WE HAVE AN 11 CARRIER NAVY IN A 20 CARRIER WORLD: USS George H.W. Bush Deployment Could Last an Entire Year, Navy Officials Warn.

As of Thursday, the Bush has been at sea for 226 days, and the Navy reportedly told families earlier this month that the mission could stretch to March 2027. On Monday, during a “town hall” meeting at Naval Station Norfolk, US Navy officials told around 500 family members of the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG-10) that their loved ones would not be returning home for the holidays, according to an audio recording made public by MS NOW.

The US Navy has already extended CSG-10’s deployment twice. US Navy leaders were candid that families should prepare for “a worst-case scenario of a yearlong deployment”—a forecast which, if accurate, would give the Bush the longest continuous deployment of any aircraft carrier in US Navy service.

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