JUNE 06, 2013

USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70)VOL 4 ISSUE 06

Q&AOff-duty Education

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The Battle oF MIDWAY

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Turning theTide of War

by MC3 Jacob G. Sisco

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In the Pacific Ocean a Japanese submarine fired four torpedoes at the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown

(CV-5) and its assisting destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412). Two torpedoes hit the carrier. One torpedo hit Hammann directly amidship, breaking her keel. The ship broke apart and went down swiftly.

Moments after Hammann’s stern slid beneath the waves, her depth charges exploded, killing men in the water and further damaging Yorktown. Though Yorktown stayed afloat throughout the night of June 6, 1942, men on ships nearby noted her port list increasing rapidly. On the morning of June 7, the heroic flattop rolled over on her port side and sank in 3,000 fathoms of water, battle flags flying.

According to the New World Encyclopedia, the Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The battle occurred June 4th to the 7th, 1942, only six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of Coral Sea.

Fought above and near the tiny U.S. mid-Pacific base on Midway Island, the battle represented the turning point in the war’s Pacific theater. Prior to this action, Japan had overall naval dominance in the Pacific and could generally choose where and when to attack the United States.

After their success at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Imperial Japanese navy’s six large aircraft carriers and more than 400 aircraft had stormed around the Pacific, sinking British warships in the Indian Ocean and trouncing the town of Darwin in Northern Australia.

Their unchecked aggression and expanding naval superiority was finally stopped in early May 1942 at the Battle of Coral Sea, when two of Japan’s carriers were damaged in an inconclusive battle with U.S. forces. By this point in the war the Japanese force was exhausted and badly needed re-equipping.

However, the American “Doolittle” raid, an air attack on Tokyo launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), prompted Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto to plan a final confrontation with the fragments of the U.S. fleet before letting his forces rest. The raid had been an

insult – it had threatened the life of the emperor.Yamamoto’s planned surprise was prevented by

superior U.S. communications intelligence which determined his plan well before the battle began.

The Japanese believed they had sunk Yorktown during the Battle of Coral Sea and the U.S. had no more than two carriers. Instead, the damaged ship was repaired in just two days at Pearl Harbor.

There was an enormous inequality between the two fleets. The U.S. had three carriers, eight cruisers and 15 destroyers deployed in two task forces. Yamamoto commanded four large and two medium carriers, eleven battleships, numerous cruisers and destroyers, and an amphibious task force with which he planned to take hold of Midway.

Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet (CinCPac) Adm. Chester Nimitz, commanding from Pearl Harbor, was outnumbered and could not risk losing a direct

Photo courtesy of Navy History and Heritage Command

Photo courtesy of Navy History and Heritage Command

Photo courtesy of Navy History and Heritage

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engagement. He reinforced the air units on Midway, taking advantage of the unsinkable aircraft runway. His sea-going carriers were situated to the northeast of the island, waiting to ambush the Japanese carriers when they arrived for their assault.

On June 3, U.S. bombers from Midway attacked the Japanese invasion fleet as it drew near the island, but did hardly any damage. The following morning Adm. Chūichio Nagumo, the Japanese carrier group commander who had led the attack at Pearl Harbor, commanded 100 planes to attack the island. Initially, the Japanese strike was effective, although Midway remained operational.

The scout plane assigned to cover the area where the U.S. ships were waiting was delayed. The scout reported enemy warships, but not until after the attack on Midway had commenced. With two significant tasks at hand, capturing the island and attacking the U.S.fleet, Nagumo paused instead of acting, which proved costly.

A major flaw in the Japanese plan became evident. The carriers were expected to strike Midway and engage the U.S. fleet when it ultimately arrived, but Yamamoto had not anticipated the U.S. fleet would be in position before his forces arrived.

The U.S. tactical commanders, admirals Frank Fletcher and Raymond Spruance, had only one task - locate and destroy the Japanese carriers. Once the Japanese fleet was located, Spruance launched a full strike from carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6) and Hornet; Fletcher followed with a strike from Yorktown.

