Official Twitter account of the "Spirit of Freedom", USS George Washington (CVN 73). (Following, RTs and links≠endorsement.)
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Sailors aboard
#USSGW
voluntarily received round two of the COVID-19 vaccine this week.
Gathering in work spaces, ditching the masks, and sitting next to shipmates at chow are a few of the benefits of being fully vaccinated.
#SinkCOVID
#BuildtheShip
@usnavy
Sailors on the in-port emergency team aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) man the hose during a fire drill. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert Stamer)
#carpediem
The lights on the island are energized before sunrise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is undergoing refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Marlan Sawyer)
Marching out.
The Nimitz-class
#aircraftcarrier
USS George Washington (CVN 73) color guard parades the colors before the playing of the national anthem while attending a Norfolk Tides baseball game. (
@USNavy
photo by MC3 Trey Hutcheson)
The
#USSAbrahamLincoln
Carrier Strike Group has entered the European theater and is now conducting flight operations in support of security and stability efforts in the
@USNavyEurope
area of operations -
The Blue Blasters were on board the last time
#USSGW
was on deployment. Many hornet aircarft have taken off and landed from our deck. Fair Wings and Following Seas to the F/A-18C
#Hornet
!
#SpiritOfFreedom
Strike Fighter Squadron 34 hosted a sundown ceremony and fly-over for the F/A-18C
#Hornet
aircraft at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Feb. 1, marking the end of an era. Read more
@SeapowerMag
:
#IntegratedFireDrill
Sailors assigned to the in-port emergency team aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) and firefighters from the Newport News Shipbuilding Fire Department man the hose during an integrated fire drill. (U.S. Navy photo by MCSN Cory Daut)
Sailors discuss the best way to manage a hazardous material spill during a drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jack Lepien)
USS Hornet (CV 8) has been found!
A team of researchers aboard RV Petrel just announced they have located the wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier at a depth of more than 17,000 feet.
For more of the story, check out the video by CBS This Morning:
Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Joseph Macias, left, and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Marco Magana fold the ensign after evening colors aboard
@GW_CVN73
. GW is undergoing RCOH at Newport News Shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marlan Sawyer)
Members of the in-port emergency team aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) discuss ways to respond to an emergency during a fire drill. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zack Thomas)
Maintaining
#NavyReadiness
: Flight operations aboard aircraft carrier
#USSAbrahamLincoln
#CVN72
during composite training unit exercise with Carrier Strike Group 12 in the Atlantic Ocean.
Adm. Christopher W. Grady, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, tours the aft galley aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) with Capt. Kenneth Strong, commanding officer of George Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by MCSN Bonnie Lindsay)
Electrician’s Mate (Nuclear) 2nd Class Emily Henson, assigned to the reactor department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), wraps a shelf in brown paper in preparation for the space to be painted. (U.S. Navy photo by MCSN Robert Stamer)
Ready for zone? Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Ivey Bridges of Lincolnton, North Carolina, oversees zone inspection materials aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
@GW_CVN73
. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kristen Cheyenne Yarber)
A new spin on the
#V22
Osprey!
Bell-
#Boeing
’s CMV-22B will modernize the
@USNavy
carrier onboard delivery mission by transporting personnel and cargo from shore to aircraft carriers.
#WEST2019