Truman

Truman group back in Norfolk, ending 7-month deployment

Mark.Edelen — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:23:03 -0400

By Kathy Adams and Matthew Jones
NORFOLK
Standing on a crowded pier at Norfolk Naval Station on Wednesday, 5-year-old Sydni Funderburk strained to spot one sailor among the hundreds arriving.
"Lift me up, because I can't see my mom!" she yelled, pulling on the hand of her grandmother Debra Martin.

Truman group's 7,500 sailors had a busy 7 months

david.putney — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:37:51 -0400

NORFOLK When the Truman carrier strike group arrives home this morning, its nearly 7,500 sailors will begin a much deserved rest. The group spent the past seven months supporting ground troops in Iraq, watching pirates off the Horn of Africa, guarding oil platforms in the Persian Gulf and training with multiple navies from the west coast of Africa to the Black Sea.

Families reunited as the Truman air wing returns

Kerry.Sipe — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

VIRGINIA BEACH

Lt. Cmdr. Justin Rubino hurried from his F/A-18C Hornet on Saturday, embraced his wife, Julie, for the first time in seven months and stepped back.

Then he put his hand on her nine-months-pregnant belly and greeted his child, who the doctor sa ys is poised to enter the world any day.

“Glad you stayed in there!” Rubino said.

Slide show: Life at sea with the Truman Strike Group

Kerry.Sipe — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:03:01 -0400

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