190718-N-SB299-1050 SAN DIEGO (July 18, 2019) Families welcome the guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) arriving in San Diego, July 18, 2019, where it will be homeported and undergo its midlife modernization. Stethem arrives in San Diego following 14 years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region operating from Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex Millar/Released)