Carrier Stennis due back in Bremerton Friday from 8-month deployment, action in Afghan war

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 01, 2013 - 12:33 pm EDT

BREMERTON, Washington — The Navy says the aircraft carrier Stennis will return to Bremerton on Friday.

The aircraft carrier and its 3,000 sailors are completing an eight-month, 66,000 mile deployment to the western Pacific.

It included more than 1,300 sorties in direct support of fighting in Afghanistan.

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