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A child sits on a person’s shoulders as she waves pompoms with a Navy ship in the distance.

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A child waves pompoms during the arrival of the USS Barry to its new home port at Naval Station Everett, Wash., March 17, 2023. The ship was previously forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, for nearly seven years.

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