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USS Carl Vinson Returns To San Diego After Historic Deployment

By Beth Ford Roth / Home Post Blogger

Published June 15, 2011 at 4:38 AM PDT

This story was published more than 13 years ago.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) awaits the return of Carrier Air Wing (CAG) 17 aircraft along the coast of Haiti. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 arrives on January 15, 2009 in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. /U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

USS Carl Vinson Returns To San Diego After Historic Deployment

The USS Carl Vinson returns home to San Diego this morning. Countless loved ones will be there to hug and hold the crew for the first time since November 30.

Home Post Blog: The USS Carl Vinson returns home to San Diego this morning. Countless loved ones will be there to hug and hold the crew for the first time since November 30. And Captain Bruce H. Lindsey, the aircraft carrier’s commanding officer, has written a special message of thanks for the friends and family of the Vinson crew on Facebook. (Read more)

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Blogger Beth Ford Roth was born into a military family and has covered issues important to service members and their loved ones for many years. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in both commercial television and public radio.

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