3 Years of Middle East Combat Altering How Navy Supplies, Maintains Fleet, Leaders Say

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran is morphing how the Navy fixes and supplies ships operating thousands of miles from logistics hubs as extended time at sea and the prospect of an extended naval commitment in the Middle East are creating a maintenance wave back home, service officials said this week. As of Monday, there were more than a dozen guided-missile destroyers supporting carriers USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and USS George Washington (CVN-73) and the Boxer Amphib

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