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Three deployments. Two mental health visits. One attempted separation.
To hear the junior sailor tell it, Navy life had gotten hard by late 2021. The 23-year-old petty officer 3rd class had undergone back-to-back deployments aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, including the infamous “COVID cruise” of 2020, where roughly a quarter of embarked sailors popped positive for the virus, prompting an emergency detour into Guam and the high-profile firing of TR’s commanding officer. That was followed by another long stint at sea aboard the same carrier that began in…