WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:01:42.2010000" NOTE recognizability:0.841 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.8451005 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.316 Several sailors aboard USS Forrest Sherman NOTE Confidence: 0.8451005 00:00:02.316 --> 00:00:04.661 returned to Naval Station Norfolk this NOTE Confidence: 0.8451005 00:00:04.661 --> 00:00:06.875 morning after a three month deployment. NOTE Confidence: 0.8451005 00:00:06.880 --> 00:00:09.432 It's the first ship to return in a NOTE Confidence: 0.8451005 00:00:09.432 --> 00:00:12.190 series of homecomings this month. Casey NOTE Confidence: 0.8451005 00:00:12.190 --> 00:00:14.080 Baylor explains their time abroad. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:18.490 --> 00:00:19.438 Roughly 300 sailors NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:21.336 have returned to Naval station Norfolk, NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:21.340 --> 00:00:23.880 and after months away at sea, signs and NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:23.880 --> 00:00:26.420 hugs greeted them on land. I haven't seen NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:28.100 them since November, which is NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:28.100 --> 00:00:30.377 not that long but but I'm glad NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:30.377 --> 00:00:32.118 to see him. Clarice Floyd is NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:33.962 one of a few family members NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:33.962 --> 00:00:35.610 who stood at the port. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:35.610 --> 00:00:37.190 She says she thought about NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:37.190 --> 00:00:38.454 her son will everyday, NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:38.460 --> 00:00:40.236 so she made sure to drive NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:40.236 --> 00:00:41.835 up from South Carolina to NOTE Confidence: 0.8864271 00:00:41.835 --> 00:00:43.219 finally reunite with him. NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:00:44.790 --> 00:00:46.692 Every two weeks you know you're NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:00:46.692 --> 00:00:49.057 still glad to see him when you see NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:50.873 him. The crew on USS Forrest Sherman NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:00:50.873 --> 00:00:52.795 spent the last three months working NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:00:52.795 --> 00:00:54.247 to strengthen NATO alliances. NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:00:54.250 --> 00:00:56.007 Captain Tony 10 led the charge of NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:00:56.007 --> 00:00:58.208 four to six destroyers supporting the NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:00:58.210 --> 00:00:59.735 6th Fleet. We were in NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:00:59.735 --> 00:01:01.260 charge of the North Sea. NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:01.260 --> 00:01:03.395 We were in charge of North Atlantic. NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:05.152 We did operations in the Baltic NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:05.152 --> 00:01:07.060 with our NATO allies and partners NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:07.060 --> 00:01:08.355 ship Commander Greg Page says NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:08.355 --> 00:01:10.472 it's great to be home after an NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:10.472 --> 00:01:11.630 unscheduled deployment coming NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:11.630 --> 00:01:13.300 home and getting to highlight NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:13.300 --> 00:01:14.970 how hard the crew worked. NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:14.970 --> 00:01:16.670 And just a relentless fighting NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:16.670 --> 00:01:18.370 spirit that they demonstrated get NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:18.426 --> 00:01:20.506 the ship ready to go for a dynamic NOTE Confidence: 0.8420621 00:01:20.506 --> 00:01:22.360 employment and commander Paige says the NOTE Confidence: 0.76287156 00:01:22.360 --> 00:01:24.208 sailors also had some time to NOTE Confidence: 0.76287156 00:01:24.208 --> 00:01:25.440 volunteer during this deployment. NOTE Confidence: 0.76287156 00:01:25.440 --> 00:01:27.288 About 100 sailors spent some time NOTE Confidence: 0.76287156 00:01:27.288 --> 00:01:28.846 in guidance, Poland helping to NOTE Confidence: 0.76287156 00:01:28.846 --> 00:01:30.406 soar and distribute clothes to NOTE Confidence: 0.76287156 00:01:30.406 --> 00:01:31.600 Ukrainian refugees in Norfolk. NOTE Confidence: 0.76287156 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:34.970 I'm Casey Baylor for 13 news now. Navy NOTE Confidence: 0.7958451 00:01:34.970 --> 00:01:36.730 officials say the USS mixture NOTE Confidence: 0.7958451 00:01:36.730 --> 00:01:39.280 is the next ship to come home. NOTE Confidence: 0.7958451 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:42.200 It's expected to return to port on Saturday.