The U.S. attack on the Japanese force was a collective attack, combining low-altitude torpedo bombers with high-altitude dive bombers. The intent was to attack simultaneously in order to overpower the defenders. Instead, the squadrons became divided.

The torpedo bombers reached the Japanese force first. Flying at low levels, they were severely battered by the faster, more maneuverable Japanese Zero fighters. Forty-seven out of 51 U.S. torpedo planes were lost.

So far Nagumo had survived several attacks without a scratch and delivered a heavy blow to the Midway air base. Now he would unleash a large attack and terminate the U.S. fleet.

However, the battle would favor the Americans. The dive-bombers were off course, but found their target by following a Japanese destroyer, en-route to rejoin the Japanese carriers after running off a U.S. submarine. Its wide white wake marked the way to their target.

The bombers appeared over the Japanese carriers as the last

U.S. torpedo planes were being shot down. The Zero fighters were consequently out of position, powerless to deal with the dive-bombers. Taking advantage of an empty sky and a perfect position, the skilled pilots carried out a flawless dive-bombing attack on the Japanese carriers.

The Japanese were caught off guard; they did not have radar capabilities and were dependent on the human eye to spot any threat. In five minutes the carriers Kaga and Akagi had been hit, starting overwhelming fires. Their decks were filled with bombs, torpedoes and hoses charged with high-octane fuel which added to the intensity of each fire. Every plane on their decks was a gigantic bomb waiting to explode. It took only three or four 1,000-pound bombs to set each enormous ship ablaze.

Yorktown’s bombers attacked next, targeting the carrier Soryu. Only the carrier Hiryu survived, concealed in a nearby rain storm.

Within minutes, Nagumo had commanded the forces on Hiryu to launch a half-strength strike of 40 planes. They set out for Yorktown, the only U.S. carrier the Japanese found during the battle.

Even with radar warnings and fighter defenses, Yorktown was torpedoed twice and hit by three bombs. Though extremely damaged, the carrier did not catch fire and persisted to stay afloat.

The U.S. Navy had invested heavily in damage control, fire-fighting and safety systems. Yorktown was consequently saved, for the time being, and its planes landed on other carriers. But Hiryu had exposed itself and would be caught and demolished by U.S. dive-bombers six hours later.

In the second of the Pacific War’s great carrier battles, the persistence, sacrifice and expertise of U.S. Navy aviators cost Japan four irreplaceable large carriers, while only one of the three U.S. carriers present was lost. The base at Midway, though damaged by the Japanese air attack, endured and later became an essential element in the U.S. trans-Pacific offensive.

The balance of power in the Pacific had moved from Japan to America. Shortly after the Battle of Midway, the U.S. and their allies would take the offensive in the Pacific.

In total, the Japanese lost four carriers, a heavy cruiser, 3,000 men and 250 aircraft during the battle. Many of the pilots survived, but the ships’ crew and highly trained aircraft maintenance teams did not.

The U.S. lost one carrier, one destroyer, 300 men and 150 aircraft. In addition they had halted the mighty Imperial Japanese navy and gained the initiative. The tide of the war in the Pacific had turned.

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There are cable spools that look like gigantic fishing-line reels onboard

Carl Vinson. Seeing them might incite one to wonder, “What are we catching with these things?” It’s actually far more practical to a warship than catching any enormous sea creature might be. Those mammoth fishing-line reels are called “Nixie” and they catch the eye and ear of torpedoes.

The AN/SLQ-25, commonly known as Nixie, is a countermeasure torpedo decoy system that provides deterrence against acoustic-homing torpedoes. It lures torpedoes toward a torpedo decoy, referred to as the “fish,” which is connected to long stretches of cable that tow the fish behind the ship.

When employed, the decoy masks the sound frequency of the ship by emitting a stronger signal than the ship, which then attracts the acoustic-homing torpedo to the Nixie rather than the ship.

“The biggest defense this ship has against a torpedo is its speed,” said Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st Class (SW/IUSS) Matthew Nuti, operations department OM division’s leading petty officer. “However, it’s not very maneuverable, so

to add that second layer of defense we have Nixie onboard.”

