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Saturday, May 07, 2011
Carrier Bush prepares for next week's deployment
Some 6,000 sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush and its sister ships will be saying their goodbyes over the weekend before a scheduled deployment Wednesday.
The Bush will depart on its maiden combat deployment alongside three other Norfolk-based ships: the guided-missile cruiser Anzio and destroyers Mitscher and Truxtun. The cruiser Gettysburg from Mayport, Fla., will round out the strike group.
The occasion marks many firsts: in addition to this being the first deployment for both the Bush and the Truxtun, it will also be the first time the newest electronics jamming airplanes – the EA-18G Growlers – head to sea on an East Coast carrier.
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