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Goodbye

NORFOLK, Va. Interior Communications Electrician Chief Petty Officer Joseph Stevenson hugs his daughters goodbye before he deploys aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). The Mason is deploying as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility, Sept. 12, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tyler J. Wilson

Family members of Sailors

Norfolk, Va. Family members of Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) watch from the pier as the ship leaves for a scheduled deployment. Nitze is part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility, Sept. 12, 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Bookwalter)

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