Four ships of the KEARSARGE Expeditionary Strike Group: (left to right) the US Navy (USN) Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS ASHLAND (LSD 48); the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3); the USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (AEGIS) USS NORMANDY (CG 60); and a USN Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4); are underway in the Atlantic Ocean returning to their homeport, Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA), at the end of a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the global war against terrorism