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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

Choose your Username.  For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either).  Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username.  While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!

Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

Join groups!  Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself!  Start making friends that can last a lifetime.

Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018. 

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind.  In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships."  OPSEC is everyone's responsibility. 

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.  

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed.  Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).  

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED.  Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

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USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

For family and friends of Sailors aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). Freedom at Work.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/USSGeorgeHWBush
Members: 371
Latest Activity: Apr 15

 

Please help keep our Sailors safe by observing operational security (OPSEC) and not discussing specific details of the ship's schedule.

Ships Address: (this is for Sailors attached to the ship, squadrons have different addresses). You must know the Department and Division your Sailor is assigned to ensure mail finds its way to him or her.

 

(Rate or Rank/Name)
USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77)
UNIT 100331 BOX # (Box number is specific to each Sailor on board)
FPO, AE 09513

Here is the specific link the USPS Priority Mail APO/FPO Flat Rate Boxes, choose a pack of 10 or 25 boxes and they will deliver them right to your house. The APO/FPO boxes are the large size so you'll have to order the regular priority mail boxes if  you want medium or small. Also linked the needed customs forms that you can order at the same time. ALL ARE FREE. You can then use Click and Ship to ship it at a discount and you can even schedule the post office to pick the package up from your house.

Priority Mail APO/FPO Flat Rate Box

You will need to attach a Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note (2976-A) when mailing to the ship while it is deployed overseas.

Ombudsman Email: cvn77ombudsman@yahoo.com

FRG (Family Readiness Group) Email:  cvn77frg@cvn77frg.org

 

Official Web page of USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77)

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on Facebook

GHWB Ombudsman on Facebook

CVN 77 FRG on Facebook

U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa (6th Fleet) on Facebook

AVENGER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER (Latest Edition)

MAIL CALL Written by MC3 Madlangbayan, Jeffrey

DEPLOYMENT 2017, January 21, 2017 - ???

USS George H.W. Bush departs for 3rd Deployment

USS George H.W. Bush Enters 6th Fleet

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Souda Bay, Crete (Greece)

USS George H.W. Bush Conducts Strikes from Mediterranean

Fight Against ISIS

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Souda Bay, Crete (Greece)

First U.S. aircraft carrier of Trump presidency enters the Persian Gulf

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Conducts OIR Missions Against ISIS

__________________________________________________________

DEPLOYMENT 2014  February 15, 2014 - November 15, 2014

USS George H.W. Bush departs for 2nd Deployment

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Enters 6th Fleet

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Greece

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Turkey

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Enters 5th Fleet

George H.W. Bush Departs Manama, Bahrain

George H.W. Bush Departs Jebel Ali, UAE after port visit to Dubai. 

USS George H.W. Bush to Move into Arabian Gulf

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Jebel Ali, UAE for port visit to Dubai.

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) F/A-18s Strike ISIL Targets in Iraq

USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Jebel Ali, UAE for port visit to Dubai.

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) F/A-18s Strike ISIS Targets in Syria.

USS George H.W. Bush Departs Manama Bahrain

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) relieves USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Arabian Gulf.

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) arrives in Duqm, Oman

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Departs US 5th Fleet

George H.W. Bush Arrives in Marseille, France

USS George H.W. Bush Homecoming

George H.W. Bush Strike Group Returns to Homeport

Discussion Forum

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Comment Wall

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Comment by Angeleyesm on July 31, 2014 at 7:45pm

tracey sorry i got confused :)

Comment by TLC72 on July 31, 2014 at 5:23pm

Angeleyesm- All of that was taken care of for us way back at the beginning of deployment. I was just telling another mom what she needed to do and my experience with it.

NavySoccerMom- This is the email the newsletters come from. I would email him and give him your sailors name and relationship, and tell him you would like to receive the monthly Avenger. madlanjn@cvn77.navy.mil

Hope this helps!

Comment by KWats Momma on July 31, 2014 at 3:54pm

My most sincere prayers & thoughts go out to Sailor Kolhepp!  News of this makes my head go a round as it does for most of us parents of these brave soldiers.

Thanks Dad & Laura for the wonderful information.  I shared it with my sailor.  As the month is turning to a new one; excitement stirs as we are getting closer to the big day :)

Comment by Angeleyesm on July 31, 2014 at 2:08pm

Tracey, yes have your son email the frg. Just know that no dates are given via email so to get those you would have to attend a meeting. However i dont think snail mail is against opsec and maybe your sailor can snail mail the information to you . 

The worst part of having a loved one on deployment is not knowing and not having an exact date. If they are needed they have to go even if its 3 days before homecoming. That actually happened to a ship. Just remeber pay the extra get insurance or refundable tickets because things can always change at a moments notice. I hate saying it and reading it my heart always gets heavy but its true. 

Have any of you seen the new merchandise the frg curretky has? Christmas is coming and some of these items make great gifts . It also helps fund homecoming as well. You can view the items on the frg face book page . The tervis tumblers are ore order right now and I have one and love it. They use pay pal for payment and you can use a credit card on pay pal or at least I do as well as your reg bank.

Thanks marianneKTsmom , I am just a committee member but I do what I can to help. :)

Comment by Anita n Ohio on July 31, 2014 at 1:40pm

Yes, according to what the doc told his mother, he's lucky to be alive, let alone loose only a leg.  

THIS, ladies - is why you hear us say, "No news is good news."   As the mom says in the video interview, "I'm thrilled to see my son but very sad for the reason."  One strong Navy Mom!!!

Comment by Anita n Ohio on July 31, 2014 at 1:24pm

Prayers of support and quick healing to Kolhepp.  

http://wtvr.com/2014/07/31/sailor-loses-leg/

Comment by NavySoccerMom on July 31, 2014 at 10:15am

Thank you, Tracy.  I will see if I can find out the frg e-mail and send it to him.  I appreciate any and all info and input I can get.

Comment by TLC72 on July 31, 2014 at 10:04am

One other thing, the FRG can't release any dates given to them by the command by any means other than in person. However, you will get info on the meeting dates, updates on events, and stuff like that.

Comment by TLC72 on July 31, 2014 at 10:02am

NavySoccerMom, I'm sure Angeleyesm can give more information than I can, but I emailed my son the email address for the FRG and told him to email them with our names to be added to the list. I do know they have to receive an email from his ship email to do that. Also, the ship newsletters, the Avenger, are sent from someone on the ship and I had to contact them a couple times to start receiving those. I'm sorry I don't have any of the email addresses on my right now, but I'm sure someone else will follow up with those shortly.

Comment by NavySoccerMom on July 31, 2014 at 9:45am

Angeleyesm - How would I go about finding out if my son has added me to be contacted with deployment and arrival dates?  He thought he had, but I haven't heard from anyone.  He arrived on the ship about a month or so after they left, so was not included in the pre-deployment q and a sessions.  He was previously deployed on the Truman, so he is well aware not to believe what anyone but the commanders say for port visits and arrival dates. Rumors run crazy on these ships. lol.  I have received one newsletter a couple of months ago, but nothing else.  I'm not sure if that's frg or what?  My son has been in for 2 years now, but we are definitely still newbies.  Thank you for any information you can give or private message me.  This website has been a lifesaver from boot camp on.   I'm not sure what I would have done without it.  I've had so many people help me and believe it or not, I have been able to help a few.  

 

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