FAMILY AND FRIENDS WELCOMED THE GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER USS CHAFEE HOME TO JOINT BASE PEARL
HARBOR-HICKAM AFTER A SIX MONTH INDEPENDENT DEPLOYMENT TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC.
"IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. I JUST GOT TO THE ISLAND TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE GOT UNDERWAY SO
IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SEPARATION THIS TIME BUT I AM SO GLAD AND OVERCOME WITH EMOTION
TO BE HOME."
THE CHAFEE PARTICIPATED IN MARITIME EXERCISES AND PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS
PHILIPPINES.
"THE DEPLOYMENT WAS FUN, I HAD A BLAST, I REALLY DID. I LEARNED A LOT, DID A LOT, MET
A LOT OF PEOPLE, SAW A LOT OF THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE. I REALLY ENJOYED IT
FROM JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, I'M PETTY OFFICER DUSTIN SISCO.
