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Army aviation training at Oakey is undergoing one of its most significant evolutions in decades, with the EC135 Juno helicopter now firmly embedded as a part of a modernised pilot training system.

The Army's ability to generate combat power relies on more than advanced weapon systems, it depends on the logisticians who ensure those capabilities can be delivered wherever and whenever they are needed.

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According to this family member from a deployed sailor on the Abe, her son “didn’t sign up to be on a boat in the middle of the ocean.”

WTF are we teaching these kids? His job is precisely that…boats in the ocean.

It’s not just a job or educational benefits, it’s a frikking… pic.twitter.com/q3u3Wn6Tbl

— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) August 21, 2026 Ya know what I find funny? No other ship in that carrier strike group is having these issues (or reporting them). That makes me think it might be a "command thing". Haven't heard a peep from the MEU's either. A little sauce for the goose?
Notable Long Deployments     USS Midway (1972–1973): 332 days (All-time aircraft carrier record, Vietnam War)     USS Coral Sea (1964–1965): 329 days     USS Gerald R. Ford (2025–2026): 326 days (Longest post-Vietnam and longest nuclear-powered carrier deployment)     USS Nimitz (2020–2021): 321 uninterrupted days at sea during a COVID-19 pandemic sequestration deployment 

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