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Harbor tugs maneuver the combat stores ship USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2) as sailors prepare to secure the vessel to the pier upon its return from deployment in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm

Family members gather in the rain to welcome their loved ones returning home aboard the combat store ship USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2). The vessel had been deployed to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members aboard the combat ship USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2) hurry through the rain toward the vessel upon its return from deployment to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members aboard the combat store ship USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2) stand in the rain as they prepare to welcome their loved ones upon return from deployment to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm

A petty officer assigned to the combat stores ship USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2) embraces a loved one upon the ship's return to Norfolk following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

A crew member from the combat stores ship USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2) stands in the rain as he holds his baby upon return from deployment in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members aboard the combat stores ship USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2) wait in the rain to welcome their loved ones as the ship returns from deployment in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm

A crew member aboard the amphibious assault ship USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2) signals to sailors on shore as the vessel nears a pier. The ship is returning to Norfolk following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A sailor from the combat stores ship USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2) embraces two of his loved ones on the pier. The SYLVANIA has returned to Norfolk following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Harbor tugs maneuver the combat stores ship USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2) as sailors stand by to secure the vessel to the pier upon its return from deployment in the Persian Gulf 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: PH2 John Bivera

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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18/03/1991
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