Comment

Comment by CountryGirl on November 19, 2015 at 9:52pm

@aliyah. The last I heard they will go in & out through out the year. They will try to do a tiger cruise during one of those times. They are being delayed going into yards cause they aren't done with the carrier that is there now.

Comment by sethsmom on November 19, 2015 at 9:32pm

Aliyah, that was my understanding too.

Comment by JH4JH on November 19, 2015 at 9:15pm

I received a message from my son yesterday giving me his wish list for Christmas, lol. We actually got to have a conversation (messages back and forth throughout the day). I'm guessing he may have had a bit of down time and was thinking of being home for the holidays

Comment by Aliyah on November 19, 2015 at 8:03pm

Hi does anyone know the future of the GW As in will it experience underways in its new home port? Because I thought the ship was going to get worked on for four years without going anywhere

Comment by BeachBunny on November 19, 2015 at 5:53pm

I think after they finish with the international exercise and start thinking of the last phase of the cruise that the communication will change...:))

Comment by que'smom on November 19, 2015 at 5:08pm

Thanks Joshmom, I sent the info to my son to be added to the email list also.  I will ask has he put us on the Homecoming list.  

Comment by navymomfromCT (Ship 11, Div.037) on November 19, 2015 at 4:03pm

I will do the same.....

Comment by sethsmom on November 19, 2015 at 3:54pm

I sent request to be added with cc to my son. Maybe this will give him a push. Didn't even realize there was such a list.

Thanks joshmom!

Comment by MaggieMay on November 19, 2015 at 3:14pm

Here's a post from the GW Ombdusman facebook page:

This is how my sailor got me on the email distribution list.  I don't think we'll get much detailed info regarding the Homecoming until right before the ship comes in due to security risks.

You ladies make me really appreciate my sailor.  I don't know what I'd do if he didn't keep in touch with me.  He's already added our family's names to the list to be attending the Homecoming.  Email your sailors and lay a guilt trip on them LOL  tell them you need to know they are taking care of things!  Keeping my fingers crossed you all hear from them soon.  Hopefully phone calls will come in when they are in port.

Someone asked (sorry forgot who) about the ship when it is in Virginia.  As for as I know the ship is still suppose to go in for RCOH, at least I haven't read anything that says otherwise.  

Thanks for the articles & pics BeachBunny.  Yep our sailors are awesome! Of course we already knew that!!!

Comment by BeachBunny on November 19, 2015 at 11:28am

Not only are we participating in the war game exercises but there's humanitarian work going on in the area. This article was posted by the Navy this morning...Bravo Zulu to our fleet volunteers...http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=92055

Great article posted by the Navy on the UNITAS LANI exercise...am proud of what they are doing out there!!

ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), Carrier Strike Group NINE (CSG 9), Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 23 to include USS Chafee (DDG 90) and USS McFaul (DDG 74) and embarked Carrier Air Wing TWO (CVW 2) began UNITAS Atlantic (LANT) Nov. 14, a multinational exercise in the USSOUTHCOM region.

UNITAS LANT is scheduled for Nov. 14-25. Brazil will host the exercise with participation from Cameroon, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, United Kingdom and United States.

"UNITAS demonstrates the strength of our relationships with partner nations and our continued commitment to the South America region," said Rear Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander, CSG 9. "This exercise provides unique training opportunities between George Washington Strike Group and 11 partner navies that enhance interoperability and allow our personnel to gain experience in a multinational task force training environment."

While the overarching goal is to develop and test command and control of forces at sea, training in this exercise will address the spectrum of maritime operations. Specifically, there will be scenarios addressing electronic warfare, anti-air warfare and air defense, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and maritime interdiction operations, and joint exercises with the Brazilian Air Force.

"Another component of UNITAS LANT, a bi-lateral exercise between CVW 2 and the Brazilian Air Force, will increase tactical procedures and voice/data communications interoperability and provides a venue to develop and standardize tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) to support multinational maritime engagement," said Lt. Dave Gardner, the operations officer of Destroyer Squadron 23.

Washington is deployed as part of Southern Seas 2015 which seeks to enhance interoperability, increase regional stability and build and maintain relationships with countries throughout the region through joint, multinational and interagency exchanges and cooperation.


For more news from USS George Washington (CVN 73), visit www.navy.mil/local/cvn73/.

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• …
• 13
• 14
• 15
• 16
• 17
• …
• 432
• Next ›
• Page