Bethany Stenger, right, is comforted by her son Aiden Stenger as they wave goodbye to the USS Gerald R. Ford as it deploys on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, from Virginia's Naval Station Norfolk. Stenger's husband, Petty Officer First Class Chad Stenger, is entering his third deployment in three years. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM – NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY – Photo by Icon sport