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\n In mid-March, a fire tore through a compartment of the United States\u2019 largest and most powerful aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford.\n <\/p>\n

\n The ship was floating in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, launching aircraft as part of the weeks-old war with Iran, when the blaze broke out in the laundry department. It took the crew 30 hours to put out the fire, clean it up and prevent it from reigniting, and roughly 600 sailors lost access to their bunks due to the damage. They also couldn\u2019t do laundry, though fortunately no sailors were seriously injured.\n <\/p>\n

\n It was just the latest trial for the crew of the Ford, which is slated, by one count<\/a>, to break a record this week for the longest deployment for an aircraft carrier since the Vietnam War. The ship has served as the tip of the spear of President Donald Trump\u2019s interventionist foreign policy, from helping capture Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a> in January to launching waves of aircraft in the Iran war.\n <\/p>\n

\n Though Trump ran on a platform criticizing US involvement in past wars, his first year back in office has seen a surge in military operations with the Ford playing a prime role.\n <\/p>\n

\n The combination of missions since the ship pulled away from Virginia in June has included pinballing across the Atlantic, initially heading to the Mediterranean and up to Norway as part of its scheduled trip before being pulled to the Caribbean for the Maduro operation. Then it got ordered to rapidly make its way to aid in a potential Middle East war, stopping briefly to get an issue with the ship\u2019s toilets fixed.\n <\/p>\n

\n Two days after the fire, the Ford was able<\/a> to fly sorties again. The ship then headed to Greece for repairs, but was back at sea after an additional stop in Croatia in time to be available for Trump\u2019s threatened day of infrastructure strikes in Iran last week.\n <\/p>\n

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\n The trip, formally extended by the military twice, has weighed on the sailors\u2019 families.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s constant uncertainty that we live on a daily basis,\u201d said Amini Osias, whose daughter is serving on the Ford. Sometimes, he told CNN, \u201cI can hardly sleep.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The Iranian military\u2019s downing of a US fighter jet<\/a> this month brought home the dangers of the war to Osias. \u201cThat could have been my daughter if she would have joined the Air Force,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Osias\u2019 daughter is an aviation electrician, he said. He spoke with pride about his daughter\u2019s journey from a teenager interested in marine biology to sailor aboard one of the world\u2019s most lethal ships. But he also has wrestled with whether the US should be at war in the first place.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIs it really something we should fight and send our children to?\u201d Osias said he asks himself. \u201cIn the end, as a parent, my duty is to protect my daughter.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The travails of the Ford, which has about 4,500 sailors and dozens of tactical aircraft, are raising broader questions about how the strain on Navy assets over the last year positions the military service for a future that could include war with China in the Pacific.\n <\/p>\n

\n The issues with the toilets and the laundry fire are specific to the Ford, but carriers on long deployments often face increasing gremlins as components wear out and repairs at sea serve as temporary band aids. Arresting cables that catch landing aircraft begin to fray and saltwater seeps into shipboard systems, among other minor issues that begin to compound.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Those factors, paired with flying a high-volume of sorties like those launched from the Ford, increase the chances of a potential mishap, sources familiar with internal Navy discussions said.\n <\/p>\n

\n The $13 billion ship is the newest and most technologically advanced of the 11 US nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and has become a symbol of the strength, and limits, of US naval power.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIf we didn\u2019t have the Ford, we would be struggling to maintain an operational presence, but we\u2019d also be struggling to keep our aircraft carriers ahead of our enemies,\u201d said Brent Sadler, a 26-year veteran of the Navy and former submarine officer.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Navy referred questions about the Ford\u2019s role in the Iran and Venezuela operations to US Central and Southern Command, the military commands that, respectively, have overseen those operations. The commands declined to provide any specifics. CNN has sent questions to the Ford\u2019s public affairs office on any wear and tear the ship has experienced and the morale of sailors on board.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN also contacted the \u201combudsman\u201d for the Ford, which connects the ship\u2019s command with sailors\u2019 family members. The ombudsman referred questions to the Ford\u2019s public affairs office.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Current and former military officials say the Ford has been indispensable in the Iran and Venezuela operations.\n <\/p>\n

