THIS IS A DAILY NEWS UPDATE, I'M PETTY OFFICER CORY ROSE. USS ARLEIGH BURKE RETURNED HOME TO NAVAL STATION NORFOLK AFTER A SCHEDULED SIX MONTH DEPLOYMENT. "IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RUN AND I REALLY CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE CREW, BECAUSE WE WERE ASKED TO DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE AND THEY STEPPED UP TO THE MARK EVERY TIME AND JUST KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. IT WAS SPECTACULAR." FRIENDS AND FAMILY WAITED PATIENTLY TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR LOVED ONES. "WE MISS HIM SO MUCH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT NOW IS THAT TECHNOLOGY HELPS TO WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO SEE HIM EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THE WEB CAM AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH MAKES IT EASIER, BUT YOU KNOW WE DEFINITELY MISS HIM EVERY DAY." ARLEIGH BURKE WORKED WITH 15 ALLIED NATIONS, VISITING 11 DIFERENT COUNTRIES WITH 18 PORT CALLS. FOR THE U.S. NAVY, I'M PETTY OFFICER CORY ROSE.