050731-N-8720O-201 Norfolk, Va. (July 31, 2005) – Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Lawrence Drennen shares a first hug with his children at pier 14 on board Naval Station Norfolk, during homecoming celebrations for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). USS Carl Vinson is completing a deployment to the Persian Gulf and a homeport shift from Naval Station Bremerton, at Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., to Norfolk, Va., where she is scheduled to undergo a 36-month Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at the Northrop Grumman Newport News Ship Yard. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Christopher Okula (RELEASED)
WELCOME HOME - U.S. Navy Lt. Brian Masterson embraces his 3-month old son at pier 14 on board Naval Station Norfolk during homecoming celebrations for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in Viriginia, July 31, 2005. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Arlo K Abrahamson
1 posted on
08/01/2005 6:42:46 PM PDT by
SandRat
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2 posted on
08/01/2005 6:43:17 PM PDT by
SandRat
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To: SandRat
I am glad they are home, I am so happy I am home. I was driving for US Joint Forces Command for the last 5 months and the roads around Norfolk are awful. When the ships dock they get more crowded. There is that great parking lot they call I-64.......I will never complain about traffic in PX.The prayer was beautiful....
9 posted on
08/01/2005 7:10:40 PM PDT by
marmar
(Even though I may look different then you...my blood runs red, white and blue.....)
To: SandRat
12 posted on
08/01/2005 7:51:38 PM PDT by
FourPeas
To: SandRat
May God have mercy on the barmaids of Virginia Beach!
13 posted on
08/01/2005 7:52:58 PM PDT by
BlueNgold
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Carl Vinson Sailors embarked on a journey that took them from their Naval Station Bremerton, Wash., homeport into the Persian Gulf for a four-month deployment, then to their new home at Naval Station Norfolk. Carl Vinson’s arrival in Norfolk accomplished the final leg of a homeport shift to Norfolk for a scheduled 36-month Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH).
15 posted on
08/01/2005 9:34:16 PM PDT by
Calpernia
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To: SandRat
That's my sweetie and two of our children in the first picture! I am so proud of him and so grateful that he is home safely with us again.
To: SandRat
Welcome to Hampton Roads! Be aware, in this area, Hampton Roads is really a waterway, and all the roads are really parking lots.
29 posted on
08/10/2005 8:26:07 PM PDT by
SlowBoat407
(A living affront to Islam since 1959)
To: SandRat
OK, Rat, ya got me. (Sniff!) BTT.
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