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TUSKEGEE AIRMEN By MCSA Adam Ferrero MAKING HISTORY S-2: GENERAL MESS By MC3 Jamin Gordon IN THE SPOTLIGHT: ARE YOU QUALIFIED? By MCSN Julie Vujevich DC 310 By MC3 Trey Hutcheson WREATH LAYING COMMEMORATING GEORGE WASHINGTON THE ASHINGTON URVEYOR W S Feb. 24, 2018

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TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

By MCSA Adam Ferrero

MAKING HISTORY

S-2: GENERAL MESS

By MC3 Jamin Gordon

IN THE SPOTLIGHT:

ARE YOU QUALIFIED?

By MCSN Julie Vujevich

DC 310

By MC3 Trey Hutcheson

WREATH LAYING

COMMEMORATING GEORGE WASHINGTON

THE

ASHINGTON URVEYORW SFeb. 24, 2018

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SAILOR

WEEKof the

DEPARTMENT: Supply

HOMETOWN: Chicago

REASON HE JOINED THE NAVY: “I joined the navy so that I could better my life, and return back to college, especially since I’m only two years away from having my degree. My Favorite thing about being a CS- it always keeps you busy. There’s never a dull moment being a CS.”

CS3 Eddie Camp

MCSN Julie Vujevich

The Washington Surveyor

The Washington Surveyor is an authorized publication for Sailors serving aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). Contents herein are not the visions of, or endorsed by the U.S. government, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Navy or the Commanding Officer of USS George Washington. All news releases, photos or information for publication in The Washington Surveyor must be submitted to the Public Affairs Officer (7726).

Commanding OfficerCAPT Glenn Jamison

CAPT Colin Day

CMDCM Maurice Coffey

LCDR Gregory L. Flores

Executive Officer

Command Master Chief

Public Affairs Officer

LT Andrew Bertucci

MCCS Reginald Buggs

MCC Mary Popejoy

MCSN Oscar Moreno

MC3 Devin Bowser

Deputy Public Affairs Officer

Departmental LCPO

Divisional LCPO

Editors

Content

*For comments and concerns regarding The Washington Surveyor, email the editor at

[email protected]*

MC3 Kashif Basharat

MC3 Shayla Hamilton

MCSA Adam Ferrero

MCSN Michael Botts

MC2 Alora Blosch

MCSA Steven Young

MC3 Kristen Yarber

MC3 Trey Hutcheson

MC2 Bryan Mai

MC3 Joshua DuFrane

MC3 Jamin Gordon

MC3 Brian Sipe

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(Feb. 19, 2018) Capt. Glenn Jamison, right, and Command Master Chief Maurice Coffey begin to lay the ceremonial wreath at George Washington’s tomb. (Photo by MC3 Trey Hutcheson)

On the cover:(Feb. 19, 2018) Capt. Glenn Jamison serves as a keynote speaker during a George Washington birthday commemoration at Mount Vernon, Virginia. (Photo by MC3 Trey Hutcheson)

QUESTIONS WEEKof the

PHOTOWEEKof the

Q:A:

Who authorizes Installed Ventilation?

CHIEF ENGINEER.DC

3M Q:

A:

What is the purpose of a MRC?

PROVIDE DETAILED PROCEDURES FOR PERFORMING MAINTENANCE

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A:

What does WESS stand for?

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The supply department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN

73) is one of the largest departments, and arguably one of the most important departments aboard the ship.

The General Mess division, also known as S-2, is responsible for providing nutritious food for the ship’s crew.

“The primary mission of our job as a CS (culinary specialist) is to keep the ship’s crew refueled,” said Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Camp, the repair parts petty officer (RPPO) for S-2. “We have to keep everybody energized so we can complete the mission, as well as like SUPPO

(supply officer) likes to say, keep the morale up on the ship, and put out a good product that makes people happy, and gives them something to look forward to eating. You can’t work if you don’t eat, and you work even better if the food tastes good.”

Just as many departments aboard the ship have adjusted their workflow to accommodate various changes that came as a result of refueling complex overhaul (RCOH), S-2 did the same.

One of the biggest changes S-2 experienced with the ship being in RCOH is the amount of people served.

