JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Some local families just watched the first-ever deployment of their sailors aboard Naval Station Mayport’s USS Winston Churchill.
“Once you see your loved ones leave, the tears start flowing, emotions start going crazy,” said Cheyenne Ross, whose husband was just deployed for the first time in his 14-year-long Navy service.
Naval Station Mayport said the ship will first head to Virginia to join the Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group, which is then set to aid the U.S. European Command overseas…