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USS Truman Returns to Norfolk
Family members await the arrival of their loved ones aboard the USS Harry S. Truman at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2008, after a seven-month deployment.A little boy waits to see his father, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Jimenez, assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin, as the ship pulls into Naval Station Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2008, after a seven-month deployment. Jimenez is an information systems technician.Friends and family await the arrival of their loved ones as more than 5,000 sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman return to their homeport of Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2008. The Truman completed a seven-month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.Sailors and families greet one another at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., as the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman returns to homeport after a seven-month deployment.Families wave flags as the guided-missile cruiser USS Winston Churchill pulls into port at Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2006. Nearly 7,500 sailors returned to their homeports after completing a seven-month deployment with the Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group to support maritime security operations in the 5th and 6th Fleets areas of responsibility. Families await the return of sailors aboard the guided-missile curiser USS Winston Churchill after a seven-month deployment, June 4, 2008. U.S. Navy Seaman Calvin Ferguson holds his infant daughter during a homecoming at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2008. Ferguson is assigned to the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS San Jacinto.
Family members await the arrival of their loved ones aboard the USS Harry S. Truman at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., June 4, 2008, after a seven-month deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Alston