USS Philippine Sea returns to Mayport after Middle East deployment
The USS Philippine Sea and came home to Naval Station Mayport on a sunny Wednesday morning, a long 10 months and two days after its 300 sailors left family and friends for what was anticipated to be just a six-month deployment. After that long delay, here were some pretty eager family members itching to see their sailors again, among them 11 babies who'd never seen their fathers. And for the first time since the pandemic began, some family members were allowed on the dock to meet the arriving sailors. Anthony Mobley, a cryptologic technician, just beamed as he got his first look at his 5-mon...
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