“Not serving as much food is an adjustment,” said Culinary Specialist 1st Class Quwanda Burnett, the

leading petty officer of S-2. “Having to serve 3,000 people, to now only serving 600 people is a big difference.”

The decrease in S-2’s workload during chow times presented an opportunity for leadership to focus even more on helping their Sailors succeed.

“Currently we are sending Sailors TAD (temporary assigned duty) for a week to Navy Food management Team in Norfolk,” said Burnett. “While TAD, the Sailors study for their advancement exam. This gives them the opportunity to grow and learn more about their rate.”

The leaders in S-2 go above and beyond to make sure their Sailors have

SUPPLY/ S-2By MC3 Jamin Gordon

DEPARTMENT

SPOTLIGHTin the

(Feb. 22, 2018) CSSN Lacy Chavis scoops potatoes off a tray during meal preparations. (Photo by MC3 Jamin Gordon)

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everything they need to succeed.“They definitely know how to keep

you busy,” said Camp. “Sometimes I might be overwhelmed by the amount of work they give us, and the working hours, but they set us up for success by having faith in us. They give us a set of tasks to complete, and the space to handle it, but at the same time they’re there to help us when we need it. They give us just enough space so

we can shine, but when we need that person to fall back on, they’re there for us.”

The leadership in S-2 doesn’t just help their Sailors succeed in the galley, but all around.

“We focus on physical fitness, education and advancement,” said Burnett. “We make sure they have the study material they need, and make sure they are getting their

qualifications. Our goal is to make sure they’re well-rounded, not just professionally, but personally.”

While Camp’s favorite part of being in S-2 is that there’s never a dull moment, Burnett’s favorite part is her Sailors. With these two aspects going hand-in-hand, a team that loves to work, and leadership that cares about their Sailors, S-2 has a recipe for success.

(Feb. 22, 2018) CSSN Shelby Besserman, left, and CS3 Aleczandrea Afanes look over paperwork. (Photo by MC3 Jamin Gordon)

(Feb. 22, 2018) CSSN Marvin Chapman cuts sausages during meal preparations. (Photo by MC3 Jamin Gordon)

(Feb. 22, 2018) CS2 Angel Castillo stirs a pot of pasta. (Photo by MC3 Jamin Gordon)

(Feb. 22, 2018) CSSN Marvin Chapman cuts sausages during meal preparations. (Photo by MC3 Jamin Gordon)

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Before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. mil-itary. After receiving pressure from

civil rights organizations, and the black press, the decision was eventually made to form an all African American pursuit squadron based out of Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1941. They be-came known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

The so-called “Tuskegee Experiment” was a United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) program to train African Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft. The Tuskegee Air-men included pilots, navigators, maintenance and support staff, bombardiers, instructors, and the various personnel involved with keep-ing planes in the air.

The military selected the Tuskegee Institute to train pilots because of its commitment to aeronautical training. Tuskegee had the facili-ties, the engineering and technical instructors, and a climate suited for year-round flying. Those possessing the physical and mental qualifications were accepted as aviation ca-dets to be trained initially as single-engine pilots, and then later to be either twin-engine pilots, navigators or bombardiers. Most were college graduates, or enrolled in college before the war began, while others demon-strated their academic qualifications through comprehensive entrance examinations. No standards were lowered for the pilots or any of the others who trained in operations, mete-orology, intelligence, engineering, medicine or any of the other officer fields.

Enlisted members were trained to be air-craft and engine mechanics, armament spe-cialists, radio repairmen, parachute riggers, control tower operators, policemen, adminis-trative clerks and all of the other skills nec-essary to fully function as a USAAC flying squadron or ground support unit.

MAKING HISTORY

Captain Benjamin O. Davis Jr., leader of US Army Air Corps 99th Pursuit Squadron, at flight-training school, 1942. (Photo courtesy of NPS.gov)

Twenty-two members of Tuskegee Airmen class 45A posing in front of a single engine airplane in 1945. Photograph is marked “45-A (SE)” on the upper right corner. Location: Tuskegee, AL. (Photo courtesy of NPS.gov)

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The black airmen who became single-en-gine or multi-engine pilots were trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field (TAAF). The first aviation cadet class began in July 1941, and on Feb. 19, 1942, the Tuskegee Airmen were initiated into the United States Armed Forces. 13 started in the first class. Five successfully completed the training, one of them being Capt. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., a West Point Academy graduate. The other four were com-missioned second lieutenants, and all five received USAAC silver pilot wings. From 1942 to 1946, 992 pilots graduated at TAAF, receiving commissions and pilot wings. Black navigators, bombardiers and gunnery crews were trained at selected military bases else-where in the United States.

