Norfolk, Va. - The guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon departed Naval Station Norfolk on Friday for a six-month deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility.
Recently, the Laboon was underway for training exercises and assessments and also participated in the the multinational Bold Alligator exercise last November.
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