Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Crocker embraces his daughters Hadley, 4, and Paisley, 2, as his wife waits for her hug Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, during the homecoming of the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) to the Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., following a nearly 8-month deployment. Commissioned in 1988, it is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Yodalis Santos stands with her children Javian, 13, back, Janeli, 10, seated, and Josiah, 2, obscured, for the return of petty officer 1st class Ivan Santos and the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Hadley Crocker, 4, and her sister Paisley, 2, take delight in the design on a banner carried by Claire Birkhold as they wait for the return of the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. Hadley and Paisley were waiting with their mother Courtney for the return of Petty Officer third class Matthew Crocker. Birkhold was waiting for her fiancee Lt. jg. John McMichael. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Shelby Bailey, center, gets help from her mother Lonnie Leizear, left, her mother in law Tiffany Hoepke, right, and grandfather in law Barry Cotton, back, to unfurl a banner for her husband seaman recruit Sean Bailey as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Sailors in the Basic Enlisted Submarine School cheer for the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returning to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Antoinette Badillo, left, reacts as she sees the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) come into view at the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. Badillo was waiting for her boyfriend, petty officer third class Michael Johnson. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Crew stand on the hull as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Line handlers secure the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) to pier 8 at the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Children seek makeshift shade as they wait for the crew to disembark from the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) up its return to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Members of the crew begin to gather topside as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Chief petty officer David Begley, right, is greeted by his family, wife Katie, and children Caroline, 8, Margaret, 6, Josephine, 3, and Benjamin, 2-months, while Petty officer 1st class Scott Carter, left, greets his family, wife Bonnie, and children Annabeth, 6, Reagan 4, and Colin, 2-weeks, on the pier as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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U.S. Navy petty officer third class Christian Watson kisses his girlfriend Haley Goad as the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Lt. Cmdr. Raymond Ahaus, Executive Officer of the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) greets his wife Lindsay, left, and children, Aubrey, 7, Gunnar, 4, January, 3, and Malin, 1, as he returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Petty officer first class Corey Ewen is mobbed by his family as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Dena Birschoff embraces her son, petty officer 2nd class Cole Birschoff, as her husband Gary, left, and daughters Hailey, Shea, and Karli, obscured, look on during the homecoming of the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The Birschoff family traveled from Indiana to welcome Cole home from his first deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Mammy McLean welcomes her husband, petty officer 2nd class Allen McLean, home as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Gunnar Ahaus, 4, son of Lt. Cmdr. Raymond Ahaus, Executive Officer of the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751), places his fatherþÄôs hat on his sister Aubrey, 7, during the homecoming for the submarine to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Chief petty officer Miguel Frett, left, kisses his girlfriend Shalonda Pettiway, while her daughters Nyseanah Ishmael and Alexus Ouellette, take photos of the reunion as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Sumbariners and their loved ones linger on the pier as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Loved ones applaud from the shore as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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U.S. Navy petty officer third class Christian Watson races into the arms of his girlfriend Haley Goad as the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Caroline Begley, 8, trailed by her sister Margaret, 6, mother Katie and sister Josephine, 3, and brother Benjamin, 2-months race to greet Chief petty officer David Begley at the homecoming of the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Petty officer 1st class Scott Carter greets his wife Bonnie and newborn son Colin, 2-weeks, as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Phil Medbery photographs Lt. Cmdr. Raymond Ahaus, Executive Officer of the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) with his wife Lindsay, and children, Aubrey, 7, Gunnar, 4, January, 3, and Malin, 1, as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Submariners and there loved ones depart Pier 8 after the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returned to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Submariners and there loved ones depart Pier 8 after the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returned to the navy submarine base in Groton, Conn., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 following a nearly 8-month deployment. The San Juan, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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