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Disneyland Resort Greets USS Shreveport
After seven months at sea as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, U.S. military personnel aboard the USS Shreveport were warmly welcomed home April 20 by Mickey Mouse, DisneylandŽ Resort Ambassador Matt Ebeling and representatives from the DisneylandŽ Resort in Norfolk, Va.
"This was such a wonderful opportunity for us to demonstrate our support to our servicemen and women on behalf of the entire Cast," noted Diane Killeen, Manager, Cast Initiatives.
 DisneylandŽ Resort Cast Members adopted the Shreveport as part of the Resort's Operation Uplift program through which Cast Members send messages of support to U.S. servicemen and women on active duty outside the United States. The program was founded in 1995 by Entertainment Costuming Cast Member Mike Woodhall and Cast Members began corresponding with the USS Shreveport last September, when it was deployed to the North Arabian Sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
 "Receiving postcards through Operation Uplift was extremely motivational for the crew members of the USS Shreveport," said Capt. Bill Valentine of the USS Shreveport. "On the day I had to tell the crew that our tour was to be extended an additional month, they were, as you can imagine, extremely disappointed. But that afternoon, over 500 postcards arrived from DisneylandŽ Resort Cast Members and suddenly the mood aboard the ship improved."
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