U.S. Navy 2nd Class Bret Pembleton greets his son upon returning after a six-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, San Diego, March 19, 2011.
The crew is part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, which was deployed to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.
Pembleton is an air crewman assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12.
U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Benjamin Crossley |