WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON -U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today pressed the Trump administration about the impacts of extended deployments on military families back home.

At aroundtableSen. Warner hosted with military families in June, he heard from spouses and family members about the effects of USSGerald R. Ford's record long deployment. Last month, Sens. Warner and Kainevisited USSFordand met with sailors to discuss what effects the deployment had on them.

In a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Department of the Navy Acting Secretary Hung Cao, the senators wrote,"We write in response to growing public alarm related to the condi...