It had been 286 days since the Truman and the 5,000 sailors aboard it were stateside. The Truman’s extended deployment was required to show the United States’ commitment to its NATO allies in the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Captain Gavin Duff.
Loved ones separated by oceans got to hold each other for the first time in more than nine months Monday as the USS Harry S. Truman returned to Naval Station