‘We just want you home safe’: Families say goodbye to sailors as they set sail amid Iran conflict

A crew of roughly 300 Navy sailors set sail from NS Mayport Wednesday afternoon on what the commanding officer called a “routine deployment”.

Final preparations were underway throughout the morning and afternoon ahead of the USS Donald Cook’s deployment.

The ship’s destination is not being publicly disclosed, as the conflict in Iran nears the one-month mark…

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