Western Europe visited IKE in port for a brief tour.

Seventeen flag selectees visit IKE at sea for a tour designed to familiarize them with the operational capabilities of the carrier. Concorde pilots and flight engineers along with four guests from Executive Aviation Inc., embarked IKE for an overnight visit.

Several legislative assistants visited IKE for an orientation visit overnight.

A congressional delegation (staff) of eight members from the House of Representatives embarked IKE for an orientation visit overnight.

Nine leading businessmen from TEXACO, Fischer Associates Inc., Dallas Fort Worth Teleport and other large cooperation embarked IKE for an overnight orientation visit.

Assistant Secretary of State, Consular Affairs Elizabeth M. Tamposi and her Executive Assistant Steve Moheban along with several CEO's embarked IKE for an overnight orientation visit.

A burial at sea was held for MMC Joseph F. Turic and YN2 John C. Loughlin.

Safety Standdown

Hampton Roads Navy League hosted installation dinner aboard IKE for over 350 guests.

June

13 Rear ~dmiral Lafayette Norton, COMFAIRCARIB sponsored an overnight visit for leading members of the Puerto Rican Navy League chapter.

14 Ten leading members of the St. Thomas Navy League embarked IKE for a brief visit during an anchoring evolution. Later that night COMCARGRUFOUR hosted over 125 guests from the Navy League.

16 Community Relations Project at local hospital in St. Thomas, VI .

25 Safety Standdown

July

6 Six Senate Legislative Assistants embarked IKE for an overnight orientation visits.

8 Eight leading businessmen and college professors embarked for an for an overnight orientation visit.

18 Ambassador Allen Wendt, Senior Representative for Strategic Policy Department of State, William Rudman, Deputy Undersecretary, Trade Security Policy, Department of Defense, and John Konfala, Special Assistant to the Deputy Undersecretary, Trade Security Policy embarked IKE (in port) for a briefingltour focusing on the importance of high-tech equipment and systems to the fleet.

23 Ms. Barbara Pope, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Manpower and Reserve Affairs and her executive assistant, CAPT. Scott Fry, USN embarked IKE for an orientation visit overnight.

24 Fourteen flag selectees embarked IKE for an orientation visit focusing on the tactical and strategic role of carriers.

29 CNN correspondent Wolfe Blitzer and two associates embarked IKE for a story on the future of the U.S. Armed Forces in light of the post Cold WarIGulf War era.

August

1 Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet ADM Paul David Miller, USN, embarked IKE for a three-day visit.

21 Dr. Carl J. Dahlman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Requirements and Resources and three of his staff visited IKE for an overnight orientation underway.

September

10 Parents-children predeployment briefs were conducted in Hangar Bay X2.

19 Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick and other members of the advisory committee for Nuclear Failsafe and Risk Reduction embarked (in port) for a briefing focusing on the conduct of U.S strategic and non-strategic nuclear force operations in the LANTCOM theater.

More than 1,000 IKE crew members, families and friends gathered at the Virginia Beach Pavillion for the annual IKE Gala. The evening was coordinated by the Dental Department and financially supported by Special Services. The event featured:

- Surf and Turf dinner - Live entertainment by rock band Body Double - Door Prizes ranging from free meals donated by local merchants to a round trip air fare worth $2000

20 Ms. Julie Pacquing of the House Appropriations Committee visited for a brief in port tour. Later that afternoon three congressional staff members visited for a brief in port tour.

23 Dr. Erno Raffay, Hungarian Political State Secretary and RADM Paul W. Parcells, USN, COMTACWINGSLANT and other distinguished guests embarked for a brief tour in port.

27 Cynthia Lima of WVEC-TV Channel 13 and two associates embarked underway to produce a story on the future of the U.S. military.

30 Safety Standdown

October

8 Safety Standdown

12 Prayer Breakfast conducted in Wardroom #3.

13 LCDR and LCDR , of VF-142, landed a crippled F-14 Tomcat on the flight deck. The radome departed the aircraft in flight damaging the windscreen and shattering the forward part of the canopy. sustained facial lacerations and suffered a broken collar bone.

