Story by Lt.Cmdr. Mark Langford | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 08.01.2025
BANDA SEA (NNS) - The USS George Washington (CVN 73) missing Sailor who was assumed overboard July 28 has been identified as Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Launch/Recovery Equipment) Airman Jose Antonio Rivera Lynch IV....
Story by Seaman Lillian Olen | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 03.31.2025
On September 16, 2013, Aaron Alexis, a contractor working at the Washington Navy Yard, killed 12 people and injured four within 68 minutes. He was able to unsuspectingly enter the base carrying a backpack containing a Remington 870 shotgun and walk inside building #197 using valid credentials. Alexis committed this act of terrorism against his coworkers and other Navy personnel without......
Story by Chief Petty Officer Ryan Litzenberger | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 10.08.2024
George Washington assumed the role of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed carrier, replacing USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), which operated out of Yokosuka for nearly nine years before departing Japan in May....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Johnathan Meighan | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 06.18.2024
The George Washington Carrier Strike Group and Chilean navy concluded a series of bilateral exercises as a part of Southern Seas 2024 while underway in the Pacific Ocean June 17....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Julianna Lynch | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 06.07.2024
USS George Washington Capt. Jason Tarrant return to George Washington throughout his Naval career.
Story by Ensign Melvin Fatimehin | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 05.20.2024
George Washington Strike Group (GWSG) and ships from the Brazilian navy participated in a bilateral exercise May 17-19.
Story by Ensign Hannah Smith | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 04.25.2024
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) with embarked Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 departed Naval Station Norfolk, April 25 to deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility as a part of Southern Seas 2024....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Jarrett | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 04.12.2024
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) completed its Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) assessment Apr. 11....