USS RONALD REAGAN RETURNS FROM MAIDEN VOYAGE

Captain Tim Conroy gets a hug and kiss from daughters Charlotte (R) and Sophie (L) after his ship, the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, arrived, July 6, 2006, at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its crew of nearly 5,000 sailors returned to San Diego from a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf and Western Pacific Ocean. It was the first mission for the ship since being commissioned in 2003. (UPI Photo/Earl S.Cryer)