{"id":18552,"date":"2021-05-25T20:42:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T20:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/25\/theodore-roosevelt-returns-from-second-deployment-in-a-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:57:59","slug":"theodore-roosevelt-returns-from-second-deployment-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/05\/25\/theodore-roosevelt-returns-from-second-deployment-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodore Roosevelt returns from second deployment in a year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The sailors of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> returned to San Diego Tuesday following the completion of their second deployment in a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The carrier and its strike group struck out Dec. 23 after returning in July from 2020\u2032s harrowing COVID cruise, in which roughly a quarter of the ship\u2019s sailors were infected with the novel coronavirus last spring, prompting an emergency detour to Guam<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to COVID protocols, the carrier\u2019s crew completed this deployment without any port visits, but the sailors trundled off the ship Tuesday to sunny San Diego skies and a nation that appears to be turning the corner in the battle against the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This latest deployment saw TR\u2019s Carrier Strike Group 9<\/a> spanning the globe, from the Indo-Pacific to the South China Sea and up to the chilly environs of the Gulf of Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An EA-18G Growler assigned to the \u201cGray Wolves\u201d of Electronic Attack Squadron 142 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt during Exercise Northern Edge in U.S. 3rd Fleet on May 4. (PO3 Erik Mel\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe met the challenges that COVID-19 brought head-on and successfully deployed forward to work with our allies and partners from Australia, India, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea,\u201d said Rear Adm. Douglas Verissimo<\/a>, the strike group\u2019s commanding officer, in a news release announcing TR\u2019s return.<\/p>\n\n\n\t