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For family and friends of Sailors aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). Freedom at Work.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/USSGeorgeHWBush
Members: 370
Latest Activity: Apr 15

Please help keep our Sailors safe by observing operational security (OPSEC) and not discussing specific details of the ship's schedule.

Ships Address: (this is for Sailors attached to the ship, squadrons have different addresses). You must know the Department and Division your Sailor is assigned to ensure mail finds its way to him or her.

(Rate or Rank/Name)
USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77)
UNIT 100331 BOX # (Box number is specific to each Sailor on board)
FPO, AE 09513

Here is the specific link the USPS Priority Mail APO/FPO Flat Rate Boxes, choose a pack of 10 or 25 boxes and they will deliver them right to your house. The APO/FPO boxes are the large size so you'll have to order the regular priority mail boxes if you want medium or small. Also linked the needed customs forms that you can order at the same time. ALL ARE FREE. You can then use Click and Ship to ship it at a discount and you can even schedule the post office to pick the package up from your house.

Priority Mail APO/FPO Flat Rate Box

You will need to attach a Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note (2976-A) when mailing to the ship while it is deployed overseas.

Ombudsman Email: cvn77ombudsman@yahoo.com

FRG (Family Readiness Group) Email: cvn77frg@cvn77frg.org

Official Web page of USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77)

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on Facebook

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AVENGER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER (Latest Edition)

MAIL CALL Written by MC3 Madlangbayan, Jeffrey

DEPLOYMENT 2017, January 21, 2017 - ???

USS George H.W. Bush departs for 3rd Deployment

USS George H.W. Bush Enters 6th Fleet

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Souda Bay, Crete (Greece)

USS George H.W. Bush Conducts Strikes from Mediterranean

Fight Against ISIS

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Souda Bay, Crete (Greece)

First U.S. aircraft carrier of Trump presidency enters the Persian Gulf

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Conducts OIR Missions Against ISIS

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DEPLOYMENT 2014 February 15, 2014 - November 15, 2014

USS George H.W. Bush departs for 2nd Deployment

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Enters 6th Fleet

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Greece

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Turkey

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Enters 5th Fleet

George H.W. Bush Departs Manama, Bahrain

George H.W. Bush Departs Jebel Ali, UAE after port visit to Dubai.

USS George H.W. Bush to Move into Arabian Gulf

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Jebel Ali, UAE for port visit to Dubai.

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) F/A-18s Strike ISIL Targets in Iraq

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Jebel Ali, UAE for port visit to Dubai.

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) F/A-18s Strike ISIS Targets in Syria.

USS George H.W. Bush Departs Manama Bahrain

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) relieves USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Arabian Gulf.

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) arrives in Duqm, Oman

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Departs US 5th Fleet

George H.W. Bush Arrives in Marseille, France

USS George H.W. Bush Homecoming

George H.W. Bush Strike Group Returns to Homeport

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on December 6, 2018 at 1:59pm: Such a moving picture.

Comment by John and Yvonne on November 29, 2018 at 10:48am: Hello Nikki.

How is your son doing? Is he enjoying Navy life? :) I was just wondering if your son is interested in coming over on the weekends. We have another sailor who comes over who is also on the Bush. Let us know and we can pm you our cell #. Have a great day!

Yvonne and John

Comment by John and Yvonne on May 23, 2018 at 6:19pm: Great!

When he gets here we can pm you our cell # or if he would feel better if we contacted him, with his permission you could give us his cell #. /either way is fine.

Yvonne and John

Comment by NikkiKL on May 22, 2018 at 7:23pm: Hi John and Yvonne,

Thanks for the reply. My son will be in Norfolk in a few weeks so I will let him know about your kind invitation. Thank you so much!

Nikki

Comment by John and Yvonne on May 22, 2018 at 1:19pm: NikkiKL,

I just looked and if you go to FB, and type in USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH CVN 77 , their page comes up. It gives information about the ship, but I didn't see any comments by Moms. Hope that helps!

Yvonne

Comment by John and Yvonne on May 22, 2018 at 1:12pm: Hello NikkiKL!

I'm not sure but I can check around for you or you can go to FB and type in the Bush and see what comes up.

Sounds like your son may be newly stationed here. Just wanted to let you know that my husband and I invite sailors over to our home on the weekends --Saturday evening and Sunday afternoons. We play board games, watch movies, go to special events in the area and of course we feed them! :) If you want to know more about us, check out our page on this site.

Yvonne and John

Comment by NikkiKL on May 21, 2018 at 11:46am: Hello everyone!
I'm new to this group and wondered if there is a Facebook page that is by invite only for family of sailors on the GHWB?
Thank you :)

Comment by SoCal_Sailor_Dad on February 19, 2018 at 9:12pm: Pippomky, If you are looking for cards that your sailor can use from the ship while underway, they have to be a specific AT&T Ship-to-Shore card. They are available in the ship's store but your sailor has to buy them. I think they used to be available through the NEX but I may have read somewhere around here that they don't carry them anymore. They are pricey (I think $.80/minute)

In port, they can use their cell phones. When on deployment, at sea the ship-to-shore cards are the only option for phone, in foreign ports they usually use their cell phones, either get an international plan, purchase local SIM cards, or my son signed up for Google FI and it worked great, even in countries like Dubai.

Comment by pippomky75 on February 19, 2018 at 8:39pm: we want to buy phone cards for our sailor is there a certain kind we need to get?

Comment by John and Yvonne on August 31, 2017 at 9:44pm: Jen,

Are they looking for an apartment or a house? With Navy housing, their name has to go on a list and sometimes it takes a year or two for their name to come up.

Yvonne and John