Keywords: US Navy 111213-N-SZ959-033 Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class Erica Tapia hands flags to children while greeting Gold Star families.jpg en NORFOLK Dec 13 2011 Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class Erica Tapia from the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71 Second Class Petty Officer Association hands flags to children while greeting Gold Star families returning from Dallas at Norfolk International Airport during this year's Snowball Express event The Snowball Express sends families of service members who lost their lives in the line of duty on an all-expense paid trip every holiday season This year the Snowball Express sent 1 500 families to Dallas for exclusive events including a concert by Gary Sinise and the Lt Dan Band Theodore Roosevelt is undergoing a 39-month refueling complex overhaul at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher J Church/Released 2011-12-13 111213-N-SZ959-033 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 112215 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher J Church PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 |