November

11 U.S Consul General Joseph Lebaron, of the United Arab Emirates and three leading government officials from Dubai, U.A.E embarked for a brief visit while IKE is anchored.

15 LTGEN Teddy G. Allen, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency and four other guests embarked for an underway courtesy visit which included lunch and a tour. Christine Hauser of Gulf News embarked and wrote a story on the "Eager MaceM exercise.

28 Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service conducted in Ship's Chapel.

29 IKE hosted six members of the Dubai Police Department for a brief in port visit.

December

4 Joe Flannigan of WVEC-13 and cameraman embarked for three days to film a Christmas special on Battle Force Zulu.

12 MGEN Marvin Back, USAR, Deputy Commanding General 22nd SUPCOM, Saudi Arabia embarked for a brief tour and luncheon underway.

13 Country music artist Ricky Skaggs and the Whites Band embarked overnight for a US0 concert off the coast of Bahrain.

20 Dr. Charles W. Hostler, U.S Ambassador to Bahrain embarked for a brief tour and luncheon underway.

21 COL Ahed hami is A1 Hamli, Deputy Commander of the U.A.E Air Force, COL Mohammed Khalfan A1 Room, Deputy Commander of the U.A.E Navy and staff members from each respective branch embarked for a brief luncheon and tour.

24 A Christmas Eve Service was conducted on the flight deck while IKE was anchored in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Statistics and Accom~lishments

Repairable Items Processed: Repairable Items RFI: RFI Rate:

' RFI Rate Minus BCM-1 Repairable Items BCM BCM Rate BCM Rate Minus BCM-1 Turn around time (TAT) Days in port: Days at sea:

Narrative Analysis/Comments

- RFI rate 79.5% TAT 5.6 days on 23,148 repairable items processed. Discarding BCM-1's our RFI rate is 94.3% and BCM rate is 5.7%.

- ~pproximately 19,644 (84.8%) of the repairable items processed were processed in three days or less.

- There were 4,739 BCM actionstof those 3,435 (72.4%) were BCM-1, and 697 (14.7%) were BCM-7's.

- A total of 55,280 items were processed on IVDS/MAFS this month consuming 270,263 manhours.

- No defect (action code "A1#, malfunction code 799) 2,025 (8.7%). When discovered "YW (received bad from supply) 348 (1.5%). 107 (30.7%) of the **Y*# coded items were found to be A-799.

Note: AIMD's goal for RFI rate is 80% The goal for TAT is five days.

- 14,205 incident-free aircraft launches. - 14,358 incident-free aircraft recoveries. - Surpassed 150,000 incident-free recoveries. - Operated with a greater than 99 percent catapult and arresting gear availability rate.

- 64,952 aircraft flight deck moves with zero reportable crunches.

- 22,530,755 gallons of aviation fuel pumped to 11,542 aircraft. - 100 percent aviation fuel systems availability.

- 40 replenishment at-sea operations with zero spills. - 99.9 percent overall competitive exercise score.

DENTAL - Achieved all time high dental readiness of 87% for CVW-69 personnel.

- Provided 5,279 annual examinations. - Recorded 13,852 patient visits. - Fabricated and delivered 291 crowns and bridges. - Extracted 2,333 teeth. - Provided 1,315 cleanings. - Completed 86 pulpectomies. - 30 patients from 8 different ships are transported to IKE for dental treatment.

ENGINEERING

- Completed all damage control competitive exercises with an average grade of 95.3 percent.

- Completed more than 10,000 plumbing related trouble calls. - Completed repair of the aft CHT Tank TLI system. - Produced 13,960 gallons of liquid oxygen. - Produced 19,925 gallons of liquid nitrogen. - Generated 7,095,365,000 BTUrs of air conditioning. - Rebuilt #4 Air Conditioning Motor-Controlled while underway after a major Class "C8' fire.

