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2 days agoA nearly year-long deployment at sea takes a toll on military families
USS Gerald Ford sets record for longest post-Vietnam war deployment, facing challenges and hardships during its 10-month mission at sea.
A spokesperson for the US military said on Friday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald Ford and five destroyers in its accompanying strike group to deploy to Latin America. list of 3 itemsend of list The enhanced US force presence in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will bolster US capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a social media post.