Families bearing Valentine's Day signs welcome USNS Mercy home from deployment

Cries of joy echoed across a Navy pier in San Diego Monday as the well-known hospital ship USNS Mercy returned from deployment in the Indo-Pacific, where China is trying to strike security partnerships with long-standing U.S. allies.

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