[Kathy in Alaska]

Helicopter Anti Submarine Squadron Light 51, Detachments One and Five, return home to Atsugi, Japan, from a six month deployment, July 25, 2003. HSL-51 Detachments One and Five were deployed with the USS Vandergrift and USS Gary in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class John D. Yoder

A husband and wife reunite after a six-month war deployment in the Middle East as pilots and air crewmen from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51 return to their home at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, July 25, 2003. The aviators had been deployed since January in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Spike Call

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sara Kemp kisses her husband Lt. j.g. Aaron Kemp at the homecoming celebration for Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51, Detachments One and Five, July 25, 2003. Kemp is returning from a six-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Shaun Knittel