WEBVTT 00:00.490 --> 00:02.712 What we work through as the bridge team 00:02.712 --> 00:04.823 is just the dynamic nature of what we 00:04.823 --> 00:07.130 do at sea , uh , and there are 00:07.130 --> 00:09.297 challenges every single day but how we 00:09.297 --> 00:11.519 work through them is by sticking to our 00:11.519 --> 00:13.852 procedures and sticking to our training . 00:17.659 --> 00:19.603 So my name is Lieutenant Elizabeth 00:19.603 --> 00:21.770 Wayne . I'm the assistant navigator on 00:21.770 --> 00:23.715 board George Washington . I report 00:23.715 --> 00:25.603 directly to the navigator and the 00:25.603 --> 00:27.381 commanding officer for the safe 00:27.381 --> 00:29.437 navigation of the ship , where we're 00:29.437 --> 00:31.437 going , what we're doing as part of 00:31.437 --> 00:33.437 that role . I also train the bridge 00:33.437 --> 00:35.381 watch officers , so everybody that 00:35.381 --> 00:37.548 stands watch on the bridge is prepared 00:37.548 --> 00:39.548 to safely navigate the ship both in 00:39.548 --> 00:43.270 peacetime and in combat . We are 00:43.270 --> 00:45.492 bound by several different policies and 00:45.492 --> 00:47.603 publications . Uh , number one , that 00:47.603 --> 00:49.603 the bridge watch standards love and 00:49.603 --> 00:51.826 love to hate is the Rules of the Road . 00:51.826 --> 00:53.992 So that is basically the international 00:54.229 --> 00:56.470 traffic laws at sea . That's something 00:56.470 --> 00:58.692 that we're bound by . And then the Navy 00:58.692 --> 01:00.748 has a host of other publications for 01:00.748 --> 01:02.970 how to safely drive an aircraft carrier 01:02.970 --> 01:04.914 and what our policies are on board 01:04.914 --> 01:06.803 George Washington specific to our 01:06.803 --> 01:08.414 commanding officer as well . 01:13.680 --> 01:15.791 All the time when we're navigating we 01:15.791 --> 01:18.239 are focused outside of the ship on 01:18.239 --> 01:20.406 anything that could pose a hazard or a 01:20.406 --> 01:22.350 threat to the ship , so our bridge 01:22.350 --> 01:24.406 watch standards are locked in . They 01:24.406 --> 01:26.572 are looking at the radar . They have a 01:26.572 --> 01:28.795 host of other sensors and we're looking 01:28.795 --> 01:30.795 out the windows . We're making sure 01:30.795 --> 01:33.017 that we are identifying everything that 01:33.017 --> 01:32.919 we might interact with , and that is an 01:32.919 --> 01:35.086 absolutely critical part of the bridge 01:35.086 --> 01:36.086 watch . 01:40.339 --> 01:42.760 Communication is absolutely critical on 01:42.760 --> 01:45.120 the bridge both between the officer of 01:45.120 --> 01:47.519 the deck and everybody else on the ship 01:47.680 --> 01:49.760 that she's directing , uh , but also 01:49.760 --> 01:51.593 specifically between the conning 01:51.593 --> 01:53.816 officer and the helmsman , so the folks 01:53.816 --> 01:55.927 driving the ship and actually putting 01:55.927 --> 01:58.040 inputs into the rudder and the . In 01:58.040 --> 02:00.129 addition , when we're in a special 02:00.129 --> 02:02.018 evolution , when we're conducting 02:02.018 --> 02:04.185 flight operations , the most important 02:04.185 --> 02:06.073 thing is to make sure that we are 02:06.073 --> 02:08.240 lockstep with Air boss , the captain , 02:08.350 --> 02:10.350 the command duty officer underway . 02:10.479 --> 02:12.646 Everybody needs to be on the same page 02:12.646 --> 02:14.035 to execute that safely . 02:22.479 --> 02:24.646 The thing I'm the most proud of is the 02:24.646 --> 02:26.535 sailors , so watching a brand new 02:26.535 --> 02:28.479 sailor fresh out of boot camp in a 02:28.479 --> 02:30.535 school show up here and learn how to 02:30.535 --> 02:32.757 drive an aircraft carrier or become the 02:32.757 --> 02:34.923 quartermaster of the watch responsible 02:34.923 --> 02:37.090 for safe navigation , that is just the 02:37.090 --> 02:39.312 most incredible thing . To see and it's 02:39.312 --> 02:41.479 really a testament both to the quality 02:41.479 --> 02:43.646 of our sailors but also the quality of 02:43.646 --> 02:45.646 our training uh we had a sailor get 02:45.646 --> 02:47.868 qualified as a master helmsman on board 02:47.868 --> 02:49.868 who once we handed him his cover he 02:49.868 --> 02:52.090 says I've never driven anything else in 02:52.090 --> 02:53.923 my life other than this aircraft 02:53.923 --> 02:55.289 carrier . It's pretty mind boggling .