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Destroyer That Has Been Deployed Longer Than Any Since WWII Returns Home
Why it’s here: Covers Navy destroyer deployment lengths, maintenance backlog, and Caudle's stated policy of 10-month deployments amid the Iran blockade, which bears directly on defense acquisition/industrial base and fleet capacity debates in DC, though it is primarily military operations news.
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2d agoThe War ZoneDestroyer That Has Been Deployed Longer Than Any Since WWII Returns HomeThe War Zone reports that destroyers USS Spruance and USS Michael Murphy returned home after 357- and 346-day deployments with the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, with Spruance's cruise reportedly the longest for a destroyer since WWII and USS John Finn on track to exceed it.1 outlet3 linked
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