{"id":41768,"date":"2020-06-17T15:13:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/17\/aircraft-carrier-truman-is-back-in-norfolk-after-extended-deployment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:50:25","slug":"aircraft-carrier-truman-is-back-in-norfolk-after-extended-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/06\/17\/aircraft-carrier-truman-is-back-in-norfolk-after-extended-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Aircraft carrier Truman is back in Norfolk after extended deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman<\/a> finally returned to Naval Station Norfolk Tuesday \u2015 wrapping up its third overseas deployment in the past four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group\u2019s deployment was extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all members of the strike group have returned to their home ports now that the Truman is back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Truman, which departed Norfolk in November, supported dual-carrier operations, air defense exercises and anti-submarine warfare exercises in the U.S. 2nd, 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations during the deployment, the Navy said<\/a>. In total, the carrier traveled more than 56,000 nautical miles within U.S. Northern Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though the carrier strike group concluded its deployment<\/a> in the spring, the Navy announced in April the group would stay at sea in the Western Atlantic amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The move was designed to safeguard the crew from the virus, and also increase readiness in the event of a rapid response forward deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\t