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Caption:
NORFOLK (May 23, 2007) -- Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer
USS Mason (DDG 87) return to Naval Station Norfolk after the longest
deployment by a carrier strike group since 2003. The Eisenhower
Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) deployed Oct. 3, 2006 to the 5th Fleet
Area of Responsibility to support ongoing operations including efforts
in Iraq, Afghanistan and Maritime Security Operations in the region.
IKE CSG is comprised of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, Destroyer Squadron
(CDS) Twenty Eight, aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69),
guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68), guided-missile destroyer USS
Ramage (DDG 61), USS Mason, and the fast attack submarine USS Newport
News (SSN 750). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman
Justan Williams (RELEASED)
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