HMS Ocean Crew: "All I Want for Christmas"

This is just so awesome.  All these beautiful British navy guys and gals put this together as they steamed home for the holidays. There's even a wink & nod to gays in the royal navy at one point, see if you catch it.

From the YouTube stats:

After lots of time away last year (214 days) -- planned for 7 week deployment exercise with other nations
Diverted to Libya and further operations
Back 9 Dec after 7½ months away - 225 days with 176 at sea
400 people onboard (at peak during the amphibious exercises just under 900 onboard but approx 650 during Op Ellamy)
Steamed just over 40,000 miles
Burned approx 6,000 tonnes of fuel
Operated 16 different type of aircraft off the deck

Realities of deploying:
15 babies born while the ship has been away (fathers did get home to see mum and baby)
5 people were sent home so they didn't miss their own weddings.
1 sailor whose son's third birthday is on homecoming. Family meeting ship

Ships company have missed:
Summer holidays.
Children's exam results
Children finishing school and starting university
The Padre missed his daughter's graduation.

 Wishing them all a happy and peace-filled holiday with family and friends.

And so it goes.
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