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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Mosely embraces his wife just in time for the holidays in Norfolk, Va., Dec. 20, 2010. Mosely was deployed with the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross for seven months in support of maritime security operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Mediterranean Sea.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Mosely embraces his wife just in time for the holidays in Norfolk, Va., Dec. 20, 2010. Mosely was deployed with the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross for seven months in support of maritime security operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Mediterranean Sea.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Mosely embraces his wife just in time for the holidays in Norfolk, Va., Dec. 20, 2010. Mosely was deployed with the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross for seven months in support of maritime security operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Mediterranean Sea.

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