“USS Gerald R Ford returns after longest deployment since Vietnam The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, returned to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest for a US carrier since the Vietnam War era. The warship, accompanied by the destroyers USS Bainbridge and USS Mahan, docked at Naval Station Norfolk with about 5,000 sailors returning home after months supporting US operations linked to Iran and Venezuela. During the deployment, the carrier strike group operated across the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Middle East, while also dealing with a major onboard fire and technical problems that forced repairs in Crete.
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