{"id":45623,"date":"2024-01-18T19:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T19:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/01\/18\/aircraft-carrier-gerald-r-ford-returns-home-after-8-month-deployment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:18:21","slug":"aircraft-carrier-gerald-r-ford-returns-home-after-8-month-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/01\/18\/aircraft-carrier-gerald-r-ford-returns-home-after-8-month-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford returns home after 8-month deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford arrived home in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on Jan. 17 after completing a historic eight-month deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, the carrier extended 76 days beyond its original deployment schedule, having moved to the Mediterranean Sea on the heels of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/01\/18\/what-the-navy-is-learning-from-its-fight-in-the-red-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8198875.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What the Navy is learning from its fight in the Red Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The surface fleet has shot down scores of attack drones and missiles since October, activity without modern precedent in U.S. Navy history.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThough extended, we were the right ship at the right time to answer the call, and our sailors performed admirably,\u201d Capt. 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Its strike group consists of Carrier Air Wing Eight, Destroyer Squadron Two, the Ticonderoga-class cruiser Normandy, and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers Ramage, McFaul, and Thomas Hudner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the course of the deployment, the carrier made port calls in Croatia, Greece, Italy, Norway and Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe excelled during a very challenging deployment, demonstrating the capabilities of a U.S. Navy carrier strike group, assuring our partners and allies, and deterring our adversaries,\u201d Rear Adm. Erik Eslich, the strike group\u2019s commander, said in the release. \u201cI am incredibly proud of every member of the strike group.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USS Gerald R. 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