Why the US Navy's 'Vampire Carrier' Is Reloading Near Iran – USS George Washington

On October 20, 2026, Sky News filmed the USS George Washington (CVN-73) taking on fuel, food and missiles from supply ships in the Arabian Sea. Four days later, The Wall Street Journal showed its crew moving standoff land attack missiles and bunker-buster bombs aboard, including the 2,000-pound GBU-31(V)4, as the war with Iran entered its eighth month and President Trump said new strikes were possible. In this video, we follow one bomb from a supply ship to the hangar bay, down into the magazines and back up to the flight deck. We look at how replenishment at sea works, both connected and vertical, the Military Sealift Command ships that make it possible, the aviation ordnancemen in red shirts, Carrier Air Wing 5, why the crew calls it the vampire carrier, what Rear Adm. Jeffrey Heames of Carrier Strike Group 5 said, the war's timeline since Operation Epic Fury, and the viral claims about carriers being hit that turned out to be false. If you want to see how an aircraft carrier stays in the fight thousands of miles from home, start here. SUBSCRIBE:    / @armedaccess   #ussgeorgewashington #usnavy #armedaccess