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A sailor returning from a deployment embraces a loved one holding a lei as a crowd watches.

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A sailor embraces a loved one on the pier at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 7, 2017. The sailor returned from a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific while stationed aboard the USS Tucson. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shaun Griffin

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