\n The ship\u2019s electronic catapult system allows it to launch anything from small drones to big aircraft, giving commanders an array of firepower options, Sadler said. The other 10 US aircraft carriers don\u2019t have that capability.\n <\/p>\n

\n But the US military\u2019s reliance on the Ford, and its sailors, has also been on full display during the Iran war.\n <\/p>\n

\n While parked near Venezuela, aircrew from the Ford flew a relatively low number of sorties \u2014 most of which took place during a short window once Trump approved the operation to capture Maduro. After moving to the Middle East, those pilots flew more missions as US forces moved from using primarily stand-off weapons to bombs dropped by aircraft flying in Iranian airspace.\n <\/p>\n

\n Even before Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday, the Ford\u2019s leadership informed sailors that it expected to return to the US in May, according to a source with the matter. Although the end is in sight for the crew, extended deployments tend to leave lingering effects.\n <\/p>\n

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\n \u201cNavy analysis shows that once a ship crosses six months on a given deployment,\u201d issues with retention and morale \u201caccelerate,\u201d according to retired Adm. James Stavridis, former supreme allied commander at NATO. He said he would \u201cexpect challenges for the crew\u201d of the Ford, given the length of the deployment.\n <\/p>\n

\n The record deployment can challenge sailors, but the Ford does have a unique crew member onboard whose mission is to help relieve stress.\n <\/p>\n

\n A female Labrador retriever named Sage has served as a therapy dog on the Ford since 2023, initially as part of a trial of the concept for the Navy. Sage, who holds the rank of captain, is \u201ctrained to alert to anxiety, reduce stress, and interrupt detrimental behaviors,\u201d said Tara Fisher, a spokesperson for Mutts with a Mission, a nonprofit that connects specially trained dogs like Sage with military and law enforcement personnel.\n <\/p>\n

\n Aboard the Ford, Sage is \u201cenhancing the resiliency of her shipmates, lowering stress, breaking down barriers and reducing the stigma around mental health,\u201d Fisher said. Sage has \u201cextensive training\u201d in navigating the vast ship and has her own medical kit and safety equipment, according to Fisher. One of Sage\u2019s goals is to be \u201ca catalyst for conversations, encouraging sailors and Marines to seek professional support,\u201d Fisher said. Those skills are in high demand as the Ford remains at sea and recovers from an intense few months of combat.\n <\/p>\n

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\n The Navy as a whole is facing issues with sailor burnout, according to multiple sources familiar with internal Navy discussions about the issue. Navy aviation personnel, from pilots to maintainers, are leaving the service at a high rate, according to those sources.\n <\/p>\n

\n Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of attrition rates among Navy Strike Fighter Squadrons, according to a March memo from Hegseth obtained by CNN. To retain top talent, the Navy is also offering flight officers and naval aviators tens of thousands of dollars annually in bonuses.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re at a point right now where retention\u2019s not great,\u201d said retired Vice Adm. Andrew \u201cWoody\u201d Lewis, former commander of the Navy\u2019s Second Fleet, citing the evergreen challenge of uncertainty over deployments for Navy personnel and the length of time it takes for Navy pilots to get certified to fly. \u201cIt eats into your mentality when there\u2019s a lot of uncertainty, things take longer than they should. You get a lot of administrative burden coming down on you,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cIt stresses the families, stresses the individuals.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Lewis and other former senior Navy officials said the Ford\u2019s crew would relish the challenge of being at sea that long and the Ford\u2019s command would be closely attuned to burnout issues and stresses on the families.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s a curse and a blessing at the same time, being on an aircraft carrier,\u201d said Lewis, who did 11 aircraft carrier deployments of six months or more. The blessing: Aircraft carriers are used for a lot of \u201cvery strategically important missions,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a curse at the same time because you got to go, you get extended, you get these long periods of you don\u2019t know what the hell is going on.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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