Seaman Richard Gray embraces his wife, Erin, and 1 1/2-year-old daughter, Aria, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Naval Base San Diego. Gray returned Friday morning from a 7-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean aboard the USS Cape St. George, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. (Jennifer Hlad/Stars and Stripes)

Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Hickey and Andee Marotta hold hands as Hickey holds their 1-month-old baby, Tycho. Hickey returned to Naval Base San Diego on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, after a 7-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean aboard the USS Cape St. George. (Jennifer Hlad/Stars and Stripes)

Jenny Brobst and Petty Officer 1st Class Walter Brobst pose with their children, 2-year-old Oliver and 3-year-old Abigail, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Naval Base San Diego. Brobst was 1 of about 350 sailors who returned home Friday morning after a 7-month deployment aboard the USS Cape St. George. (Jennifer Hlad/Stars and Stripes)

Families cheer as the USS Cape St. George, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, pulls up to the pier at Naval Base San Diego on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. The ship was returning from a 7-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. 'I cannot be prouder of the professionalism of my crew,' said the ship's commanding officer, Capt. Michael P. Doran. (Jennifer Hlad/Stars and Stripes)

A sailor waves to her family and friends on the pier Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Naval Base San Diego. The USS Cape St. George returned Friday morning from a 7-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (Jennifer Hlad/Stars and Stripes)

Seaman Dorian Williams holds his 9-month-old baby, Justyn, after returning Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, to Naval Base San Diego from a 7-month deployment aboard the USS Cape St. George. Williams said it felt strange to be home after spending so much time in foreign ports during the ship's deployment in the western Pacific Ocean. (Jennifer Hlad/Stars and Stripes)

The Castellanos family waits at Naval Base San Diego on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, for Jonathan Castellanos to return from his 1st deployment, aboard the USS Cape St. George. Castellanos' wife, Ruth, said she is due with the couple's 3rd child March 5. (Jennifer Hlad/Stars and Stripes)

Madison Partida, 3, and Noelani Partida, 6, hold heart-shaped signs as they wait for their daddy, Fernando Alonso Partida, to return from deployment Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. Partida spent about 7 months in the western Pacific Ocean aboard the USS Cape St. George. (Jennifer Hlad/Stars and Stripes)

The USS Cape St. George pulls into port at Naval Base San Diego on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, after a 7-month deployment in the western Pacific Ocean. The ship participated in Rim of the Pacific 2014, the exercises Valiant Shield and Keen Sword and community relations projects in Singapore, Guam and South Korea (Jennifer Hlad/Stars and Stripes)