--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Leavin’ Home… image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt934326c91fe2b253/698a9a5cdb29877771272910/hires_130424-n-tc437-438a.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) # Leavin' Home... by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) May 6, 2013 12:03 PM CUT  130424-N-TC437-438 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 24, 2013) Two F/A-18E Super Hornets from the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 participate in an air power demonstration over the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez/Released) 130424-N-TC437-438 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 24, 2013) Two F/A-18E Super Hornets from the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 participate in an air power demonstration over the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez/Released)U.S. Navy by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) May 6, 2013 12:03 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7164944/leavin-home/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7164944/leavin-home/"},"headline":"Leavin' Home...","datePublished":"2013-05-06T12:03:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-18T03:40:27.458Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/archive/7164944/leavin-home/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt934326c91fe2b253/698a9a5cdb29877771272910/hires_130424-n-tc437-438a.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt934326c91fe2b253/698a9a5cdb29877771272910/hires_130424-n-tc437-438a.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"130424-N-TC437-438","caption":"130424-N-TC437-438","creditText":"U.S. Navy","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7164944/leavin-home/","name":"Leavin' Home..."}}]}] ```