Sailors return on IWO ARG

IWO ARG returns from deployment

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Families greet their Sailors as USS New York returns home from deployment on Dec. 20, 2012. Photo by WAVY/Aaron Kurtz.

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(Dec. 18, 2012) Amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) returned home today to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.  (WAVY/Walter Hildebrand)

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Information Systems Technician 1st Lewis sees his 4-month-old daughter after returning home from deployment aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kayla Jo…

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Amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) returned home Dec. 18, 2012 to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.  (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kayla Jo Finley/ Released)

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Line handlers secure the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) as the ship returns home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.  (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kayla Jo Finley/ …

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(Dec. 18, 2012) Amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) returned home today to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.  Gunston (WAVY/Walter Hildebrand)

Iwo Jima ARG deploys

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IWO ARG returns from deployment

Updated: Thursday, 20 Dec 2012, 6:58 PM EST
Published : Monday, 17 Dec 2012, 2:00 PM EST

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - USS Iwo Jima and USS New York returned home Thursday morning.

The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group is now home. USS Iwo Jima and USS New York returned Thursday while USS Gunston Hall returned home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story Tuesday.

This marks the end of the first deployment for USS New York.

Photos: Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group returns

The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group was deployed in support of maritime security operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility.

Sailors and Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit offloaded in Morehead City, N.C. before the ships arrive in Norfolk.

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