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- Hello Carl Vinson,
I'm MC3 Nicholas Foley

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and today we will be giving you training

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on how to give a tour around the ship.

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If needed, there are pamphlets
provided down in Main Media

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or you can print a fact
sheet from the share drive.

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With that being said, let's get started.

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- Welcome to the USS Carl Vinson.

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Right now we're standing in front

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of one of America's greatest assets.

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Before we head on board,
there's a few things

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that we'd like to remember
for your tour today.

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First, please don't take any photographs

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of our armed security personnel
or the entry control point

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that you just walked through.

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Second, the spaces that
you see on your tour today

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are unclassified, meaning
that you're encouraged

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to take photos of anything
you see unless told otherwise.

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And finally, please remember safety.

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For your tour today, we prefer

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that you wear closed-toed
shoes and watch your head

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as you proceed through the tour route.

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Right now, we're standing at the base

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of Carl Vinson's Officer
Brown, getting ready

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to head aboard the ship.

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As we mentioned before,
safety is paramount

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during your tour.

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As you proceed up ladder
wells, as we call stairs,

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make sure you have three
points of contact at all times.

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As we say in the Navy, three
for the ship, one for you.

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(techno music)

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Right now we're standing in
Carl Vinson's ship museum.

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As we talked about, Carl
Vinson is a Nimitz-class

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aircraft carrier, one of ten operational

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in the United States Navy,
clocking in at 36 years old.

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Carl Vinson is the third such
aircraft carrier commissioned

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by the Navy, named for the
father of the Two-Ocean Navy,

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the honorable Carl Vinson,
a congressman from Georgia.

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We are the only ship named after a member

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of the House of Representatives,

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a man whose career was
marked by an advocacy

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for America's Naval might and supremacy

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in all things maritime.

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As we walk the deck plates today, think

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about Carl Vinson's
legacy of service, coming

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from humble beginnings in
rural Georgia and rising

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to become one of the most
influential legislators

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in American history.

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Now that we know who Carl Vinson is,

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and just what he stood for, let's head out

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to the quarterdeck and find out about

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the people who are keeping
this ship operational today.

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(techno music)

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Right now, we're standing

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on Carl Vinson's ceremonial quarterdeck.

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Since the days of sail,

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ships have retained a special place

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to welcome guests and dignitaries
in an official manner.

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Behind me, you'll note

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that Carl Vinson displays
four photo boards.

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These boards highlight
the people who make up

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the chain of command aboard this warship.

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Directly behind me, you
will see the photo board

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for Commander Carrier Strike Group One.

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The rear admiral in charge
of Carrier Strike Group One

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is overall in charge of
the Carrier Strike Group.

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Behind this photo board

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is the USS Carl Vinson Chain of Command.

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This Chain of Command is responsible

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for those sailors assigned

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to the aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson.

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Moving on to the other side,

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we have the Commander Destroyer
Squadron One photo board.

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This board, headed up by
the commodore, or DESRON,

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is in charge of the surface
and subsurface picture

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around the Carl Vinson.

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And finally, we have Carrier Air Wing Two,

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Carl Vinson's offensive punch.

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These officers are in charge
of operating and maintaining

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the aircraft embarked aboard this ship.

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Right now, we find ourselves
in Carl Vinson's hangar bay.

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Although it looks like one big space,

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it's important to remember
that our hangar bay

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is made into three smaller bays.

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These bays can be divided
at a moment's notice

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using large, very powerful doors,

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in case of a fire or an emergency.

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The hangar bay is also home to
three damage control lockers,

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where the crew can fight
the ship, as we say,

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to combat any casualty that
we may encounter while at sea.

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This is a space that can be
best thought of as a garage.

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Here on the Carl Vinson,
we operate many aircraft,

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and those aircraft often need maintenance.

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At sea, this space is abuzz
with the sound of maintainers

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fixing, repairing, and keeping
their aircraft ready to fly.

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After the aircraft are
prepped and ready to go,

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the Carl Vinson has four
aces, or aircraft elevators.

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These elevators are capable
of lifting the aircraft

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from the garage down here
to the flight deck up above,

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where they're launched and recovered

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to complete whatever missions may arise.

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(techno music)

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Although we've been seeing a lot

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of interesting things
today, remember safety.

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These doors can be a little bit tricky

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for someone who hasn't used them before.

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This handle needs to come all the way up

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before walking through, and this down here

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can trip you up really easily
if you don't step over.

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Lastly, for you tall folks
out there, watch your head,

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this bulkhead is a little
lower than you might expect.

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(techno music)

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After our climb, we've made it
to Carl Vinson's flight deck,

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and this is where the action happens.

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Those four aircraft elevators
that we talked about

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lead right here, to where
Carl Vinson's sailors

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launch and recover aircraft day or night,

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in many different types of sea conditions.

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Right behind me is one of
Carl Vinson's four catapults,

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or cats, as we call them in the business.

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These powerful pieces
of equipment are capable

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of getting an aircraft from
zero to 150 miles an hour

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in just two and a half
seconds, enough energy

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to get off the deck and into the air.

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The piece of flight deck
equipment right behind me

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is called a jet blast deflector, or JBDs,

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as they're most commonly
known around the flight deck.

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These very important pieces of equipment

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are a key piece of the puzzle

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in allowing Carl Vinson to
conduct simultaneous launches

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and recoveries on the flight deck.

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The purpose of this piece of
equipment is personnel safety.

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When an aircraft is coming up on power,

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this piece of equipment
raises to a upright position

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to allow personnel to safely
pass behind the aircraft,

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where they otherwise
wouldn't be able to go

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due to the hot exhaust of the aircraft.