The Navy began employing acoustic-homing torpedo countermeasures after World War II, when German U-Boats introduced acoustic-homing torpedo technology. Allied forces learned of this advancement in torpedo warfare by capturing German U-Boats.

The first torpedo decoy, called the “Foxer”, was created by the British. It was deployed in 1943 and successfully deceived German torpedoes until the war’s end. After World War II, the U.S. Navy invented a more sophisticated decoy, the T-MK6 Fanfare, which produced a sound similar to the ship’s propeller. This was later replaced in the 1980’s by the Nixie.

“What makes the Nixie better is that it generates and amplifies signals so that it ends up making more noise than the ship itself,” said Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Katherine Bravo.

Smaller ships like destroyers and cruisers usually only have one Nixie mounted on the aft of the ship, but large ships may have two systems for increased protection.

The Nixie is comprised of a double-

drum winch, fiber-optic tow cables, and the decoy. There are multiple cables on each Nixie system as backup in case Carl Vinson is engaged in combat and a decoy is destroyed.

When out to sea, Carl Vinson will oftentimes tow the Nixie in any area we consider dangerous, just as a precaution, Bravo explained. “When the decoy is towed behind the ship, we stick it in the water, set it to our desired length and let it tow. Then we determine when it’s necessary to transmit signals. The Nixie is operator controlled, though, so we have to energize it in order to send out anything.”

Nuti explained that the decoy is essentially a big sensor that puts out all kinds of signals and that the cable has sensors, too. Those features allow the whole system to provide deterrent technology.

During the current underway period, sonar technicians and operations specialists from operations department have been running tests on the Nixie to ensure it operates at its highest level.

“We’ve been making sure everything operates correctly,” Bravo said. “It’s out on the weather deck and exposed to all

by MCSA Matthew Carlyle

Getting to knowNIXIESailors from OM division, operations department, prepare the AN/SLQ-25 torpedo decoy system (NIXIE) for testing.

Photo by MC2 (SW/AW) Timothy Hazel.

by MCSA Matthew A. Carlyle

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the elements, so every once in a while we have to go out there and chip all the rust off and repaint it. We have to make sure that the winch is oiled regularly. We run tests on the equipment itself because it’s a computer system, so we make sure it’s sending messages to the correct parts. We have to test it all to ensure everything’s running as it should be.”

Maintaining Nixie at full functionality is a dangerous undertaking, so sonar technicians and operations specialist go through various training qualifications before they’re allowed to handle the equipment.

“There are a lot of risks involved with it,” Bravo said. “You have to be qualified to operate the winch because it’s large and motorized; you need to know how to handle the tow cables so you don’t get caught up in them and pulled overboard; and you have to be trained on how to handle the decoys because they’re large and heavy.”

Though complex and requiring potentially hazardous maintenance, Nixie is a central component to Carl Vinson’s defenses. The ship is a large target and susceptible to undersea attack, Nuti said. “It’s easily one of the most important countermeasure devices on our ship.”

“We do have enemies out there who have high-technology torpedoes, so a defense system against them is a must,” Bravo said. “The Nixie protects the crew and it protects the ship.”

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THE INS & OUTS

OF OFF-DUTY EDUCATION

Many Sailors see education as a vital part of their personal

and professional development. The Navy encourages and supports the efforts of Sailors who wish to further their education through programs designed to facilitate their enrollment and attendance in college classes.

The Voice met with Personnel Specialist 2nd Class (SW) James R. Bryan, educational services office assistant lead petty officer, and asked him about off-duty education opportunities available to Sailors aboard Carl Vinson.

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What is ESO and what is their mission?The Educational Services Office (ESO) aboard Carl Vinson provides Sailors with information and assistance for career advancement and off-duty education. It is located next to the personnel office in 3-113-01-Q.

What is ESO’s role in assisting Sailors with off-duty education?ESO works closely with Navy College to guide Sailors in the right direction when pursuing off-duty education. Navy College provides Sailors with a structured plan in order to ensure that they are taking the necessary classes to reach their ultimate educational goals.

