Originally Posted by
Excargodog
They were easily doing 9 month deployments during the GWOT. The limiting factor is usually the condition of the flight deck. They eventually have to redo it unless they want jets sliding over the side while taxing around.
They can go nine months, come back for 4-6 weeks to redo the flight deck and go out for another nine months before there are any real issues (other than morale).