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long deployment at sea takes a toll on military families ](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/17/nx-s1-5746006/uss-ford-iran) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [USS Ford has seen war, fire and plumbing woes as it nears a record
USS Gerald R. Ford from the Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. More than 10 months later the carrier and its crew is still at sea.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x4000+1000+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F14%2F31%2F10af02b64e2f9901dba0ecdf928d%2Fgettyimages-2221886168.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5812641/uss-ford-deployment) ### [Politics
USS Gerald R. Ford from the Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. More than 10 months later the carrier and its crew is still at sea.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x4000+1000+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F14%2F31%2F10af02b64e2f9901dba0ecdf928d%2Fgettyimages-2221886168.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5812641/uss-ford-deployment) ### [Politics
USS Gerald R. Ford from the Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. More than 10 months later the carrier and its crew is still at sea.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x4000+1000+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F14%2F31%2F10af02b64e2f9901dba0ecdf928d%2Fgettyimages-2221886168.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5812641/uss-ford-deployment) ### [Politics
Gerald R Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two US officials