Patrol Squadron 1 (VP-1) returned from a six month deployment Dec. 2. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 2, 2013) Family members wait in the hangar bay as Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 return home at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joan E. Jennings/Released)

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 2, 2013) Family members wait in the hangar bay as Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 return home at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joan E. Jennings/Released)

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 2, 2013) Aviation Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Joseph Tucker holds his family at a homecoming for Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joan E. Jennings/Released)

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 2, 2013) Aviation Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Joseph Tucker holds his family at a homecoming for Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joan E. Jennings/Released)

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 2, 2013) Family members wait in the hangar bay as Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 return home at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joan E. Jennings/Released)

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 2, 2013) Family members wait in the hangar bay as Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 return home at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joan E. Jennings/Released)

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 2, 2013) Family members of Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 display signs for the homecoming of VP-1 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joan E. Jennings/Released)

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 2, 2013) Family members wait in the hangar bay as Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 return home at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joan E. Jennings/Released)