Does the Navy have programs that help Sailors cover the cost of college classes?Yes, the Navy offers Sailors both the Navy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE), including both ‘instructor-led’ and ‘distance learning’, and Tuition Assistance (TA).

What is NCPACE?NCPACE is a program that provides Sailors the opportunity to take accredited college courses aboard the ship that are tuition-free and are also transferable. Most of the classes are ‘associate’ level courses and the only cost to the student is the text book.

Instructor-led courses are offered year-round. Instructors come aboard and teach classes over a six to eight week period. The classes are three days per week for two hours each day and take place before or after work. At the end of the course, students that pass will get full credit.

In distance learning, an accredited school such as Central Texas College will send Sailors the information and materials to study, and the ESO division officer will proctor the exams. The results of the exams are then sent to the school and ultimately the grade in that particular class will reflect in SMART transcripts.

What is TA? TA is a program that pays the cost of college classes for Sailors that want to take classes ashore in a college of their choice. However, the college chosen by the Sailor must meet standards set out by Navy College.

Are there any requirements for Sailors to qualify for NCPACE or TA?Yes. Carl Vinson Sailors have to meet certain criteria. For example, if the ship is their first permanent duty station, they must be onboard for at least one year before they qualify. Also, they must have passed their latest PFA. This condition was set in order to ensure Sailors are properly trained in their rate and shipboard duties before taking on additional responsibilities like off-duty education.

The complete set of criterion is found in the Executive Officer’s (XO’s) memo 02-12, located on the sharepoint.

Will TA cover any college class the Sailor wishes to take?No. Prior to selecting the classes that will be covered by TA, the Sailor must attend a meeting with a counselor at Navy College where an education plan is laid out according to the Sailor’s goals. The classes included in the education plan will be covered, and any additional classes must be reviewed and approved by Navy College.

Will TA pay for all the classes?TA will cover up to $4000 per fiscal year, up to the maximum of16 credit hours.

What happens if the Sailor barely passes the class, or fails the class? If the Sailor passes the class, TA will pay the cost of the class in its entirety – no matter what the final grade is. If the Sailor fails a class, he or she will have to pay the money back to the Navy.

Accordingly, if a Sailor enrolled in NCPACE fails a class, he or she will be placed on an academic probation period before being allowed to take any other classes.

How can Sailors apply for TA?Sailors who wish to apply for TA must route a chit through their chain of command requesting to participate in the command’s off-duty education program Tuition Assistance with a copy of the XO’s memo 02-12. Once the chit is approved by the department head, it must be turned in to ESO. We will then schedule a time for them to meet with Navy College and fill out the necessary application.

Are there other programs for Sailors who wish to take technical courses?Yes, Navy Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) and United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP) provide technical training.

What should Sailors know about Navy COOL and USMAP?The first thing that they should know is that they are eligible for it as soon as they get on the ship. Sailors do not have to route a chit for these programs. They just need to come by ESO and we will give them the information. These two programs provide excellent education opportunities with valuable training in transferable skills for the civilian job market.

USMAP is an apprenticeship program that provides active duty Sailors the opportunity to complete apprenticeship courses in their specific rate. Navy COOL helps Sailors find information on certifications and licenses related to their ratings.

Is there anything else Sailors need to know about the off-duty education opportunities that are available?It is important for them to know that these programs could change at any moment, or actually go away. So Sailors should take advantage of the opportunities available for them to get their education paid by the Navy. __________

Sailors looking for additional information regarding these programs can visit the following websites:

http://www.navycollegepace.com/https://www.cool.navy.mil/overview.htmhttps://usmap.cnet.navy.mil/usmapss/static/usmap.jsp

Whether you take college courses, or technical courses, all of your results go on your SMART transcripts and this will give you a competitive edge for advancement as well.

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One Sailor will always remember November 13, 1984 as the day

he was privileged to join the United States Navy and the beginning of a storied career.

As a young man from Cavite City, Philippines, with a year and a half of college experience, Master Chief Logistics Specialist (SW/AW) Jimmy Cubillo, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1’s senior enlisted leader (SEL) and acting command master chief (CMC), applied to become a U.S. Navy Sailor.