Despite the segregation and prejudice of the era, The Tuskegee Airmen would become one of the most highly respected fighter groups of World War II. According to history.net, in March 1945, the Chicago Defender ran an article with a headline saying ‘Never Lost a Bomber’. Though this headline wasn’t com-pletely accurate, the Tuskegee Airmen’s rep-utation supported it. This story was believed true until actual mission logs were compared years later.

The Tuskegee Airmen proved conclusively that African Americans could fly during com-bat, and maintain sophisticated aircraft. The newly formed U.S. Air Force initiated plans to integrate its units as early as 1947, and in 1948 President Harry Truman enacted Exec-utive Order 9981, which directed equality of treatment and opportunity in all of the United States Armed Forces.

The Tuskegee Airmen’s achievements, to-gether with the men and women who support-ed them, paved the way for full integration of the U.S. military.

AIRMENTUSKEGEE

By MCSA Adam Ferrero

Briefing. Photo by Toni Frissell. March 1945. (Photo courtesy of NPS.gov)

Captain Benjamin O. Davis Jr., of US Army Air Corps 99th Pursuit Squadron, in cockpit, greeted by other cadets at flight-training school, 1942. (Photo courtesy of NPS.gov)

Sharing credit for Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilot’s victory over the Nazis are mechanics George Johnson and James C. Howard. Their outfit, the 99th Fighter Squadron, bagged 12 Nazi fighter planes in two days. February 1944. (Photo courtesy of NPS.gov)

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The sound of f lutes and drums playing in the distance echoed through the air as audience

members gathered together to view the ceremony that was about to take place. This was the first time that the Nim-itz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) Sailors were asked to participate in Presidents’ Day commemoration events at Mount Ver-non.

Sailors assigned to USS George Washington prepared for the ceremo-nial wreath laying at Mount Vernon, the home and final resting place of our first president George Washington.

“I was very honored to be able to go to our first president’s home,” said Yeoman 3rd Class Lynnett Evans, a participant in George Washington’s 286th Birthday Ceremony at Mount Vernon as the anthem singer. “It was interesting to see where he once lived and honoring his legacy at his final resting place.”

As the morning pressed on, the au-dience began to grow from a small gathering to a large crowd of more than 6,500 spectators that circled the tomb of George Washington, awaiting the beginning of the ceremony.

“I was in awe; I could almost feel like I was a part of history just by being there,” said Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) David Hooker, the leading chief petty officer of the George Washington Color Guard. “For the guests to come out to the ceremony, curious and wanting to know about our ship, and what it is we do in the United States Navy was very humbling. The amount of attention that we received from the guests to visiting the estate was overwhelming.”

As military personnel assumed their positions, silence fell upon the crowd, and all that was heard were the un-bending drill commands of a soldier.

“It was very heart-warming to partic-ipate in such a big day for our country,”

LAYINGTHEWREATH

GW SAILORS PARTICIPATE IN GEORGE WASHINGTON’S 286th BIRTHDAY CEREMONY

By MC3 Trey Hutcheson

(Feb. 19, 2018) USS George Washington Color Guard walk to present the colors.(Photo by MC3 Trey Hutcheson)

(Feb. 19, 2018) Capt. Glenn Jamison and Command Master Chief Maurice Coffey begin to lay the ceremonial wreath at George Washington’s tomb. (Photo by MC3 Trey Hutcheson)

(Feb. 19, 2018) Capt. Glenn Jamison and CMC Maurice Coffey stand at attention after laying the ceremonial wreath at George Washington’s tomb. (Photo by MC3 Trey Hutcheson)

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said Evans. “For me to sing our na-tional anthem and see the faces of all the people while I sang, it was just majestic. I was very honored. “

When Maj. Gen. Michael L. How-ard, the commanding general of Joint Force Headquarters, placed the presidential wreath, and Capt. Glenn Jamison, the commanding officer of George Washington, placed a wreath from the ship’s crew, the sound of shutters from cameras and the light from flashes engulfed the area.

