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Welcome to the club...

[Kathy in Alaska]

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — The guided missile cruiser USS Chosin returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, after a six-month deployment as part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. Chosin deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joe Kane

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — The guided missile cruiser USS Chosin prepares to moor pierside as it returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, after a six-month deployment as part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. Chosin deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley

[Kathy in Alaska]

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Chosin man the rails as the ship returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, after a six-month deployment as part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. Chosin deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joe Kane

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — Family members wait on the pier as the guided missile cruiser USS Chosin returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, after a six-month deployment as part of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. Chosin deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joe Kane

[Kathy in Alaska]

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — James Ward, president of "The Chosin Few Inc.," waves to U.S. Navy sailors returning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, on board the USS Chosin, after a six-month deployment as part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. Family and friends welcomed back the more than 390 sailors of the guided missile cruiser. Chosin deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ben A. Gonzales

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — U.S. Navy sailors man the rails aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Chosin as it returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, after a six-month deployment as part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. Chosin deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley

[Kathy in Alaska]

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Owden's family welcomes him home to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, after a six-month deployment as part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. Family and friends welcomed back the more than 390 sailors of the guided missile cruiser USS Chosin. Chosin deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Stoneman embraces his newborn son for the first time upon his return to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, after a six-month deployment aboard USS Chosin. Chosin, part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group, deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. Stoneman serves a Navy interior communications electrician aboard the guided missile cruiser. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley

[Kathy in Alaska]

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Craig Burkhalter embraces a family member upon the return of the USS Chosin to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, from a six-month deployment. Chosin, part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group, deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James E. Foehl

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremiah Pehner, assigned as a information systems technician aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Chosin, embraces his dog Jakie after returning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2006, after a six-month deployment as part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. Chosin deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley

[Kathy in Alaska]

PEARL HARBOR HOMECOMING — U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the guided missile cruiser USS Chosin and their family members leave the pier after returning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2005, after a six-month deployment as part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. Chosin deployed to the Persian Gulf in support the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley

I really like the way they put a lei on the bow of the ship. Cool.