Cubillo is but one of many Filipinos who have a rich history with the Navy, some serving in conflicts as far back as 1900. In 1947, the U.S. created the U.S. Navy, Philippine Enlistment Program (PEP) under the U.S.-Philippine Military Bases Agreement which allowed a fixed number of Filipino citizens to join each year. Filipinos were the only foreign nationals allowed to join the U.S. Navy without first immigrating to the country because of the historic relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines.

“It was not just a decision, it was an opportunity for me to serve,” Cubillo said. “Back home, if you were given the privilege to take the test to join the United States Navy, it was a big opportunity.”

After the creation of the program, the Navy received as many as 100,000 applications each year. Those applicants were tested and interviewed to ensure qualified individuals were selected before enlisting in the Navy.

Cubillo said he was one of only 16 men out of 800 to pass.

Upon enlistment, Cubillo served his first two years as an undesignated seaman aboard USS Missouri (BB 63).

“When I joined the Navy, I told myself I was very fortunate,” Cubillo said. “It completely changed my life. I have two brothers and three sisters and I was the only one who

did not finish college due to financial hardships.”

“After coming from a third-world country and dealing with financial hardship, enlisting in the Navy was easy,” Cubillo said. “I remember my

first paycheck for $150. I compared that to my brother who was already a civil engineer in the Philippines. I was a seaman apprentice and I told myself I still earned more than my brother.”

Cubillo rose quickly through the ranks, attaining the rank of chief petty officer (CPO) within nine years. He has so far served more than

16 years of sea duty aboard five different ships and achieved the rank of master chief petty officer in April 2004.

As supply department leading chief petty officer aboard USS Bonhomme

Richard (LHD 6), Cubillo said he felt triumph when Sailors in his department advanced because he considered those to be personal and departmental successes. This attitude and

by MC3 Michael H. Lee

Privileged to Join

“BACK HOME, IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE TO TAKE THE TEST TO JOIN THE UNITED

STATES NAVY, IT WAS A BIG OPPORTUNITY.”

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dedication to his Sailors has made Cubillo a leader not only within his department, but throughout Carl Vinson and CSG-1.

“When you think of a master chief, visions come into your head of what that is; Master Chief Cubillo is that vision,” said Lieutenant Jamie Gonzales, CSG-1’s N4 electronic material officer. “As a master chief, he’s got wisdom, knows how to talk to people and is able to motivate them whether they are poor or good performers. He’s a model master chief.”

Part of Cubillo’s success with motivating junior Sailors is his understanding of what it is to be a junior Sailor. He said rising through the enlisted ranks has given him much wisdom in the Navy, teaching him to avoid negative behaviors and emphasize personal responsibility and self-value.

“You should know your capacity and limits,” Cubillo said. “You should know your weaknesses because your weaknesses can bring you down and take you in the wrong direction or become the motivation you need to become successful.”

By following the simple maxim of working hard and appreciating the Navy, Cubillo’s self-motivation and optimistic attitude has created a good life for himself and positively molded the Navy’s future leaders.

“We always talk about the American dream,” Gonzales said. “A guy comes from having little or nothing, comes to America and works hard to gain the American dream. Cubillo came from the Philippines and excelled in the Navy. He is living the American dream for anyone in the military to look up to as an example. He’s a fabulous example and I’m proud to serve with him and I’ve learned a lot from him.”

The U.S.-Philippine Military Bases Agreement expired in 1992. The termination of the agreement meant U.S. armed forces withdrew from the country. The PEP, which granted Cubillo and more than 34,000 other Filipino citizens the opportunity to enlist in the Navy between 1952 and 1990, was no longer offered. Less than six percent of those Filipino Sailors failed to re-enlist after their first enlistment.

The blood vessels that supply the human retina are astoundingly complex; so much so that no two persons’ are alike. Even those

of identical twins are different. Furthermore, they do not change from birth until death – this is why scientists tell us that retinal scans are among the most reliable ways to identify an individual. But can we say that a person’s retinal scan reveals who he or she is?

