Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bruce Morgan | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 07.07.2025
The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group (CWA CSG) conducted a port visit during their routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. George Washington is the U.S. Navy's premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States' commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside allies and partners across......
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 Ensign Kenadall Hill | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 11.22.2024
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan as the United States’ only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, Nov. 22....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class August Clawson | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 11.05.2024
PACIFIC OCEAN – “Flight quarters, flight quarters! Man your flight quarters stations now manning for event two,” Cmdr. Matthew Voss, head of air department aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), also known as “Air Boss,” called out over the flight deck intercom on Oct. 2, 2024. From his perch in primary flight control, Voss watched the deck as the crew......
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 Seaman Travis Hanes | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 09.11.2024
NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. – Sailors cross the brow and salute the American flag as they board Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Immediately to their left, they can look through a glass door into the ship’s museum and see a piece of twisted steel displayed under a photograph of the ship underway. In the background of the photograph, the New York City......
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class August Clawson | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 07.29.2024
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) welcomed former George Washington chaplain retired U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas R. Atkins and his bride Gayle Holmes for their wedding aboard the ship while moored at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, July 29, 2024....
Courtesy Story | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 07.24.2024
Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS George Washington (CVN 73) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct a hull swap on Naval Air Station North Island that sends Ronald Reagan to Bremerton, Washington, and returns George Washington to Yokosuka, Japan, as the Navy’s only Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Japan (FDNF-J) aircraft carrier effective Aug. 1....
