WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, Wash. — Saturday on Whidbey Island, a homecoming for United States Navy sailors and aviators who served a historic nine-month deployment in the Red Sea.
Their mission protects shipping lanes from a terrorist group – specifically Houthi rebels.
The roar of Growler jets means one thing to mom Kristen Ellsworth and her son.
“It’s pretty surreal because they kept getting extended and we didn’t know when this day was going to happen,” Ellsworth said while waiting for her husband to return from deployment.
“Daddy’s finally going to come home,” her son said.
The men and women of Navy’s VAQ-130, also known as the “zappers” returned
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