We were born with many ways to identify ourselves, with much of what makes us who we are. But not everything. Not even the most important things. Our unique biometric signatures are a great way to differentiate one human being from another, but have nothing to say about who we are as persons. “Who we are,” is a combination of that with which we were born, where we have been and, most importantly, how we choose, and is summed up by the word character.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines character as “the complex of mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person, group, or nation.” It comes from the Greek kharassein, “to engrave” – each time we make a choice, good or bad, we ‘mark,’ or engrave our souls.

Be careful what you think, for your thoughts become actions.Be careful what you do, for your actions become habits.Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your

destiny.

So, what kind of person do you wish to be? Or, for what would you like to be remembered?

If you wish to be an honest person, there is no other path than to choose to be honest, even and especially when you don’t “need to,” or when you could get away with being dishonest. Do you wish to be a person who is faithful and generous toward your loved ones? The only way to become that person is to make concrete choices that are characterized by fidelity and generosity. Do you want to be brave? Then, for the sake of someone else’s genuine good, choose the difficult or dangerous thing when it would be easier to watch from the sidelines. Kind? Then hold your sharp tongue and say the kind thing instead, habitually. Faithful to God via your religious tradition? Then practice your faith. A good mother or father to your children? Then sacrifice other good things in life for their sake. Etcetera.

We see that even our small, inconsequential day-to-day choices are actually neither small nor inconsequential. They add up to determine who we are.

Our character is more important and deeper than how our blood vessels are arranged, or where on a map we have lived; it is a matter as deep as our souls, souls which we “characterize” throughout the course of our lives, engraving them choice by choice. Choose well!

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CHARACTERBy: Lt. j.g. Curtis P. Dwyer

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MACHINEPhotos & Story by MC2 (SW/AW) John Philip Wagner Jr.

Members of Carl Vinson’s Green Machine and other concerned Sailors took their eco-friendly ways outside

the skin of the ship to Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) during a Moffett Road and Breakers Beach clean-up on May 31.

Green Machine is a deck plate organization that concentrates on reducing shipboard waste, increasing recycling endeavors, and positively impacting the environment by reaching out to the community and lending support to local conservation efforts.

“I’m very honored to be part of the Green Machine. It’s our way of giving back to the community and also to the environment,” said Chief Hospital Corpsman (SW/AW) C. J. Eison, Green Machine president and dental department’s leading chief petty officer.

During the community relations (COMREL) project, 61 Sailors collected more than 30 bags of trash, five tires and, more importantly, helped ensure the environment is a little bit cleaner.

For Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) Airman Lena Santiago,

assigned to air department, giving back to the community is something she has been doing all her life.

“I’ve been volunteering with my dad since I was a little kid,” Santiago said. “He was in the Navy for 20 years and I always did Navy events with him. Plus I like helping people out.”

Carl Vinson has a huge impact financially and environmentally on the greater San Diego area, NASNI and Coronado, so its imperative the crew assures the community that Carl Vinson cares.

“I feel it’s important to get involved outside the ship, to show that Sailors can do more than just our regular jobs, we can step out and be part of helping the community,” said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Liza Cole, a medical ward corpsman.

There are many things that have been done by Carl Vinson to promote the Green Machine’s mission. During the most recent deployment, Greene Machine coordinated the offloading of cardboard and aluminum waste and the proper disposal of ship’s waste at bases where it was delivered. Each Sailor also received a sports bottle to help reduce the amount of paper and

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D E C K P L A T EDIALOGUES Which activities are you most looking forward to this summer?

plastic waste.Because Carl Vinson is currently between deployments and

spends the majority of its time pier-side, Green Machine is working with base waste management personnel to ensure the ship has the proper recycling facilities on the pier. Green Machine ensures the ship sorts its trash and gets it in the proper waste receptacles.

To bolster Carl Vinson’s impact on base, Green Machine has stepped up its involvement, organizing more COMREL projects like beach and park clean-ups.

The next Green Machine meeting will be held Friday, June 7 at 7 p.m. in the training classroom. For additional information about how to support the team, contact HMC Eison at J-dial 2274. ABHAR

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HMCS (SW/AW) Jerry Ramey

SHSNNicholas Dodd

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