USS Spruance Returns to San Diego Following Historic 12-month Combat Deployment

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), with embarked Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 Detachment, returned to its home port of Naval Base San Diego, concluding a 12-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 7th, and 5th Fleet areas of operations, Nov. 13. Spruance deployed as part of the…