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Friends and family wait to welcome home sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Nov. 25, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan is returning from a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

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Friends and family wait to welcome home sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Nov. 25, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan is returning from a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

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