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GALLERYUSS George H.W. Bush on the move
Stars and Stripes
March 17, 2014
Retired Senior Chief Jim Newton salutes sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush as the ship departs Naval Station Norfolk on Feb. 15, 2014, for a scheduled deployment. (Andrew Schneider/U.S. Navy)
The USS George H.W. Bush — the Navy's newest aircraft carrier and the last of the Nimitz class — is now a full month into its second deployment.
Carrying more than 6,000 sailors and about 80 aircraft, the Bush on a nine-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East.
Retired Senior Chief Jim Newton salutes sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush as the ship departs Naval Station Norfolk on Feb. 15, 2014, for a scheduled deployment. (Andrew Schneider/U.S. Navy)
The aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush transits the Strait of Gibraltar on Feb. 27, 2014 . The carrier is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (Juan David Guerra/U.S. Navy)
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush transits the Strait of Gibraltar Feb. 27, 2014. (Abe McNatt/U.S. Navy)
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) anchors of the coast of Piraeus, Greece, on March 4, 2014 . (David Guerra/U.S. Navy)
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush anchors out in the harbor of Antalya, Turkey, on Mar. 9, 2014. (Christina M. Shaw/U.S. Navy)
The aircraft carrier USS George Bush conducts an exercise with the Hellenic Navy frigate HS Elli in the Mediterranean Sea after its first port visit in Greece March 7, 2014. (Courtesy of the Hellenic Navy)