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Hard. we do our best to provide morale, welfare and information services so they can relax a little bit doing good things to make the ship run but, you know, any time you're away from family, it's hard. but, you know, we volunteered for this service and they just do an awesome job and make my job as commanding officer, i probably got the easiest job on the ship. they're the ones that work hard. >> i love that about you. so where is your family? and how long is the longest deployment for you? >> my family resides in virginia beach. ship is home ported in norfolk, virginia. >> like to say hi to ...

Like on a ship, an amphibious ship like this one, and we are here with captain thomas chafee, the commanding officer of the uss iwo jima which is where i am right now. very impressive. it is a huge ship. i walked it this morning. the sun was coming up here in new york. got on board and it is massive! >> it is. it's 844 feet long. 106 feet wide at the water line and is about 40,000 tons. >> when i walked in, i'm standing in front of like three or four different tanks. what's the purpose of this ship? >> the purpose is to embark united states marines, their aircraft, as you may be able to see in...