Long naval deployments take toll on military families

NPR | By Steve Walsh,

Steve Inskeep

Published April 30, 2026 at 4:44 AM EDT

The impacts of long deployments in the Middle East and the Caribbean are causing an increasing strain on military families in Navy towns like Norfolk, Virginia.

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