USS Makin Island returns

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  • Families wait for the arrival of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 “Wildcards” at Naval Air Station North Island after a seven-month deployment Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in San Diego. Nearly 4,500 Sailors and Marines with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are making their way home this week, after a seven-month deployment in the Eastern Pacific and the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  • Grant Adams plays with American flags as he waits for his dad, Navy Lt. Commander Reid Adams of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 “Wildcards,” at Naval Air Station North Island after a seven-month deployment, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in San Diego. Nearly 4,500 Sailors and Marines with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are making their way home this week. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  • Navy Lt. Gregory Campbell, of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 “Wildcards,” meets his daughter Bernadette for the first time as he arrives to Naval Air Station North Island after a seven-month deployment, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in San Diego. Nearly 4,500 Sailors and Marines with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are making their way home this week. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  • Troy Tilbury and his daughter Tessa wait for Navy Petty Officer Danielle Tilbury, of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 “Wildcards,” before her arrival to Naval Air Station North Island after a seven-month deployment Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in San Diego. Nearly 4,500 Sailors and Marines with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are making their way home this week. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  • Michelle White waits for her husband, Navy Aircrewman First Class Rusty White, of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 “Wildcards,” before his arrival to Naval Air Station North Island after a seven-month deployment, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in San Diego. Nearly 4,500 Sailors and Marines with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are making their way home this week. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  • A sailor carries buckets of roses out for the arrival of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 “Wildcards” at Naval Air Station North Island, after their a seven-month deployment, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in San Diego. Nearly 4,500 Sailors and Marines with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are making their way home this week. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)