U.S. Navy Storekeeper 3rd Class Larry Jones, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), holds his baby for the first time after returning home to Norfolk, Va., May 24, 2006.

George Washington returned after two months of participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of U.S. Naval Forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of U.S. Southern Command's objectives for enhanced maritime security.

U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Rex Nelson