- Completely overhauled and made operational eight List Control Limit torques after eight years down time.

- Major POM work included repairing burnt rotor and starter windings on 3A and 3B 400 HZ Motor Generator Sets, rewiring Bridge and Travel Crane, requiring chilled water pumps. - Designed, built and operated five wire three phase 200V, 30KW wye-connected power system for US0 use in Arabian Gulf.

- During SRA '90, over 6,000 jobs were successfully accomplished by ship's company, NNSY, SIMA and defense/private contractors.

- Provided motor rewinding capabilities, machining services, both nuclear and non-nuclear welding and brazing services to ship's company, all embarked commands and deployed units. Completed the following:

- 876 welding or brazing evolutions - 32 controlled work packages - 410 major machining evolutions - 67 motors rewound

EXECUTIVE

- Command Career Counselors SRB requests chits Total SRB awarded

- Reenlistments: First term 170, 2ND term 39 and career 104 for a total of 313, which is an average of 4 years per person to equal 1,252 years of continuous Naval service.

- Percentage Reenlistment First 37% (12% not eligible) Second 74% Career 75%

- Career Information Training Course (CITC) IKE Total Trained 821 CVW 7 Total Trained 500 Grand Total 1,321

- Educational Services CLEP Subject Test 62 DSSTt s 49 SATt s 23 ACTt s 10 GREt s 3 GEN/12 subject GED pretest 16 GMAT s 5

- Public Affairs Office - 22 hour programming on two television channels and three radio stations while underway.

- Daily newspaper throughout deployment. - Daily newspaper while underway CONUS, weekly while in-port CONUS.

- Bi-monthly familygram. - Awarded RADM William Thompson for public affairs efforts during the Centennial Cruise and IKE Tikes program.

- 1,623 Fleet Hometown News releases sent to local media an average of 3.11 releases per form.

- Visit program that included 24 Distinguished Visitor embarks while underway and 17 Distinguished Visitor embarks while in port.

- Over 40,000 visitors during port visits.

- Intermediate Algebra 17 College Algebra 9 - English Composition 30 English Comp I1 37 - Total 93 X 3 credits each total 279 - Now Offering: Intro to Business, Intro to Management, Personal Finance, Marketing Principles.

- Advancement Information CYCLE PARTICIPATED PNA ADVANCED

20 96 145 Made Board 26 108 38 338 77 153 137 159 31 427 68 207 128

LEGAL - Nonjudicial punishments 832 - Administrative Separations 124 - Summary Courts-Martial 108 - Special Courts-Martial 15 - General Courts-Martial 0 - Article 32 Investigations 2 - JAGMAN Investigations 27 - Over 900 powers-of-attorney and wills processed. - 34 personnel claims for damaged or lost personal property.

MEDICAL

- During REFTRA completed 200 medical drills with an average score of 95%.

- Completed competitive exercises with an average score of 98%.

- 1,106 outpatient visits per month. - 26 inpatient visits per month. - 1,769 physical exams completed. - 3,709 X-rays completed. - 105 minor to major surgical cases performed. - 113 Medevacs processed.

- 54,000 Steaming miles. - 194 days at sea. - 39 Underway replenishments. - 15 Restricted transits. - 5 Anchorageslberthing in foreign ports. - Suez Canal transit. - 98.4 Competitive Exercise Average Score. - Signals Division scored highest ever grades for a CV/CVN during Refresher Training.

OPERATIONS

- Installation of the AN/SMG upgrade allowed for timely satellite weather data.

- Installation of JOTS I1 upgrade allowed for greater. connectivity required to employ NATO Sea Sparrow missile in surface mode.

- 01 Division averages 99.76% on all CDC Battle E competitive exercises.

- Newly installed AUTO ID proved to be 97% effective in rapid airborne target identification.

- OC completes fourtenth successive year free of Air Traffic Control related incidents.

