Squadrons return to Virginia after 8-month deployment ahead of USS George H.W. Bush

Thousands welcome home sailors of the USS George H.W. Bush

The USS George H.W. Bush moored at Naval Station Norfolk, shifting the colors to its fantail at its homeport for the first time in nearly nine months. The Virginian-Pilot flew out to the warship early Sunday morning before it pulled into port around 10 a.m.

Squadrons return to Virginia after 8-month deployment ahead of USS George H.W. Bush

NORFOLK, Va. After an eight-and-a-half month deployment that included operations in Europe and Africa, USS George H.W. Bush is returning to Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday. The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) left Norfolk in August 2022 and, with other members of its Carrier Strike Group (CSG), participated in NATO-led vigilance activity Neptune Strike and Juniper Oak 23-2, the largest bi-lateral U.S.-Israeli exercise in history, according to a n…