SAN DIEGO (Dec. 10, 2017) Fire Controlman 1st Class Austin Emery, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), greets his wife and newborn daughter after the ship returned to Naval Base San Diego after a 7-month deployment. Lake Erie is part of the Nimitz Strike Group (CSG 11) and it returned to San Diego from a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and 5th Fleet in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. ( Navy

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