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Friends and family members celebrate as the guided-missile frigate USS De Wert returns to homeport during a celebration on Naval Station Mayport in Mayport, Fla., March 10, 2012. The De Wert returned home after completing a seven-month counterpiracy deployment to the Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean.

MAYPORT HOMECOMING

Friends and family members celebrate as the guided-missile frigate USS De Wert returns to homeport during a celebration on Naval Station Mayport in Mayport, Fla., March 10, 2012. The De Wert returned home after completing a seven-month counterpiracy deployment to the Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean.

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