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Son on USS GW

Hello My Son is on the USS GW and wanted to reach out to others who may have family aboard as well

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Permalink Reply by girlnboots on April 22, 2014 at 1:20pm
My daughter heads 27 she is going to GW nice to meet you
Permalink Reply by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on April 27, 2015 at 6:41pm

Hi - my sailor has joined yours - but his last deployment was Middle East, so any advice you have on shipping mail or packages to him now will be appreciated

Permalink Reply by TerriNavyMom on June 9, 2015 at 7:09pm

Hello MZ my daughter is on GW as well..  She just arrived last week so we are really new at this whole Navy thing.. She just finished up A School and came home for a few weeks and now she is gone again.    

Permalink Reply by djk's Mom on July 27, 2015 at 6:05am

Is your daughter staying with the GW or will she be moving to one of the other ships?

Permalink Reply by ty's mom on July 26, 2015 at 9:08pm

Hi mznet, My son is on the USS GW also, I can't wait to talk to him.  It's hard having no contact.

Permalink Reply by djk's Mom on July 27, 2015 at 6:06am

you are able to inbox them on FB , just takes a while to get answers>> So hard I know

Permalink Reply by ty's mom on July 28, 2015 at 1:55pm

Hi there, I am getting excited to see my boy in S.D.. can anyone tell me how long they will be there? I keep facebook messaging him the ? and he doesn't reply. He said he will be going back to Japan --- which he hasn't actually even been to yet.  He just met the GW in Australia about a month or so ago.

Permalink Reply by djk's Mom on July 28, 2015 at 2:17pm

they are there for almost a month! give or take a few days

Permalink Reply by ty's mom on July 28, 2015 at 9:34pm

Thanks so much, right after you answered me, he messaged me on facebook, saying the same. :)

Permalink Reply by MaggieMay on July 28, 2015 at 4:18pm

I agree with djk's Mom about the time frame for the GW but if your son is going to Japan then he is transferring to the Reagan and I don't know if the Reagan will be in S.D. during that same duration of time.  Remember there's 3 carriers involved in this swap!  Hopefully someone who has a sailor transferring to the RR will chime in with more info for you or better yet your son will finally reply to your messages!  I sure hope he likes Japan and has a great experience.  My son really enjoyed it over there.

Permalink Reply by 1preciousgirl on August 5, 2015 at 3:00pm

My son is on the USSGW-transferring over to the Reagan and heading back to Japan where he is stationed.  My understanding is that a "normal"hull swap takes 4 weeks but this hull swap is set to be less in duration.  Exact departure date has changed a couple times but none of them have labeled the transition as taking anywhere near a month.  Best I can say is when the sailors arrive in port "soon", ask them direct and see what the newest date is?  The plan is, the GW will be in port along side Reagan, they will perform the swap and then the Reagan will depart for waters again while the GW heads to the east coast.

Permalink Reply by Kimberly214 on August 7, 2015 at 12:21am

I haven't heard anything in a while.  I'd love to compare notes if you want to pm me :)

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