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The USS Philippine Sea and came home to Naval Station Mayport on a sunny Wednesday morning, a long 10 months and two days after its 300 sailors left family and friends for what was anticipated to be just a six-month deployment.
After that long delay, here were some pretty eager family members itching to see their sailors again, among them 11 babies who d never seen their fathers.
And for the first time since the pandemic began, some family members were allowed on the dock to meet the arriving sailors.
Anthony Mobley, a cryptologic technician, just beamed as he got his first look at his 5-month-old daughter, Amelia, handed him by his wife, Alina. Indescribable, he managed to say. I can t even .