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A banner expresses the sentiments of friends and family waiting to welcome crew members of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family members and friends look for their loved ones as ships of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group return to Norfolk following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group wait to welcome their loved ones as the vessels arrive in port. The ships had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends wait for the arrival of loved ones aboard ships of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels are returning to Norfolk after being deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A banner expresses the sentiments of friends and family waiting to welcome crew members of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels had been deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Pat Jett Toombs

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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28/03/1991
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label_outline Explore Sentiments, Pat Jett Toombs, Vessels

Soviet Sailors perform a traditional Russian dance for the large crowd of American Sailors gathered on the decks of the Replenishment Oiler USS MILWAUKEE (AOR 2). Three Soviet ships are in Norfolk for a five-day goodwill visit. The Guided Missile Cruiser MARSHAL USTINOV (CG 088), the Guided Missile Destroyer OTLICHNYY (DDG 434) and the Replenishment Oiler GENRIKH GASANOV are the first Soviet naval vessels to visit an American military port

A photographer's mate prepares to film ships returning to the station following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Well-wishers standing on a pier to view the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) battle group watch as the guided missile destroyer USS SAMPSON (DDG-10) passes by. The battle group is returning to Mayport after being deployed in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Sailors maintain order as a crowd waits to welcome crew members from ships in the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels are returning to Norfolk after being deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

The guided missile destroyer USS JOSEPH STRAUSS (DDG-16) leads a line of ships including, from foreground: the guided missile destroyer USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (DDG-22), the frigate USS ROBERT E. PEARY (FF-1073), the frigate USS SAMPLE (FF-1048), the destroyer USS MORTON (DD-948), the combat stores ship USS NIAGRA FALLS (AFS-3) and the ammunition ship USS NITRO (AE-23). The vessels are underway off the coast of San Francisco

A television cameraman films the meeting as Russian citizens converse with a U.S. Navy officer shortly after the arrival of the high endurance cutter USCGC CHASE (WHEC-718) and the guided missile frigate USS MCCLUSKY (FFG-41). The two U.S. vessels are in Vladivostok on a three-day goodwill visit

High oblique view of Naval Base Guantanamo Bay looking southwest. Vessels in port include (left to right) the guided missile destroyer USS DALGREN (DDG-43) and a Spruance class destroyer moored at pier L, the guided missile destroyer USS FARRAGUT (DDG-37) moored at pier A and the guided missile cruiser USS WAINRIGHT (CG-28) and the Venezuelan frigate GENERAL SOUBLETTE (F-24) moored at wharf B

The amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) is moored to a pier following its arrival in port. The vessel has been deployed to the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm

Well-wishers on the shore watch the guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) pass by upon its arrival at the naval station. The Philippine Sea and other ships of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60) battle group are returning to Mayport following their deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Vice Adm. John K. Ready, commander, Navy Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, greets CMDR. Larry H. Schmit, commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33), upon his squadron's return to the station with other squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1). The wing was deployed in the Persian Gulf area aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm

The battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) is moored near the fast combat support ship USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1) while the two vessels are in the region to take part in exercise RimPac '90

The guided missile frigate USS STEPHEN W. GROVES (FFG-29) takes on fuel from the Brazilian oiler MARAJO (G-27) during underway replenishment operations. Both vessels are taking part in Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the U.S. Navy and the naval forces of nine South American countries

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