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According to the
time-tested laws of physics,

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what goes up, must come down,
and here on Carl Vinson,

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these bad boys are
responsible for making sure

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the second half of that
equation is conducted safely.

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This is a piece of Carl
Vinson's arresting gear.

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On board we have four of
these, known as wires,

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spanning the flight deck.

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During flight operations,
these wires are responsible

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for bringing aircraft to a
slow and controlled stop.

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When we're flying, pilots aim
for the number three wire.

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Now we're standing in front

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of Carl Vinson's national ensign.

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Since the ship is in port, the ensign

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is displayed on the flagpole behind me.

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When we're underway, we display
the national ensign proudly

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24 hours a day, high atop the island.

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When you're on your tour today,
remind your family members

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that it's this very spot that we used

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to display America's national
colors in faraway ports

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such as Busan, South Korea,
Guam, or even Vietnam.

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A walk on the flight deck
is never a walk in the park,

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and part of that is due to the surface

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that's right beneath your feet.

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Whether or not you've
noticed it, our flight deck

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is covered with a very special material

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that we call non-skid.

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The name is pretty self-explanatory,

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but this hard surface helps
us to keep our aircraft

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and personnel safe and
in place when the ship

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is conducting operations
in many different types

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of weather and sea conditions.

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To my right, we have
what's known as a pad eye.

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These circles that dot the
flight deck and the hangar bay

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are used to secure aircraft and equipment

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when the ship is underway.

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(deep, slow voice)
Underway, underway.

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Behind me is the door
to flight deck control.

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From this position, the
aircraft handling officer

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is responsible for
supervising the activities

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of USS Carl Vinson's flight deck.

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On the flight deck, since
the pace is so fast,

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we use different colored
shirts, or jerseys,

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to help delineate what
exactly every sailor is doing.

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Running through those jerseys
can help us understand

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the many roles of the flight deck.

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The yellow jerseys are
responsible for moving aircraft

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and directing them from
one spot to the other.

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The blue jerseys, working
with those yellow jerseys,

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are responsible for physically
chalking and chaining

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and walking with the aircraft,

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as well as operating Carl
Vinson's aircraft elevators.

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Next we have the red shirts.

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Those are aviation ordinancemen,

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as well as flight deck crash and salvage.

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These are sailors who load bombs
and weaponry onto aircraft,

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and respond to fires and
emergencies, respectively.

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The brown shirts serve as plane captains.

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The green jerseys are aircraft launch

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and recovery equipment,
as well as photographers.

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Purple jerseys are fuelies.

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These proud grapes run back and forth

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on the flight deck all day long,

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making sure aircraft are
topped off and ready to go.

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And finally, white jerseys are corpsmen,

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as well as personnel
responsible for administration

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of the flight deck.

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Directly behind me is
Carl Vinson's island.

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It serves many purposes.

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It's home to a myriad
of radars and antennas.

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It's where personnel safely
supervise flight operations.

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And, last but not least, it's home

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to Carl Vinson's navigation bridge,

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where a team of highly trained
sailors operate the ship

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and navigate it safely
to where it needs to be.

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(techno music)

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From here, a team of
highly trained officer

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and enlisted sailors
use navigation equipment

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to safely get Carl Vinson
from one place to another,

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while still meeting flight
operations' requirements.

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From the bridge, we can
tell how far other ships

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are from us, the
direction that we're going

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and that we'd like to go,
as well as communicate

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with other ships in our area.

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Where I'm standing now is
where the helmsmen would stand

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if we were underway.

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This watch station is responsible

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for physically steering
Carl Vinson left or right,

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depending on the orders from the officer

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of the deck and the conning officer.

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When the orders are received,
this wheel right here

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is turned, and it gets Carl
Vinson exactly where we need

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to go in a safe manner.

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To my right, we have the lee helm console.

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This console, now a touchscreen,

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is responsible for ordering the speed

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of USS Carl Vinson, once
again under the direction

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of the officer of the deck
and the conning officer.

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When the sailor here
inputs the combination

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into this screen, which
is illuminated underway,

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an order is received deep below the ship,

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and sailors specially
trained in throttle control

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give steam to turn the propellers

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and push us ahead or astern.

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Moving on on the bridge,
we have the watch position

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of the boastings made of the watch.

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The boastings made of
the watch is responsible

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for the good order and discipline

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of enlisted watchstanders on the bridge,

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and they're also the
keepers of Naval tradition

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and the passers of the
word onboard Carl Vinson.

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They use their pipe to sound
traditional Naval calls,

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ring bells to mark time,

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and pass other various
announcements on the 1MC,

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or announcing system, as
the day goes on underway.

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At this table, known as the chart table,

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the enlisted assistants to the navigators,

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or quartermasters, work.

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They're responsible for
updating the ship's deck log,

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or her official record of activity,

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and helping chart the course

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towards Carl Vinson's
next planned way points.

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After taking some time to
look around the bridge,

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it's time to head back downstairs.

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(techno music)

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Well we've reached the
end of our tour today.

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After your time on board,
I truly hope you have

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a better understanding of what we do here

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on Carl Vinson, as well
as why aircraft carriers

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are vital to America's national security.

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Remember, as a tour guide, it's on you

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to project the best of Carl Vinson.

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Remember to have a squared-away uniform,

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a sharp haircut, and
present everything you know

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about what makes America's
favorite aircraft carrier,

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America's greatest aircraft carrier.

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Thanks for watching, and remember,

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you're part of the greatest
crew on the waterfront,

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so stay sharp out there, Carl Vinson.

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Respect for your request
for permission to go ashore.

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(sailor talking low)

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(techno music)