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Military Minute: Weekend of Homecomings

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – There was a weekend full of homecomings for the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. Members of the VRC-40 “Rawhides” arrived Friday morning with a flyover, followed by the return and flyover of the VAW-123 after a nine-month long deployment.

The USS Eisenhower was engaged in combat operations in the Middle East from Nov. 2023 to June 2024, where they then traveled to the Gulf of Aden to defend commercial ships against Houthi rebels.

This segment of The Hampton Roads Show is sponsored by McDonald’s of Hampton Roads and Northeast North Carolina.