Steve Walsh
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Right.
So this was the homecoming for the amphibious transport ship which carries sailors and marines.
They left Norfolk with the Iwo Jima amphibious ready group last August, but they were the last of the ships to return and they spent over 11 months on deployment.
I should note they were down in the Caribbean, originally part of the effort to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, but they stayed in the region for months, including providing aid after the devastating earthquake there.
So while a lot of the focus has been on Iran, these sailors were also out at sea for almost a year.
So I talked with Ensign Ryan Silver, who was waiting on the pier for his wife, Lieutenant Olivia Silver.
And by the way, he was holding a very large bouquet of flowers.
Oh yeah, they were both really ready for this to be over.
On the other hand, Silver says the two of them are naval officers.
They're both following the war in Iran.
He says neither of them are deterred by the prospect of more long deployments.
Well, you know, for one thing, these sailors are at sea a lot longer.
Typically, carriers pull into port every month or so to resupply and let the crews decompress.
But since Iran is striking U.S.
bases in the Middle East, that has drastically limited the Navy's options.
So part of the bombing campaign against Iran, the carrier USS Lincoln has spent more than 200 days at sea.
That's more continuous time at sea than during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Sailors can say very little about what they've been doing during the months when they're away from home.
Valerie Hepburn, she waited on the pier for her son, Justin Pless, who works in IT on the USS Fort Lauderdale.
This was his first deployment, and he was gone for close to a year.
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