08 May 2017 Amphibians, Reptiles & Readiness Chris Petersen is a guy who likes reptiles and amphibians. A lot...
08 May 2017 Happy Birthday, Naval Aviation Crowds lined the shore and boats bobbed in the water all around the Pennsylvania, every eye turned skyward, waiting for the historic moment when a plane would break through the clouds and approach the ship for landing, Jan. 18, 1911.It would be a seminal moment in the history of not only naval...
08 May 2017 OPSEC, Social Media: Hidden Risks As the ship prepares for a long maintenance period, USS George Washington reminds Sailors how OPSEC is still important...
08 May 2017 GW Green Belts: Lean Six Sigma Training for the Future Inside the General Electric warehouse in Suffolk, Virginia, a group of junior enlisted Sailors and senior officers attached to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) attended Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training to learn ways to improve naval practices...
08 May 2017 Active-Duty Parent: The Struggles, Rewards of Raising a Military Child Raising a child is one of the hardest and most rewarding things a person can do. Parents run into multiple obstacles, trials, and problems while raising a child. Sickness, injuries, financial difficulties, and other unexpected things make parenting even harder...
08 May 2017 Sailors Share Special Bond With Pets It can be difficult to find a way to relieve the stress of the day. Some service members hit the gym, while others may enjoy a more Zen activity like yoga to deal with stress, and then there are those find peace in their own home with their four-legged fur babies. This is life with pets...
08 May 2017 GW Sailor Shares Experience With Gun Range Training Airman Apprentice Avery Gasser is one of many Sailors who are learning a new trade and supporting George Washington in a different way, but it's still vital to the ship's mission...
08 May 2017 Long-Distance Parenting: Raising Kids from Across the Country For Sailors with families, one of the best things about being in port is going home every day to spend time with the ones they love. And although the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) is in port, this is not the case for all of its crewmembers...
08 May 2017 Month of the Military Child: 'Keep Them Safe' President Donald J. Trump proclaimed the month of April as the National Child Abuse Prevention Month...
08 May 2017 PRISim: A New Side of Weapons Training Spectrum Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) who are slated for security duty practice how to shoot the Beretta M9 and the M4 service rifle using a gun range simulator called the Professional Range Instruction Simulator (PRISim) on Naval Station Norfolk...