US aircraft carrier breaks record for longest deployment since the Vietnam War

My dad was in over 20 years. Dealt with long deployments, some of them extended. It sucked being a young kid without your dad for months at a time. I feel for every sailor and family member impacted.

They were deployed down to South America for the Venezuela action and never came back to Norfolk. They steamed across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean to sit and project power.

>continually unclog the poorly designed toilets. They should go old-school and just tack some pieces of plywood with holes cut in them to the side of the ship. They could call it the poop deck.

Each clog costs $400,000 to unclog

And feeding them what looks like shoe leather, dog food, and a small handful of chopped carrots.

Wasn't that a known thing since Roman times?  Troops fight ineffectively when winded. Which is why formations were created that allowed for frontliners to rotate effectively midcombat with rear forces in a safe manner. You can only maintain a shieldwall for so long before your arm gets sore. 

You give them too much credit. I think they are just out to destroy America.

Hes literally the definition of his generation. They're here to exploit us for every drop of blood and every dollar all the way to their dying breath.

Wonder if those that did even comprehend that though. I can’t imagine what the FRG group postings look like.

They hate immigrants and gay people more than they hate their jobs unfortunately

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It depends on the specific job fields. Most of the folks joining the military have prior service family members so they follow in their footsteps, which tends to be conservative areas and my grandad and dad voted republican, I might as well too. Tends to be a lot of ammo, maintenance, grunt folks.

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As someone who doesnt know, what are chemlights and float coats, and why are they important for the mental wellbeing of the crew?

Some members may not make it. I lost a buddy who ... Well yea.. after his deployment was extended.

Y’all had that problem too on the carriers? I was on an LHD and it was usually bored Marines since for like 5 months out of a 7 month deployment the have nothing to do but watch anime and occasionally ship’s tax.

Not much bc they’re running out of food

Which is something else that already doesn't help foreign opinions of the US, and hasn't for decades.

Never heard of the poop deck?

"Who you writing that letter to Johnny? Your girlfriend? Hahaah" "Yeah yeah, laugh it up Tim. I'm just writing a letter to our secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, to thank him for going to war for Jesus. Someone has to let him know we back him 100% He's just done so much for us and the American people."

Aah. McNamara was bad in his way, but he at least had nominal and relevant qualifications. Hegseth is unqualified, dangerously incompetent, and a juvenile prick on top of it. If Hegseth lasts anywhere near as long as McNamara ,God help us and our soldiers.

I mean they’re probably over a 20 day sail away from a home port anyways unless they go to Hawaii , so they’re pretty much guaranteed to break the record at this point. Unless they legit try and sail home at top speed the whole way.

I was in the middle of deployment in 2001, 9/11. We were gone for 214 days. Of those, 142 days without a port.

At this point I don't see that not happening. They have been forgotten about in the abyss of ships and the this n that's going on. These guys and gals don't even register as a blip on the hire ups radar. They are just a pawn to push around on a table. There's no human element to it anymore. I couldn't imagine... if they can keep them out for the entirety of the war they absolutely will. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEM!

It’s that food Rey got at the start of The Force Awakens.

Russia is headed for the shitters either way, demographically, economically and politically. Everyone noticed that Russia didn't come to Iran's aid and, more importantly because they actually had a security pact, Armenia's aid when Azerbaijan went on a genocide. Agreed when it comes to China though. Mid term, it won't help them much outside of Taiwan because China has zero army resources to project meaningful force outside of its immediate vicinity. But long term? Oh boy did Trump bring a lot of other countries to shift to China.

I've been trying to get more information on this, and this is what I've found so far: * [The USS Midway was deployed for 327 days from April 10th, 1972 to March 3rd, 1973](https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/archives/command-operation-reports/vietnam/Midway%201973.pdf). I keep seeing 332 days as the reported number, but the link I provided contains those dates on page 4, which comes out to 327 days. * They keep reporting on "post-Cold War era" records, so they're talking about records that have been set since the end of the Cold War in 1991. * [The Nimitz was away from home for 341 days, however, it had extended isolation periods ashore to prevent COVID from spreading. ](https://news.usni.org/2026/04/15/uss-gerald-r-ford-breaks-post-cold-war-deployment-record)I'm not sure what the details of those periods are, but that appears to be the reason their record isn't counted. * Re: a ship breaking the Midway's record in the 00s - the only thing I can find is the [USS Abraham Lincoln's 290 day deployment in 2003](https://news.usni.org/2026/04/15/uss-gerald-r-ford-breaks-post-cold-war-deployment-record). It's been really hard to sort through these details, so if you or your dad have any insight I'd love to hear it! (I'm particularly perplexed by the dates of the Midway's deployment)