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.

Steve Walsh

Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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