⚔️ War & Conflict 2d ago · Ed Ou, Reuters

Aboard the USS George Washington, young sailors adjust to war with Iran

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Aboard the USS George Washington, young sailors adjust to war with Iran
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An emergency alert blares from a loudspeaker, and Damon Dennard and other sailors on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington are scrambling. Dennard, 23, is readying bombs for loading onto aircraft as his crewmates race to their positions.“It has been eventful,” says Dennard, an aviation ordnanceman airman apprentice. Once the alert ends, he takes a breath, sits on one of the bombs and jokes that he probably expected an easier deployment. “It’s crazy, but at the end of the day, it

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