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A sailor embraces a family member before departing on the guided missile destroyer USS Shoup in Everett, Wash., June 1, 2017. The Shoup is on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans as part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alex Van’tLeven

Goodbye Embrace

A sailor embraces a family member before departing on the guided missile destroyer USS Shoup in Everett, Wash., June 1, 2017. The Shoup is on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans as part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alex Van’tLeven

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