Keywords: US Navy 070523-N-7241L-046 Family and friends wait as Sailors assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) return to Naval Station Norfolk after the longest deployment by a carrier strike group si.jpg en NORFOLK Va May 23 2007 - Family and friends wait as Sailors assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN 69 return to Naval Station Norfolk after the longest deployment by a carrier strike group since 2003 Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group deployed Oct 3 2006 to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support ongoing operations including efforts in Iraq Afghanistan and maritime operations in the region U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird RELEASED 2007-05-23 070523-N-7241L-046 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 46504 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Station Norfolk Aboard USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69 Photographs by Nathan Laird |