Long Deployments to Be Navy Standard For Next Couple Years, MCPON, CNO Say

It will take a couple years before deployment lengths shift from the extended 10-11 months back to the normal seven, the Navy’s top enlisted sailor said Wednesday. As sailors deploy with carrier strike groups, they are being told to expect a deployment that is between 10-11 months, MCPON John Perryman said while speaking at the Navy Memorial. The longer extensions started in 2023 with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group seeing a nine-month deployment as a result of the Houthi campaign

Source: USNI News