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Carrier Ike heads out on its second deployment in a year February 19 Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower prepare for a replenishment-at-sea during a pre-deployment exercise on Feb. 4, 2021. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Mo Bourdi/Navy) The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its strike group left Norfolk Thursday for the carrier’s second deployment in a year. The carrier headed over the horizon after a last-minute push to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to strike group sailors last week. About 80 percent of sailors opted to get the voluntary va...

By: David Larter “The equipment works better when it’s being operated,” he said. In a January 16 email to the crew obtained by Navy Times, Ike’s supply officer, Cmdr. Andrew Henwood, warned sailors that they could only use drinking water for the first 10 minutes of every hour, adding that water, juice, soda and ice machines aren’t available “when potable water is secured.” The officer also noted that laundry service was stopped “until further notice.” While food service was not expected to be impacted, Henwood said his “largest concern” was the “Afloat Mount Tras...

Some on the carrier wonder why they weren't prioritized for the life-saving jabs.

Readying for the worst: Pandemic’s long deployments take a hard toll on crews, families and ships Geoff Ziezulewicz Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt last year. (Navy) As the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its thousands of sailors got ready for another deployment this fall, one officer was worried. Ike broke records earlier in 2020 by deploying for 206 consecutive days at sea, a dubious distinction of a cruise made longer and crappier by the need to keep the crew COVID-19-free, eliminating the port calls that serve as pressure release valves for hard-worki...