Weapons Flashcards
What is the Department Head/ Gun Boss’s job?
-Administratively responsibe for weapons department personnel
What is the OHO?
- Ordinance Handling Officer
- Operationally responsible for all the ordinance throughout the ship.
What is G-1?
AWSE and Flight Deck Ordinance
What is AWSE?
- Armament Weapons Support Equipment
- Used in support of handling evolutions
What are the two main types of AWSE?
Skids and Transporters
What is the most common skid?
MHU-191/ M Munitions Transporter
What is G-2?
Armory/ Torpedoes/ Magazine Sprinklers
What is G-3?
Magazines/ Bomb Assembly
What is G-4?
Elevators
What is G-5?
- Administartion
- QA
- Ordinance Control
- Logistics
What program ensures that persons handling ordnance are trained and properly qualified to do so?
The Non- Nuclear Ordnance/ Explosive Handling Qualification Program
What types of training takes place in the Non- Nuclear/ Explosive Handling Qualification Program?
- Classroom instruction
- OJT
- Hands on demonstrations
- Ordnance handling
- Oral board by the OHO
Describe HERO
- Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance
- Set to prevent the chance of ordnance becoming armed due to electromagnetic radiation from antennas
What is an AIM?
Air Launched Air Intercept Missile
What are some examples of Air Launched Air Intercept Missiles?
- Aim-9 Sidewinder
- Aim-7 Sparrow
- Aim-120 AMRAAM