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October 19, 2009

NORFOLK

The guided-missile destroyer Arleigh Burke is due home Wednesday from a six-month deployment, the Navy announced.

Leader Cmdr. Brian C. Moum

Location of deployment United Kingdom, southern and eastern Africa, Mediterranean Sea

Deployed April 25

Highlights The guided-missile destroyer Arleigh Burke became the latest Norfolk-based ship to participate in Africa Partnership Station, providing maritime security training and other assistance to African nations. The ship’s crew also took part in Joint Warrior, a two-week exercise with NATO allies off the coast of the United Kingdom that emphasized nontraditional missions such as counter-piracy.