SAILING HOME: USS Nitze Guided-Missile Destroyer Returns To Homeport After Eight-Month Deployment

This is the touching moment sailors aboard the USS Nitze are welcomed by friends and family as they return home from an eight-month deployment.

Reports revealed that the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, in the US State of Virginia on Wednesday, 5th April.

The vessel was deployed for eight months in support of maritime security operations and theatre security cooperation efforts in the 2nd, 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation.

Commander Katie Jacobson said in a statement obtained by Newsflash: "I am incredibly proud of my crew and the excellence they achieved while conducting high risk, high visibility mission sets during this extended deployment.

"Our officers and crew advanced maritime security at sea, served as ambassadors ashore, and seamlessly integrated with our allies and partners.

"They embodied our mantra of 'Better Every Day' and reflected superbly on the United States and the US Navy."