It’s been nearly eight years since the paperwork was signed, and the George H.W. Bush is poised to become a warship.<\/p>\n
The carrier, the 10th and last of the Nimitz class, will be commissioned this morning at Norfolk Naval Station.<\/p>\n
Both Presidents Bush will be on hand, along with a host of military and political leaders and 18,000 other spectators.<\/p>\n
As part of the ceremony, the ship will be “brought to life,” with all the crew thundering aboard to take their places on deck. They’re ready.<\/p>\n
“Everybody likes a new ship,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Luckenwitz, a damage controlman who has spent the past three years helping train the ship’s on-board firefighters. “It’s like buying a new car. Everybody’s ready to get under way.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Odd to read that the ship will be the last of ten units of the Nimitz <\/em>class of carriers.\u00a0 I remember the American left phumphering about how un-needed the Nimitz <\/em>herself was, 30 years ago – I recall an episode of All In The Family <\/em>where Rob Reiner launched into a self-righteous tirade on the subject, courtesy of Norman Lear…<\/p>\n…after whom, I think, the Navy should name a garbage scow.<\/p>\n
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