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Little Eleanor, just 5 days old and wearing a hooded fuzzy bear onesie, slept soundly in her mother’s arms as they waited on the pier by the aircraft carrier. She was about to meet her father, aviation machinist’s mate Raymond Dillon, for the first time. “Today is actually her due date — so he is late but she was also early,” mom Jana Dillon said with a laugh. Thousands of families braved ...
The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group left Naval Station Norfolk in May but the Department of Defense extended its deployment at sea by 76 days, or from six to 8½ months.
The Ford returned Wednesday to Naval Station Norfolk following a thrice-extended near-nine month deployment. The crew spent 239 days underway, spending Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's Eve — holidays they expected to spend at home with loved ones — at sea.