- While operating in the Arabian Gulf, over 11,000 flight missions completed without airspace violation. - Air Transfer Office moves over 6,000 passengers and 1,225,014 lbs. of mail and cargo. - OEC installed the INMARSAT telephone and commercial television system.

- During Combat Systems Demonstration Evaluation and Navigation and Aircraft Inertial Alignment Certification set the highest correction percentage ever achieved during these inspections.

- During 3M inspection achieved overall grade of outstanding with a RAR of 99.2, ACF of 91.5, and a PPR of 90.8.

- Zero Class A/B aircraft mishaps. - 14,205 catapults of aircraft free of mishap. - Over 17,000 flight hours flown. - Fixed wing landings included 9,926 day and 4,432 night. - Helicopter landings included 1,547 day and 345 night. - One motor vehicle fatality. - One onboard fatality due to cardiac dysrhythmia caused by pre-existing myocarditis. - Published bi-weekly "IKE GOTCHAW issues.

- Published two quarterly "Safety Deposit Boxw issues.

- First carrier to score outstanding in eleven functional areas of Supply Management Inspection, scoring outstanding overall.

- Ney Award finalist in 1991. - Hosted Easter Sunrise Service and Christmas Eve Ecumenical. - Ship's store won Best Sales and Service Award. - Ship's store sold over more than $3.8 million in merchandise; turning over $525,000 to the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Fund.

- Transitioned Disbursing System from optical character recognition (OCR) to Uniform Microcomputer Disbursing Systems (UMIDS) which processes pay accounts.

- Implemented Streamlined Alternating Logistics Transmission System as a medium for transmission of UMIDS.

- Wardroom hosted three Navy League receptions, in Norfolk, Fort Lauderdale, and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

- Hosted an evening review in Dubai, U.A.E, serving over 600 guests.

- Catered the COMCARGRUFOUR change of command ceremony. - Provided hotel services for US0 crew of over 30 people during an overnight stay in support of icky Skaggs concert. - Maintained $285 million inventory of over 8,000 aviation repairable components.

- Achieved the lowest initial and ending gross inventory adjustment figures ($225,000 and $157,000 respectively) ever recorded by an AIRLANT activity for a post deployment repairable inventory reconciliation. - The first and only carrier to achieve and maintain zero Deficiency to Reorder, ~edistributable Assets on Board, and Redistributable Assets on Order.

- Processed 55 SHIPALTS prior to the establishment of 3-M/QA. - Installed 2 Semi-Annual Force Revisions (SFR), 1-91 and 2-91.

- Completed two Quality Assurance (QA) Audits, 4-8 March and 13-16 August.

- Received one 3-M Assist Visit on the 17 and 18 August. - Completed 3-M Inspection during 30 SEP - 7 OCT with a PPR of 87%.

- Processed a total of 226 QA packages; 161 Level 1 packages and 65 Level A packages. - Processed 853 Feed Back Reports; 519 category B and 334 category A.

- Conducted 29 training classes on Basic 3-M in support of the ship's FAM&I program.

- Qualified a total of 1,111 personnel in 3-M final qualifications.

- Conducted 18 training classes in QA procedures and requirements.

- Total QA qualifications; 85 QCI/CMPO & QAS 3. - Conducted QA craftsman training for Air Department (V4). - Certified two Non-Destructive Test (NDT) Inspectors. - Certified Ship's NDT Visual Test and Penetrant Test Procedures.

- Conducted approximately 100 weld qualification certifications.

- Conducted 35 NDT inspections on ship's systems. - Processed over eight Departures from Specifications on ship repairs.

- Performed IMMS-RT validations on 3,200 JCN9s. - Qualified 145 personnel as Basic IMMS-RT users. - Conducted CSMPIMDS documentation spot checks on 29 work centers. - Processed 4,507 Completed Maintenance ~ction with no prior deferral documentation inputs to the Weapons System ~ i l e (WSF) data bank. - Processed 3-M MDS Data submission to NAVSELOGCEN with a total of 132,253 records.