Sgt. John Hukaba, motor transport driver, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, holds his son, Tobias, 4, and daughter, Eliana, 2, for the first time in seven months, during the battalion's homecoming ceremony at Del Valle Field April 9, 2013. - Sgt. John Hukaba, motor transport driver, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, holds his son, Tobias, 4, and daughter, Eliana, 2, for the first time in seven months, during the battalion's homecoming ceremony at Del Valle Field April 9, 2013.
Corporal James Pais, a section leader for Company G, steals one last kiss from his wife, Rosa, before departing for a seven-month deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit May 5, 2011. Aa pair of Marines inside the bus held Pais' feet so he could reach his wife without falling out. - Corporal James Pais, a section leader for Company G, steals one last kiss from his wife, Rosa, before departing for a seven-month deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit May 5, 2011. Aa pair of Marines inside the bus held Pais' feet so he could reach his wife without falling out.