USS Ronald Reagan returns to Japan after three months at sea

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan – Three months after the USS Ronald Reagan left for a patrol of the western Pacific, the aircraft carrier and its crew of about 4,500 returned home Saturday afternoon.

Loved ones waited outside the gates to the pier for their sailors during the understated homecoming without much fanfare. Still, reunions were cheerful as servicemembers embraced their families.

Navy spouse Chrissy Balding said she has gone through six deployment homecomings with her husband, Lt. Troy Balding, but before Saturday had never met him at the ship.

She said seeing families with small children reunite with their sailors usually makes her cry, so she shies away from the events.

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