Gunnery Sgt. Jared Hoversten, Regimental Combat Team 7, 7th Marine Regiment, gets a goodbye kiss from his 22-month-old daughter, Kaydence, Tuesday before he boards a bus and heads to Afghanistan. - Gunnery Sgt. Jared Hoversten, Regimental Combat Team 7, 7th Marine Regiment, gets a goodbye kiss from his 22-month-old daughter, Kaydence, Tuesday before he boards a bus and heads to Afghanistan.
Petty Officer 1st Class Aristotle Tuvera, Hospital Corpsman, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, meets his daughter Aisis, 6 months, for the first time during a 1/7 homecoming event Sept. 15 at Del Valle Field. - Petty Officer 1st Class Aristotle Tuvera, Hospital Corpsman, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, meets his daughter Aisis, 6 months, for the first time during a 1/7 homecoming event Sept. 15 at Del Valle Field.
Marines of 2nd platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment prepare to shoot the shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon on top of machine gun hill during the first round of lane clearing exercises held at Range 410 Jan. 25, 2012. - Marines of 2nd platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment prepare to shoot the shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon on top of machine gun hill during the first round of lane clearing exercises held at Range 410 Jan. 25, 2012.
LCpl. Philip Villaire, rifleman, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, hugs his mother, Gigi Madamba (left), and his girlfriend, Danielle Boushey, before he boarded a bus and deployed. - LCpl. Philip Villaire, rifleman, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, hugs his mother, Gigi Madamba (left), and his girlfriend, Danielle Boushey, before he boarded a bus and deployed.