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A line of sailors holds back the crowd gathered to greet the crew of the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39). The MACDONOUGH is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm. The guided missile destroyer USS MAHAN (DDG-42) is in the background

A line of sailors holds back the crowd gathered to greet the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39). The MACDONOUGH is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm

A line of sailors holds back the crowd gathered to greet the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39). The MACDONOUGH is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm

A line of sailors holds back the crowd gathered to greet the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39). The MACDONOUGH is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm

A line of sailors holds back the crowd gathered to greet the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39). The MACDONOUGH is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends crowd a pier while waiting for the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) to moor. The MACDONOUGH is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm

A boatswain's mate adjusts an anchor chain stopper turnbuckle on the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39). The MACDONOUGH returned today and is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. from participating in Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends crowd a pier during welcome home festivities for the guided missile destroyer USS MASDONOUGH (DDG-39). The MACDONOUGH is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm

Crewmen man the rails of the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) as the large harbor tug AHOSKIE (YTB-804) guides the ship into port. The MACDONOUGH is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm

A line of sailors holds back the crowd gathered to greet the guided missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39). The MACDONOUGH is one of the first ships to return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm. The guided missile destroyer USS MAHAN (DDG-42) is in the background

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Base: Naval Base, Charleston

State: South Carolina (SC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John Bivera

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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22/03/1991
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A photographer's mate prepares to film ships returning to the station following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A deck-hand from USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) prepares to shoot a line to a Peruvian navy vessel during a training operation off the coast of Peru. Reuben James was en route to Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Due to high seas, the shot line evolution pictured here was cancelled. Reuben James will be conducting bilateral operations with the Chilean navy

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies by smoke pouring from burning oil at an offshore oil terminal near Kuwait City destroyed during Operation Desert Storm

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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

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ENSIGN Jorge Parra, communications officer for the USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG-57), discusses ship board operations with junior Reserve Officers Training Candidate (ROTC) students from Orange Glen and Escondido High Schools during a tour of the USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG-57) at the 32nd St. Naval Base. In addition, he discussed the educational opportunities available and the commissioning programs the Navy can offer young Hispanics

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