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The Carney, which returned home earlier this week, was the only ship the Navy publicly acknowledged had been awarded the Combat Action Ribbon for the Red Sea operations.
The shorter waits come even as the VA has enrolled more than 400,000 veterans in health care over the past year, a 30% increase from the previous year, according to the VA under secretary for health.
Air Force Maj. Stephen Khou, 36, of Philadelphia, was deployed to Kuwait as an active duty cyber officer with Operation Inherent Resolve.