Coming home for the holidays is always special, especially for the Canadians on the HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Vancouver.

After four months away, the two vessels, along with Motor Vessel (MV) Asterix, returned to B.C.91裸聊视频檚 CFB Esquimalt on Dec. 18. Awaiting their arrival were friends, family, warm messages, happy tears, hugs and even Christmas carols to help get them in the holiday spirit.

91裸聊视频淚t was long, but it was short because of the people who I have, because of the crew I have, because of the captain who I had, he made it very fun, but it was long enough for me to miss my husband. Now I91裸聊视频檓 super happy to see my husband,91裸聊视频� said MS Seunghee Ryu, a cook who got the first kiss with her husband Adam Bestward after stepping off of HMCS Ottawa. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 really happy to see her, it91裸聊视频檚 been a long four months,91裸聊视频� added Bestward.

While the couple doesn91裸聊视频檛 have any immediate plans besides going home, Ryu said, 91裸聊视频渂abies91裸聊视频� are their next big step. 91裸聊视频淲e got married two years ago, I think it91裸聊视频檚 time. The honeymoon is coming in April, and there91裸聊视频檚 soon-to-be babies coming,91裸聊视频� said Ryu.

The vessels departed their home port in Esquimalt for the Indo-Pacific region in August. This included going to Japan, Korea, and other surrounding areas to uphold Canadian relations. According to Cmdr. Christopher Robinson of the Maritimes Forces Pacific, missions were as 91裸聊视频渄iverse as enforcing the United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions off of North Korea, through to protecting the right of innocent passage in international waters.91裸聊视频�

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Across the three vessels, 650 sailors were onboard. Asterix served as a duty tanker, filling up allied and Canadian ships in the area. Robinson called it a 91裸聊视频渇loating gas station.91裸聊视频� Then the two frigates split north and south. Vancouver went up around the Korean Peninsula and worked with the UN. While Ottawa went farther south and worked by the Taiwan Strait transits. Toward the end of the vessels91裸聊视频� journeys, the ships came together to do an exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and then the three of them converged together and came back across to Canada.

Sam Patchell, who was commanding officer for the vessels91裸聊视频� deployment, believes the mission was highly successful.

91裸聊视频淭he world was very aware of Canada91裸聊视频檚 presence over there. Honestly, at the end of the day, I think it91裸聊视频檚 successful because I have a bunch of smiling faces, a bunch of happy, healthy people who are home after serving Canada.91裸聊视频�

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