JAPAN: SAILORS REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES AS USS KITTYHAWK RETURNS FROM SERVICE IN IRAQ.

Record ID: 338370

  • Title: JAPAN: SAILORS REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES AS USS KITTYHAWK RETURNS FROM SERVICE IN IRAQ.
  • Date: 6th May 2003
  • Summary: (W3) YOKOSUKA, JAPAN (MAY 6, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV: KITTYHAWK ENTERING YOKOSUKA PORT, PEOPLE WAITING IN FOREGROUND 0.05 2. LV: SAILORS ON DECK 0.10 3. GV: CHILDREN HOLDING UP SIGNS, WELCOMING THE RETURN OF THEIR FATHERS 0.15 4. GV: NAVAL PERSONNEL HOLDING U.S. FLAG ON DECK 0.20 5. GV: FAMILIES WELCOMING RETURN OF THE SHIP 0.26 6. MV: MORE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL WAVING U.S. FLAG 0.31 7. GV/MV: SAILORS GETTING OFF SHIP (2 SHOTS) 0.41 8. MCU: MAN KISSING HIS NEW-BORN BABY 0.47 9. MV: MORE OF NAVAL PERSONNEL 0.55 10. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) REAR ADMIRAL MATTHEW MOFFIT, BATTLE GROUP COMMANDER, SAYING: "Our part of the mission was to provide maritime air capability in support of the army marine corps and the coalition forces. That was the extent of our mission, our mission did not involve finding those weapons of mass destruction. That process continues back in Iraq." 1.12 11. MV/GV: MILITARY PERSONNEL GETTING OFF SHIP (2 SHOTS0 1.22 12. MCU: SAILOR HUGGING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND 1.28 13. MV: SAILOR TALKING WITH HIS GIRL FRIEND 1.32 14. GV: SAILOR WALKING WITH HIS FAMILY 1.36 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st May 2003 13:00
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  • Location: YOKOSUKA, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVAAZTU9I4KHWV24Y03EIFZ7Y6UF
  • Story Text: Hundreds of families have been reunited after the
    U.S. aircraft carrier Kittyhawk returned to its home port in
    Japan from the Gulf where it was involved in the U.S.-led war
    in Iraq.



    Thousands of family members and friends of the crew
    of the U.S.S. Kittyhawk gathered at a U.S. naval base in Japan
    on Tuesday (May 6) to welcome home the aircraft carrier which
    had been deployed to the Gulf to support the U.S.-led war on
    Iraq.

    As the 83,960-tonne carrier pulled into Yokosuka Port,
    people waving the U.S. flag cheered at the military personnel
    standing on the edge of the vessel.

    "Our part of the mission was to provide maritime air
    capability in support of the army marine corps and the
    coalition forces. That was the extent of our mission, our
    mission did not involve finding those weapons of mass
    destruction. That process continues back in Iraq," said Rear
    Admiral Matthew Moffit, battle group commander.

    Fighter planes aboard the carrier took part in bombing
    missions in the war. Most of the aircraft returned to an
    airbase late last week, ahead of the Kittyhawk.

    With the Gulf deployment over, the Kittyhawk will go into
    dry dock at the base to undergo repairs.

    While the Kittyhawk was in the Gulf, another carrier, the
    U.S.S. Carl Vincent, was deployed to the western Pacific to
    keep watch over North Korea amid heightened tensions over that
    country's suspected development of nuclear weapons and
    long-range ballistic missiles.

    The Carl Vincent, a nuclear-powered vessel, is due to make
    a port call later in the week.





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