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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Bingham hugs his daughter during his squadron's homecoming to the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Oct. 21, 2009. Bingham is an aviation structural mechanic assigned to the Electronic Attack Squadron 139, which concluded a five-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

HOMECOMING HUG

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Bingham hugs his daughter during his squadron's homecoming to the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Oct. 21, 2009. Bingham is an aviation structural mechanic assigned to the Electronic Attack Squadron 139, which concluded a five-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

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