March 19, 2021- The guided-missile
destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) returns to Naval
Station Norfolk, after nearly nine months deployed in the
U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. Winston S.
Churchill, along with the embarked Helicopter Maritime
Strike Squadron (HSM) 70, traveled nearly 60,000 miles
during the deployment and completed 26 strategic choke point
transits, escorting a total of 23 vessels over 14 of those
transits.
U.S. Navy video by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua M. Tolbert