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Homecoming (Show us your spouses/kids allowed, too)!

HeyJoe

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090610-N-3666B-002 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 10, 2009) Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) Commanding Officer Cmdr. Wes Naylor greets wife and daughter after returning home on VP-5's last plane from deployment. (U.S. Navy Photo by Naval Air Crewman Airman Scott Beach/Released)
 

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090612-N-2456S-029 NORFOLK, Va. (June 12, 2009) Family members await the return of Electronics Technician 3rd Class Louis Catanzaro aboard USS Nashville (LPD 13), returning after a five-month deployment. Nashville served as the Africa Partnership Station for the U.S. Africa Command in the U.S. Sixth Fleet Area of Responsibility providing maritime security operations throughout the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa. This is the last deployment before decommissioning of the Nashville. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John Suits/Released)
 

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Spouse of the year time

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090507-N-9818V-033 WASHINGTON (May 7, 2009) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West speaks with Christy Huriantnyk and her children, before the 2009 Military Spouse of the Year Awards Luncheon at the Ronald Regan Building and International Trade Center. Huriatnyk is the wife of Lt. Cmdr. Kuriatnyk stationed at Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center, Ellersile, Ga. and is the Navy Spouse of the Year. The Military Spouse of the Year award is presented annually to an individual who embodies the best characteristics of today's military spouse. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos/Released)
 

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081121-N-9758L-042 HONOLULU (Nov. 21, 2008) Shilo Phelchat, U.S. Navy recipient of the 2008 Hawaii Outstanding Military Spouse Award, receives an award of recognition from Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann during a ceremony at Honolulu City Hall. Along with the Navy, a spouse from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Hawaii Air Guard, Hawaii Army Guard and Special Operations Command were also recognized during the ceremony. Recipients of this year's awards have functioned as the volunteer communication and organizational focal point for units that were or still are deployed in the theater of hostile operations during the calendar year of 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron/Released)
 

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Shower in a box for deployed couples

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080503-N-3069F-004 SAN DIEGO (May 3, 2008) Lena Morrissey, co-founder of Operation Shower, presents "Showers in a Box" to 30 spouses of Sailors assigned to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) at the downtown USO in San Diego. Operation Shower is a non-profit organization that honors military moms and moms-to-be whose spouses are deployed supporting the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Fahey (Released)

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080503-N-3069F-005 SAN DIEGO (May 3, 2008) Pamela, the spouse of a Sailor assigned to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and friend Sarah, open a "Shower in a Box" presented by Operation Shower at the downtown USO in San Diego. Pamela was one of 30 Nimitz moms honored by Operation Shower during the event. Operation Shower is a non-profit organization that honors military moms and moms-to-be whose spouses are deployed supporting the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Fahey (Released)
 

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You learned what today?

Never know what you'll find in your yard so spouses must be prepared to deal with anything when their significant other is deployed

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070710-N-7041T-037 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (July 10, 2007) - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Larry Polendy and U.S. Army Major Gabriel Zinni present the tools that an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician uses to dispose of unexploded ordnance to the Pacific Command commander’s spouses during a tour of the Joint POW/MIA accounting command (JPAC) on board Hickam Air Force Base. JPAC's worldwide mission is to search for, recover, and identify missing Americans lost as a result of service to their nation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Leeanna Taylor (RELEASED)
 

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090528-N-7643B-015 SAN DIEGO (May 28, 2009) Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Timothy Vonfriesen shares his last few moments in San Diego with his wife before departing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway on a routine deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David Brandenburg/Released)
 

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090521-N-1722M-113 WASHINGTON D.C. (May 21, 2009) Vice Adm. Dirk Debbink, Chief of Navy Reserve, takes a photograph of Naval Aircrewman 1st Class William J. Frost, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 85, and his wife. Frost was selected as the 2009 Reserve Sailor of the Year on May 21, 2009. Frost will return to Washington in July where he will be promoted to Chief Petty Officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Moriatis/Released)
 

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Even SWOs get the girls...sometimes

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090615-N-8539M-098 PEARL HARBOR (June 15, 2009) Family members of Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) wave good-bye as the ship departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a scheduled six-month deployment as part of the Mid-Pacific Surface Combatant Operational Employment program. The program calls for all 11 Hawaii-based surface combatants to focus on the western Pacific Ocean by conducting intermediate and advanced training and scheduled deployments in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class N. Brett Morton/Released)
 

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090902-N-4031K-003 ATSUGI, Japan (Sept. 2, 2009) Cmdr. Gerald Hansen, Commanding Officer, of the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, greets his daughter and son during a homecoming celebration for Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. CVW 5 returned to Japan after a four-month deployment aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven Khor/Released)

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090902-N-4031K-001 ATSUGI, Japan (Sept. 2, 2009) Lt. Cmdr. Mike Kinter, assigned to the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, hugs his son during a homecoming celebration for Carrier Air Wing 5 at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. CVW-5 returned to Japan after a four-month deployment aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven Khor/Released)
 

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My favorite, though not my spouse:

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050228-N-7615S-019 San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2005) – Lt. Cmdr. Chris Marlar, assigned to the “Providers” of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Three Zero (VRC-30), reunites with his daughter after returning home to San Diego, Calif., from deployment. VRC-30 was deployed as part of Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and CVW-2 supported Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia during their Western Pacific deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Danielle M. Sosa (RELEASED)
 
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