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Lt. Cmdr. Justin Griffin is greeted by family members during a homecoming ceremony following a seven month deployment aboard the USS Ronald Reagan at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Sept. 6, 2011. Griffin is assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 139.

Lt. Cmdr. Justin Griffin is greeted by family members during a homecoming ceremony following a seven month deployment aboard the USS Ronald Reagan at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Sept. 6, 2011. Griffin is assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 139.

Lt. Cmdr. Justin Griffin is greeted by family members during a homecoming ceremony following a seven month deployment aboard the USS Ronald Reagan at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Sept. 6, 2011. Griffin is assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 139.

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