Red Carpet Welcome Home – USS Olympia

The USS Olympia recently returned from a 7 month deployment. What I like most about this photo is the creative red carpet and arch! Have you done anything creative like this for homecoming? JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (March 4, 2013) Senior Chief Sonar Technician Jim Sowa kisses his wife for the first kiss following [...]

My Homecoming

The most exciting time of a deployment is homecoming. This deployment was my first, and I was super excited. My husband was supposed to come home after Thanksgiving, but plans changed due to the mission. His ship and several others had to turn around. The one thing my pregnancy has taught me is to roll [...]

My first….Submarine Homecoming

This following is the first blog post in our Homecoming series. Contact us if you would like to be a guest blogger and submit your Homecoming story. My first… By Despina I’m a 43 year old Submariner’s wife writing my first blog post and yesterday I experienced my first homecoming.  Although my Sailor and I [...]

Eye on Deployment

Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Chris A. Durney Sgt. Mathew Neely of Camden, Ark., kisses his infant son Bryce for the first time after returning home from Iraq as a member of the Arkansas National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Welcome Home

080718-N-4879G-372 NORFOLK, Va. (July 18, 2008) A Sailor assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) hugs his family during the ship’s return to Naval Station Norfolk after a six-month deployment. Cole was deployed with the British Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and was the first U.S. Navy ship to sail under the [...]

Eye on the Fleet

Not very often are there cameras on the pier capturing Homecoming. How wonderful for these USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) families. Darn Gold Crew! Welcome home

Eye on the Fleet

080416-N-1226D-137 POINT LOMA, Calif. (April 16, 2008) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Keith Davis kisses his wife Angie Davis during a homecoming for the Los Angels class fast-attack submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754) returning after a six-month deployment in the western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Omar A. Dominquez (Released) I’m guessing [...]

Homecoming 6 Months Early

I have finally come out of the clouds and have landed safely back into “reality”. My writing has taken a back seat to evenings spent catching up on 7 months of missed conversation, cooking real dinners, his TV shows, his Netflix picks and his favorite restaurants. Isn’t it funny how that happens when they get [...]

Back in Baby’s Arms

Hello everyone! I’m thrilled to be here blogging with this great group of ladies. I’ll be brief tonight, but I wanted to do a quick check-in and introduce myself. As you may have read, I’m a Coast Guard wife. Once upon a time, I served in the Marine Corps. So, in a sense, I’m already [...]