“As a chief, and as a Sailor, we come

in day-in and day-out doing what we need to do, but sometimes, I feel we get complacent, and we don’t realize quite how far we have come as a na-tion,” said Hooker. “Seeing the house of our founding father made me re-alize how far our country has come, and how far we still have to go.”

As the smoke from the recently fired musket rif les cleared the air, the ceremony quickly came to an end.

“There we were, wearing our uni-forms, present in a moment of re-membrance on a site where so many

meetings, and so many important de-cisions about our nation took place,” said Hooker.” I hope that future George Washington Sailors can re-f lect back on this day, and that they will want to continue to be a part of this event at Mount Vernon.”

Guests were scattered through-out the property, soaking in all that Mount Vernon had to offer. Sailors posed for photos and chatted with guests; for at least one day, it seemed all eyes were fixed on a plot of land off the banks of the Potomac River.

(Feb. 19, 2018) Members of the United States Army Military District of Washington 1st and 14th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) stand by to present arms. (Photo by MC3 Trey Hutcheson)

(Feb. 19, 2018) Capt. Glenn Jamison, left, and Command Master Chief Maurice Coffey pay their respects to George Washington (Photo by MC3 Trey Hutcheson)

(Feb. 19, 2018) Members of the United States Army Military District of Washington 1st and 14th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) await the laying of the presidential wreath. (Photo by MC3 Trey Hutcheson)

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With the Navy-wide advancement exams coming up, the Supply

department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Wash-ington (CVN 73) is working to im-prove their Sailors’ study habits.

“The program we have run-ning has really grown over the 10 months I’ve been here,” said Cmdr. Kelly House, the George Washing-ton supply officer.

Before supply department im-plemented their new program, Sailors were expected to find the study material and bibliographies through the ship’s local access net-work.

While some division’s spaces are outfitted with several computers, this proved more difficult for work centers that had limited or no com-puters.

“What I found when I would observe the study sessions is that people were studying off their phones more than anything,” said House. “Everyone knows the re-ception out here isn’t great, so it was making things more difficult for my Sailors to read and retain the study information. I know that I myself have a hard time studying off electronic media, so we found a way to fix the issue.”

SETTINGTHEMUP

GW SUPPLY DEPARTMENT STRIVES FOR SAILORS SUCCESS IN ADVANCEMENT EXAMS

By MCSN Julie Vujevich

FORSUCCESS

(Feb. 21, 2018) CS3 Amber S. Elbert, left, and CS3 Karen E. Sielck participate in a study session for the petty officer advancement exam. (Photo by MC3 Jamin Gordon)

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The supply department’s lead-ership put together personalized binders for each individual Sailor in their department. Every binder contained the Sailor’s bibliogra-phies, study material and the basic military requirement (BMR), which is a requirement for the exam.

“When we made the binders and handed them out, I could see ev-erybody’s attitude change about training and studying,” said House. “I’ve noticed that some of them, on their own, increased the amount of times a week they study, and they’re constantly quizzing each other and studying notecards in their down time in the work day. There’s nothing wrong with you studying while you’re at work as long as you find appropriate times to do it, in fact, I encourage it.”

Along with the binders, Sailors are afforded time set aside during the work day to study in a group setting.

“We have study sessions twice

a week for an hour a day where they have a scheduled course study similar to a college class,” said House. “They would read a chapter one week, and then the next week a quiz would be issued on that chap-ter. They’re not multiple choice, they are written and fill-in-the-blank quizzes. When they grade the quizzes, they find where their weaknesses are on the previous week’s material.”

Along with the study sessions, the supply department’s leadership has set up a bonus for their Sailors to increase their chances for suc-cess on the advancement exams.

“I am trying to give our Sailors the week prior to their eligible exam to do nothing but focus sole-ly on studying for the exam,” said House. “For that week, they will be going TAD (temporary assigned duty) to centers of excellence that we set up for them. We engaged the Navy food management team for the culinary specialists, the fleet

assist team for the ship’s service-men and we have a study curricu-lum for logistics specialists that the chiefs and first classes put together and run.”

