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Posted on 11/12/2026 10:32:02 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Families of the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group were told their loved ones won’t be coming home for Thanksgiving or Christmas as the conflict in the Middle East continues, according to a report.
Relatives of the 7,000 service members who are part of the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group were left incensed after they were told the Iranian attacks continue to “pepper” U.S. ships enforcing the blockade of Iran, meaning their loved ones will not be coming home for the holidays, according to audio of a November 9 meeting in Norfolk, Virginia, obtained by MS NOW.
Roughly 500 family members of deployed service members attended the meeting, which marked the second time that the strike group’s deployment has been extended since departing Norfolk, Virginia, on March 31.
However, this time, the families were warned to prepare for a worst-case scenario of a 12-month deployment.
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Incensed? Really?
That’s why you get the big bucks. Hell my boomer got delayed over a middle east ground war that Israel got involved in. Ask yourself what would a nuke sub carrying end of times weapons add to a ground war. Answer = Deterrence. Everybody back off let the kids settle this. I didn’t like it, so I sat in the crews area and played poker and bitched but I was getting those big bucks ya know. I think it’s what SIUBC means. It also beat humping the Jungle in NAM
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Typical disgusting propaganda. Knowing service people and their families, highly unlikely they were all “incenced”.
Guess some folks don’t quite understand being in the military. 🤔😵
🤔. Humping the jungle in Nam eh. So, like me, you’re not a “real” veteran? 😂👍🇺🇸. Everyone walks in their own shoes. Happy late veterans day.
The crew aboard these ships are proud to do their jobs.
Too bad they have to share their spaces with the 1% that are pussies.
As an NCO, you spend 90% of your time on 10% of your troops.
I feel bad for the families but they haven’t been told what the families of Scorpions crew were told yet. And they were on the pier in Norfolk.
Sounds like they will be the only military members to not be home for the holidays……/s
What the hell is this? I understand disappointment, anger and even individual complaints.
But this?
Granted, 500 relatives out of a possible 7,000 relatives showed up at the “meeting” (and how many of those 500 were multiples of a single crew member) so as another poster stated, it is a small amount.
I fully get the disappointment. But this is the job they chose. As people said when I was in (an all volunteer force, as it is today) “Nobody twisted your arm to put your name on that line.”
Anytime anyone complained (and I did too on occasion) someone would say that to to them (and me) and it shut me right up.
This whole article sounds astroturfed to me.
Wow Military members might miss a holiday.....Who knew? News at 11.
When you know what the job requires no whining.
Incensed relatives? Their loved who are serving knew exactly what they were getting into when they swore allegiance to the country. I submit that this article is nothing more than fake news as the vast majority of loved ones are not incensed.
"on your troops"?
We won't ask if you don't tell.
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Nope, nuthin’ hinky about that.
Snort.
This has about as much credibility as the “Pete Hegseth disrespects the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” report from yesterday. 😒
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