Yes, it's usually 1-2 6-8 month deployments per 3 year sea tour, plus a work up cycle for each deployment, which will have you away from home for about 3 months (not 3 continuous months, for us it was usually 2 6-week blocks) in the months before the deployment, plus work ups done from home which mean longer hours but you're home every night. During my husband's recent sea tour, he was gone for 1 deployment and 2 work up cycles (left right before what would have been a second deployment). It's just the luck of the draw as to where in the cycle you arrive at your squadron. I'm referring to carrier aviation here, by the way. Land-based planes have different schedules.
