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Navy Homecomings and Family Reunions

Warm moments of families reuniting with Navy personnel upon their return from deployment. Emotions are high, with hugs and kisses displayed in joyful settings.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Strother from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron embraces his wife during a redeployment at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 17, 2022. His unit had been deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve for 8 months before returning.
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Strother from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron embraces his wife during a redeployment at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 17, 2022. His unit had been deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve for 8 months before returning.
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NORFOLK (Sept. 8, 2022) A Sailor assigned to the USS San Jacinto (CG-56) proposes on the pier after returning to Naval Station Norfolk after a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 6th Fleet areas of operations, Sept. 8. San Jacinto was deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in support of theater security cooperation efforts and to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Cametria Tobias is pinned during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington Oct. 21, 2022. The rank of chief petty officer was officially established April 1, 1893, and holding the title "Chief" means a Sailor has achieved senior non-commissioned officer status.More than 500 Airmen assigned to the 323rd Training Squadron graduated from Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Sept 14-15, 2022. Col. Lauren A. Courchaine, Commander, 37th Training Wing, reviewed the ceremony.A Sailor embraces with a family member inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall after graduating from Recruit Training Command's pass-in-review ceremony Jan. 4, 2024. Boot camp is approximately 10 weeks and all enlistees into the U.S. Navy begin their careers at the command. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp.040108-F-9753B-112. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE221110-N-EI510-2367PEARL HARBOR (November 10, 2022) The family of Cmdr. Isaac Pelt, commanding officer of the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783), receives leis during the change of command ceremony for the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) which was held on the fantail of the Battleship Missouri Memorial, November 10, 2022 in Pearl Harbor.Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-122-6. Hurricane KatrinaMILLINGTON, Tenn. (June 7, 2017) Senior Chief Information Systems Technician Latoya Bauman, assigned to Navy Personnel Command, is embraced by her family after she is pinned during a senior chief pinning ceremony at Pat Thompson Conference Center at Naval Support Activity Mid-South (NSA Mid-South). NSA Mid-South is home to BUPERS-Millington and Navy Personnel Command.030607-M-9248U-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: H&HSMilitary Photographer of the Year Winner 1997 Title: Daddy's Home Category: Combat Camera; Portfolio Place: 1ST Place Combat Camera; 2nd Place Portfolio Exact Date Shot Unknown Caption: Navy LT. Rod Behrend, an F-14 radar intercept officer, is hugged by his two-year-old daughter Kameryn after returning on June 8, 1997, with the rest of Fighter Squadron 154 to their home base of Atsugi, Japan, after a four-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE, the only American carrier based outside the United States. Base: Naval Air Facility, Atsugi Country: Japan (JPN)U.S. Navy Lt. Quinn Kane, an F/A-18E Super Hornetpilot assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5, hugs his wife uponhis return to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan,Aug. 17, 2022. The air wings return marked thecompletion of their most recent deployment aboard theUSS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), where they providedairpower to protect U.S. forces and allies as they flew missions in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific220613-N-KN989-1004 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 13, 2022) Frank Peterson III, and wife Jaslin, watch as the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121), arrives at its new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, after completing its maiden voyage from Charleston, South Carolina where the ship was commissioned.Family members of the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, UK, grieve together during a three-minute period of silence held for the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Shortly after 8 AM (EST) on September 11, 2001 in an attempt to frighten the American people, terrorist mounted attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon. Hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, killing themselves, the passengers and thousands on the ground. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFEDF-SC-82-06370. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)Ms. Livingston, Under Secretary of the Army for...and LTC Russo of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee (AFIC), tour the parade route during the practice Inaugural parade held on January 10th 1993. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Wilbur Oles, commanding officer of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing poses with his family upon return from deployment on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 7, 2022. VMM-163 deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), providing capabilities for personnel recovery and casualty evacuation of U.S. forces throughout East Africa. CJTF-HOA supported numerous readiness exercises to ensure the safety and wellbeing of U.S. personnel across Africa by employing their aviation assets for short-notice force deployments across potentially vast distances, and participating in numerous emergency deployment exercises to ensure their preparedness. Oles is a native of Delhi, New York.220809-N-VW723-1435 NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (Aug. 9, 2022) Lt. Cdr. Desmond Fourner assigned to the "Titans" of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 poses with his family during a homecoming celebration. VRM 30, as part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, embarked aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and returned to Naval Air Station North Island, August 9, 2022, following a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd Fleet and 7th Fleet areas of operations. CVW-9 deployed with a combination of fourth and fifth-generation platforms that predominantly represent the Airwing of the Future, executing more than 21,307 fixed-wing and helicopter flight hours comprising of 10,250 sorties, 8,437 launches and 8,487 aircraft arrestments.