It's the Vella Gulf's latest effort to get out to sea after encountering a series of problems since February, when the ship initially deployed with the Dwight D. Eisenhower’s carrier strike group.
The pace of operations and Big Navy’s COVID suppression measures are placing added stress and strain upon sailors and raising questions in some circles about retention and the material readiness of Navy ships, compounding issues that existed well before the pandemic.
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