THIS IS A DAILY NEWS UPDATE, I'M PETTY OFFICER BENJAMIN LEWIS. WHILE MANNING THE RAILS OF USS RONALD REAGAN SAILORS ANXIOIUSLY WAITED TO PULL INTO HOMEPORT NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND AFTER A FIVE MONTH WESTERN PACIFIC DEPLOYMENT. HEARING THE CHEERS OF LOVED ONES ON THE PIER, EMOTIONS OF RELIEF AND EXCITEMENT SET IN. "IT'S A GREAT FEELING, I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING HOME." THIS WAS REAGAN'S FOURTH DEPLOYMENT IN FOUR YEARS AS THE SHIP SUPPORTED U.S. AND COALITION TROOPS ON THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN AS PART OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. "I'M GONNA GO HOME AND SEE MY SON, I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M KEEN ON RIGHT NOW." FROM U-S-S RONALD REAGAN, I'M PETTY OFFICER BENJAMIN LEWIS.