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‘I wasn’t ready for a war’: What a 9-month deployment meant for one Virginia Beach Navy family

Kelly Holbert holds her son Kelly Michael Holbert, 3, as the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) prepares to deploy from Naval Station Norfolk on Oct. 14, 2023. The ship would embark on what would become the U.S. Navy’s most intense combat since World War II. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)
Kelly Holbert holds her son Kelly Michael Holbert, 3, as the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) prepares to deploy from Naval Station Norfolk on Oct. 14, 2023. The ship would embark on what would become the U.S. Navy’s most intense combat since World War II. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)
AuthorStaff mugshot of Billy Schuerman on July 21, 2022.
By | Staff writer and | william.schuerman@virginiamedia.com | Photographer
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The Holbert family didn’t know then that their patriarch would become part of the U.S. Navy’s most intense combat since World War II.

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