U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Trent Bridgman, embraces his daughters in Norfolk, Va., Oct. 19, 2006, after returning from a six-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Bridgman is one of more than 250 Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Group Delta forward-deployed cargo handlers returning home after completing their mission to conduct port operations in Kuwait and air cargo handling operations in Iraq.

U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kelly E. Barnes