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Brittany Hill welcomes home Navy Seaman John McCombs during a homecoming ceremony for the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill at Earl Industries Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., Oct. 18, 2008. The USS Oak Hill returned after completing a seven-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.

WELCOME HOME TEDDY

Brittany Hill welcomes home Navy Seaman John McCombs during a homecoming ceremony for the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill at Earl Industries Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., Oct. 18, 2008. The USS Oak Hill returned after completing a seven-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.

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