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A sailor in a white and blue uniform carrying a green duffle on their back hugs two smiling children with a partially visible boat in the background.

Home in Your Arms

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Gipson, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, embraces his children on the pier at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., July 9, 2026, following a Southern Seas deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility and participation in Fleet Exercise 250 and International Naval Review 250.

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