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Hegseth presents top award to Ford carrier strike group after record deployment

War Secretary Pete Hegseth presented the presidential unit citation to the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group on Saturday as the naval squadron returned home from a nearly 11-month deployment, the longest deployment of an aircraft carrier since the Vietnam war. The President

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Hegseth presents top award to Ford carrier strike group after record deploymentWar Secretary Pete Hegseth presented the presidential unit citation to the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group on Saturday as the naval squadron returned home from a nearly 11-month deployment, the longest deployment of an aircraft carrier since the Vietnam war. The President
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