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LEMOORE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Squadrons of Navy pilots are present location for the holidays aft a five-month-long deployment to the Western Pacific and the Middle East. Pilots from Carrier Air Wing 9 returned to friends, family, and loved ones waiting to bring them home.
“It conscionable means truthful overmuch to america to really get backmost unneurotic to spot the family,” VFA 41 Operations Officer Charles Cummings said.
“I’ve done a fistful of these successful my career, and you deliberation you get utilized to it. But each clip is special. I deliberation the information that it’s the holidays, I think, makes it a small spot much special,” Carrier Wing 9 Deputy Commander William Frank said.
Charles Cummings is simply a begetter of 2 kids. He said being distant from them was the hardest portion of his service.
“I haven’t seen him since helium was astir 3 months old. So going connected 8 months now. And it’s beauteous breathtaking conscionable to like, spot the kids grow. And this small 1 was talking successful afloat sentences now,” Cummings said.
“I couldn’t beryllium happier. And I americium looking guardant to each of the assistance and immoderate much-needed sleep,” Charles Cummings’ wife, Kaylyn Cummings said.
And, present that Dad is home, it’s clip to look guardant to immoderate fun.
“I’ve got a batch of shows that, you know, my woman and kids and we each bask watching together. So we’re going to bash that. I’m going to ticker a batch of football,” Frank said.
“Hey, wherever are we going for Christmas? You remember? Disneyland! We’re going to Disneyland,” Cummings said.
The homecomings don't halt there. On Friday, December 20, Naval Air Base Lemoore volition invited backmost a full caller fleet of Navy work members.
