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Another week, another spate of nine-month ship deployments

Several ships have broken the record for continuous days at sea this year, and crews are enduring deployment lengths that go beyond Big Navy's readiness schedule.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

3 years ago

Why the Navy will deploy the Truman Carrier Strike Group (again)

It will be the third deployment in four years.

By Mark D. Faram

4 years ago

Why two carriers left Norfolk just hours apart

Sea trials, training and more training.

By Mark D. Faram

4 years ago

Why the Truman is back at sea, again

The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman put back to sea on Saturday, exactly three months after the ship and its strike group returned home.

By Mark D. Faram

4 years ago

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