JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A group of Navy sailors aboard USS The Sullivans for the past seven months is back home just in time to be with their families for Thanksgiving!
Nearly 300 Navy crew members aboard the USS The Sullivans are about to arrive at Mayport after a 7 month deployment! Families are eager to see their loved ones & celebrate Thanksgiving. I spoke to the family of one sailor who is about to meet his two week old son. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/pnVtmm0Kfg
— Jessica Barreto (@BarretoReports) November 24, 2021
After traveling 50,000 nautical miles across the world, 320 sailors arrived back on land at Naval Station Mayport.
Combat electronics officer Andre Martinez came home to his wife Christin, six-year-old daughter Adriana, and two-week-old son Atlas, whom he got to meet for the first time.
“It’s amazing,” he said. “It’s unreal. I have like no words, I’m trying not to cry.”
Mom Kristin Fox came from Colorado to embrace her son Tanner Cook. “I’m excited to see him because he’s like my best friend,” she said.
Chief Petty Officer Christopher Smith finally got to hug his youngest son Maxwell, and reunite with his wife Emily DaBruzzi and his other son Brayden, while his oldest son Trenton trains for the Navy in California.
Home at last.
— Bill Austin (@AustinBill13) November 24, 2021
USS The Sullivans pic.twitter.com/zWKvJbSsVD
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