Supply department Sailors are afforded many opportunities by their leadership to study and learn their rate so that they have a better chance at success on the exams but should be reminded that they need to be taking it seriously.

“At the end of the day, advance-ment is on the Sailors,” Master Chief Logistics Specialist Mary Ames. “If they don’t put in the ef-fort and take the studying serious-ly, they’re setting themselves up for failure despite our best efforts to set them up for success. I really hope that this program helps our Sailors reach their full potential and advance.”

The Navy-wide advancement ex-ams are conducted in March and September of each year for Sailors eligible for advancement in rank.

(Feb. 21, 2018) CS3 Karen E. Sielck participates in a study session for the petty officer advancement exam. (Photo by MC3 Jamin Gordon)

(Feb. 21, 2018) S-5 Sailors study for an advancement exam. (Photo by MC3 Jamin Gordon)

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Over the next four years, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington

(CVN 73) will continue to be more of a construction zone than an air-craft carrier as it goes through re-fueling complex overhaul (RCOH). Around every corner, down every passage way and everywhere in be-tween, is a new way for Sailors to hurt themselves in some form. From the numerous cords that fill many of the ship’s ladderwells, to the large pipes that run across many of the decks, trip hazards are just one of the ways Sailors face danger daily.

In light of the hazardous nature of the working environment aboard the ship, Sailors are highly encour-aged to get the Damage Control 310 Advanced First-Aid/Stretcher-Bear-er personal qualification standard (PQS) which trains Sailors in the ba-sics of responding to common medi-cal emergencies.

Stretcher-bearers are designated

personnel, typically assigned to bat-tle dressing stations. Their primary task is to support the ship’s medical department during medical emer-gencies. They are trained to provide on-scene patient resuscitation, stabi-lization, and triage.

Although George Washington has a fully staffed medical department, many times they are not the first re-sponders when an incident occurs.

“Not every corpsman is always going to always be readily available to respond in time, especially now that the ship’s medical department is no longer as centrally located as it used to be,” said Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Latasha Barnes, a member of the ship’s medical training team (MTT). “We’re not everywhere like the rovers for security department, or even personnel who work in the departments near the area of inci-dent. We don’t always get to see, hear or know exactly what the first responders to an incident do. They

are our eyes, our ears and an exten-sion of the ship’s medical staff.”

As an effort to increase 310 qual-ification throughout the ship, medi-cal personnel provide training after working hours to duty personnel.

“It’s a work in progress,” said Hospital CorspmanCorpsman 3rd Class Austin Swagart, a member of George Washington’s medical de-partment. “Providing the training to duty personnel has opened a lot more people’s eyes to the process and the importance of being qualified.”

There are several steps Sailors pur-suing the stretch-bearer qualification must complete including getting the appropriate PQS signed, and an oral board.

“MTTs are the only personnel that can sign off on the 310 qualifica-tion,” said Swagart. “The prereq-uisite, 105 (First-Aid Rescue), any second class or above on the ship who has that qualification can sign. There isn’t a test associated with this

“Providing the training to duty personnel has opened a lot more people’s eyes to the process and

the importance of being qualified.”- HM3 Austin Swagart

310AREYOU

By MCSN Julie Vujevich QUALIFIED?

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qualification, but there is an oral board with the ship’s nurse.”

Stretcher-bearer training previously covered eight wounds and conditions. Since the start of RCOH, heat training, frostbite and crushing injuries have been added to the list that personnel might en-counter in the shipyard.

“Recently, we had a lot of freezing weather so we had to make sure the watch standers were periodically rotating out, and be wary of frostbite,” said Barnes. “It can also get really hot on the ship, especially now that most air conditioning units are no longer running.”

People sit in spaces for hours at a time during the workday, there-fore it’s important that people can identify different signs and symp-toms of heat stroke, heat exhaus-tion and frostbite in themselves and others.

If there is uncertainty about the working conditions of an area, Sailors can always go to preven-tative medicine and have someone test a room’s temperature so they can effectively rotate out their per-sonnel, said Barnes.

The ship is currently using the Mike series of the stretcher-bearer PQS. If a Sailor is in need of the PQS, they can easily find it on the share drive under engineering de-partment’s DC PQS folder.

