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Homecoming Happiness

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Bolen, assigned to the fast-attack submarine USS Texas, shares a moment with his child at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 24, 2020, upon the Texas’ return from a seven-month Indo-Pacific deployment.

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