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Family members and friends wait on the pier in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 14, 2009, for the return of the USS Mitscher after a 200-day deployment. The Mitscher deployed as the only American ship supporting a Royal Navy Amphibious Task Group conducting ongoing Joint Special Operations in the Far East.

WAVERS AND WAITERS

Family members and friends wait on the pier in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 14, 2009, for the return of the USS Mitscher after a 200-day deployment. The Mitscher deployed as the only American ship supporting a Royal Navy Amphibious Task Group conducting ongoing Joint Special Operations in the Far East.

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