NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, VA., (July 9, 2026) - Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Gipson, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, embraces his children on the pier at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., following a Southern Seas deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility and participation in Fleet Exercise 250 and International Naval Review 250. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Oscar Pichardo