Commissioning of the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77)

So on Jamurary the 10 I got to go to the commissioning of the George H. W. BUsh. It was so cool. I took Bethannie and she said it was cool. She was probably very bored becasue we did have to sit there for a LONG time but she did so well. I told her that she could say she has seen the President in person now.

Here was where we had to sit for 5 plus hours in the cold. It was not a lot of fun freezing but the experience was great.

Here is one circling before landing.

Here are 2 of the 9 helicopters that landed on the top of the boat to unload people.

What security measures did they go through to get the President, Vice president, former President and all the other important people on the boat and make every one feel safe.

We have secret servicemen all over the boat.

We have this sniper on the look out

And we have this sniper ready for anything.

President Bush talking. He was talking about what a great Honor it was for his father to be having this boat named after him.

Daddy Bush was the man of the hour as they said. He made a lot of jokes about his wife and how she has put up with him for 64 years. he talked about his flying days.

He got to set the first watch and so here is is saying "Carry on".

President Bush's daughter was the ship sponsor and so she got to Bring the ship to life.

There had been a group of I would say 300 or so give or take a lot. But the sailors were all standing out on the Pier for the ceremony right in front of where we had to sit. So at the end of every one talking they ran aboard the ship and then continued to keep running.

They were filling in all the holes of the boat with sailors. I thought this was so cool.

I have never seen this before in real life and so I always tell James I am excited to see them pull back in from a deployment so I can see the sailors stand all along the boat.

This is not a lot of sailors compared to coming home from a deployment but it was still so cool to see them all standing up there.

At the end of the ceremony a foursome air wing flew by. It was really cool. And then another plane flew by but it was an older plane and so we were guessing that it was a kind of plane that George H.W. Bush had flown before. Not the exact one but you know what I mean.


Here is when George Bush was leaving. He left in a caravan of about 10 vehicles. It was for lots of the VIP.

And his lovely wife riding down this lift they were using as an elevator.