Given the current condition of the ship, it is imperative that Sail-ors complete this qualification.

“I think it’s important for Sail-ors to get this training and qual-ification because without it, we couldn’t function properly as a ship,” said Barnes. “Getting people qualified to respond to medical emergencies, and provide the care patients need could be imperative to saving someone’s life.”

(Feb. 13, 2018) HM3 Latasha Barnes gives instructions during a 310 training. (Photo by MCSN Julie Vujevich)

(Feb. 13, 2018) HM3 Latasha Barnes gives instructions during 310 training. (Photo by MCSN Julie Vujevich)

(Feb. 13, 2018) HM3 Latasha Barnes, ABHAN Nicholas Louttit, AN Monica Colliinsworth, AN Alexander Burgess and MASN Logan Smith prepare to lift LS3 Melissa Essor during a 310 training. (Photo by MCSN Julie Vujevich)

(Feb. 13, 2018) HM3 Latasha Barnes, ABHAN Nicholas Louttit, AN Monica Colliinsworth and AN Alexander Burgess Smith prepare to lift LS3 Melissa Essor during 310 training. (Photo by MCSN Julie Vujevich)

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NAVYNEWS

Navy Global Deployer App Adds Language

and Cultural DataBy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor L. Jackson, Center for Information Warfare Training Public Affairs

PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- An up-dated version of the previously released Navy Global Deployer application for mobile devices became available for download, Feb. 20.

The app is designed to support Navy personnel and their families stationed or deployed abroad with cultural awareness and language resources

The original app provided material for six fleet concentration areas: Bahrain, It-aly, Japan, Spain, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines. With this update, the Center for Information Warfare Train-ing’s Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) directorate provided additional resources on language, history, geography, people, ethnic groups, reli-gious institutions, societal norms, behav-iors, etiquette, and culturally-appropriate behaviors for an additional 21 countries.

With the option of deleting download-ed content and its starting size of 50MB, the updated version is more space effi-cient than its predecessor.

“We are very excited about the fea-tures and content in the second release of the app,” said Capt. Bill Lintz, com-manding officer of the Center for Infor-mation Warfare Training. “It offers Sail-ors, civilian employees and their family members an improved experience and minimizes space requirements on their device. As an on-demand language and culture learning tool, it makes living, visiting and working overseas better and improves relationships with our vi-tal foreign partners.”

User-friendly information on the “LREC Navy Global Deployer” app includes operational cultural awareness training (OCAT) videos, culture cards,

etiquette guides, common language phrases, and guides which provide sug-gestions for how to go about learning a language.

The OCATs are narrated videos provid-ing in-depth information on a country’s history, language, social norms, cultural-ly-appropriate and taboo behaviors, and more. The culture cards are guides for a specific country summarizing much of the information presented in the corre-sponding OCAT. Most include a guide to each country’s naval rank structure and insignia. The etiquette guides offer everything from meeting and greeting to cultural values, to the significance of common nonverbal gestures.

The U.S. Navy Sea Warrior Program (PMW 240) produced the app and Tra-cen Technologies Inc., a company which specializes in integrated mobile and web solutions, was the software developer.

The LREC Navy Global Deployer mo-bile application is available for download

from the iTunes and Google Play online stores. To find the free app, search key words such as “CLREC” and “Navy global deployer” in the app stores or a web browser. Sailors can also find this app and many other Navy apps at https://www.applocker.navy.mil.

The Navy’s LREC office delivers for-eign language instruction and training on foreign cultures to prepare Navy person-nel for global engagements to strengthen ties with enduring allies, cultivate rela-tionships with emerging partners, thwart adversaries, and defeat enemies. Part of the Center for Information Warfare Training, LREC directorate is located at Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Sta-tion.

Center for Information Warfare Train-ing delivers trained information warfare professionals to the Navy and joint ser-vices, enabling optimal performance of information warfare across the full spec-trum of military operations.

(Feb. 3, 2017) A Sailor examines the features available on the Center for Language, Regional Expertise and Culture (CLREC) mobile application. The CLREC Navy Global Deployer app is available for download from the iTunes and Google Play online stores. (Photo by MC2 Taylor L. Jackson)

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