<p>USS Essex (LHD-2) returns to San Diego from a seven-month deployment to the 5th and 7th fleet area of responsability in support of "Operation Inherent Resolve" and global maritime security.
</p><p>Open gate:  Families to receive their beloved...
</p><p>Naval Base San Diego
Photo: TDelCoro
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December 15, 2015
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/45549579@N05">Tomás Del Coro</a> from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasdelcoro/23876939136/">Naval Base San Diego</a>