Destroyer Laboon deploys from Norfolk, leaves families behind

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Samantha Snyder, 19, holds onto Kim Hagerman, 20, as the guided-missile destroyer Laboon deploys on July 11 from the Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va. Hagerman is engaged to Seaman Apprentice Sean DeJuliis, Snyder's brother.

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Petty Officer 1st Class Amy Woolston, right, hugs her 4-year-old son, Ian, as she prepares to board the guided-missile destroyer Laboon.

Sean Proctor / The Virginian-Pilot via AP

Kim Hagerman hugs Christina Snyder, the mother of her fiance, Seaman Apprentice Sean DeJuliis, during deployment for the guided-missile destroyer Laboon.

The guided missile destroyer Laboon left Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. on Wednesday to join the U.S. 6th Fleet Area of Responsibility to participate in Ballistic Missile Defense operations.

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Comment author avatarbigbenalaska

Tough job sometimes ....

    Reply#1 - Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:13 AM EDT
    Comment author avatarrock n roller

    But that's the job...they signed up.

      Reply#2 - Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:59 AM EDT
      Comment author avatarComradeChaos

      ...and we salute them, my fellow vets.

        Reply#3 - Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:12 PM EDT
        Comment author avatariSalute

        i Salute one and all that risk their lives so i can live free.

          Reply#4 - Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:42 AM EDT
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