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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dusty Barnes, a culinary specialist assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal, embraces his newborn son for the first time during a homecoming at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 2, 2008.

FIRST EMBRACE

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dusty Barnes, a culinary specialist assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal, embraces his newborn son for the first time during a homecoming at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 2, 2008.

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