@nbcnews: USS Lincoln air traffic control center officer Brent Ledbetter says docking in San Diego after a lengthy Middle East deployment means something extra special: He is meeting his baby son for the first time.
nobody on this deployment is signing back up after this
2026-10-08 18:44:38
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Bananas_bri :
He didn’t deserve that. How horrible 😭
2026-10-08 18:21:01
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lex :
missing out on the first 10 months of your first child's life 😫
2026-10-08 18:07:07
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. :
I'm on this deployment and my wife is 9months pregnant. I'm so excited to see her
2026-10-08 18:44:46
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ari :
This absolutely breaks my heart. You know he’s broken. 😭😭 and that poor mama.
2026-10-08 19:30:58
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💞 :
I would rather be broke with my husband than have him miss the entire first year of the baby’s life. I couldn’t imagine.
2026-10-08 18:39:24
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ghost_of_jfk :
“I kinda got to see him grow up.”
2026-10-08 19:37:59
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ᴋᴇᴇꜰ :
you missed out on the most important time to bond 😩
2026-10-08 18:35:03
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Brandon :
I’m so fucking sorry
2026-10-08 19:02:46
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𝑰 🩶 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 ◉ 🧸 :
A week before you left I say
2026-10-08 17:47:52
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H’s Tik Tok :
Guys please read the stories of what’s going on with them, they’ve been stuck out there trying to get clean water, more food, supplies, any updates about when they can talk. They have not stepped on land in almost a year 😭
2026-10-08 19:10:17
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l :
Thank you for your service
2026-10-08 18:03:52
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Sonne 🌞🦇 :
My husband was also in a different country the first year of our babies life, the military could NOT get their crap together. (It was an overseas PCS, they failed to PCS us together for almost a year)
2026-10-08 20:31:36
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TheGhostofJimmyCarter :
This is so sad you can tell how heartbroken that this man is that he did not get to spend that time with his wife and his baby that time that I spent with my husband was some of the most magical moments of my life and I will always look back at the first eight months of my child’s life as the best time of my life
2026-10-08 19:24:12
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Mel Gibson :
🥹 Best homecoming ever! Meeting his son for the first time. So beautiful
2026-10-08 17:35:02
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cfoster7486 :
Was that Chad powers
2026-10-08 20:31:56
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cj :
on the bright side he missed the staying up all night nights
2026-10-08 20:27:34
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Nate :
Shoutout Nathan
2026-10-08 20:14:43
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Jking :
God bless our troops and the sacrifices they make to protect our freedom. 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
2026-10-08 18:39:31
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Etta :
I can't do Nathan
2026-10-08 17:17:24
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<3Lindsaylee :
I feel so bad for him 😢 😩
2026-10-08 18:51:32
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emiliooo_831 :
Thank you for all of your sacrifices. The best men and women who serve and make up the best military in the world.
2026-10-08 18:51:49
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cornicopia46 :
I went thru that in 2000 we didn't have video calls
2026-10-08 18:20:04
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Boston :
good for you man...i was 7 when Dad returned from Vietnam.
this man came into class...as soon as I swe him I knew who he was...
still remember like it just happened.
god bless these American serivice men
2026-10-08 18:47:25
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Bbbbbbbb :
That’s awful
2026-10-08 18:01:07
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