A Marine holds his family at the 3rd Battalion 7th Marines homecoming early Oct. 23, 2010, at Del Valle softball fields. Company I, Combat Replacements and the Command Element came home Sunday, and the last company in the battalion, Weapons Company, came home Monday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Anderson) - A Marine holds his family at the 3rd Battalion 7th Marines homecoming early Oct. 23, 2010, at Del Valle softball fields. Company I, Combat Replacements and the Command Element came home Sunday, and the last company in the battalion, Weapons Company, came home Monday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Anderson)
Corporal Carmelo Sierra, a field radio operator with Regimental Combat Team 7, hugs his wife, Obdulia, and daughter, Juliana, during the homecoming of RCT-7’s main body Monday at Del Valle Field Oct. 4, 2010. - Corporal Carmelo Sierra, a field radio operator with Regimental Combat Team 7, hugs his wife, Obdulia, and daughter, Juliana, during the homecoming of RCT-7’s main body Monday at Del Valle Field Oct. 4, 2010.
Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, also known as the “Rhinos,” unload gear from the back of a cargo truck before their fellow Rhinos return to Victory Field Oct. 22. MWSS-374 returned from their deployment to Iraq in two waves after spending seven months supporting air operations, and conducting airfield maintenance and convoy operations. The second half of the squadron arrived at the Combat Center early Saturday morning. - Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, also known as the “Rhinos,” unload gear from the back of a cargo truck before their fellow Rhinos return to Victory Field Oct. 22. MWSS-374 returned from their deployment to Iraq in two waves after spending seven months supporting air operations, and conducting airfield maintenance and convoy operations. The second half of the squadron arrived at the Combat Center early Saturday morning.
Gunnery Sgt. Damon McElrath, maintenance chief with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, is greeted by his wife, Kristina, and 3-year-old daughter, Alyssa, during the MWSS-374 and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, homecoming at Victory Field aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Sept. 16, 2008. - Gunnery Sgt. Damon McElrath, maintenance chief with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, is greeted by his wife, Kristina, and 3-year-old daughter, Alyssa, during the MWSS-374 and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, homecoming at Victory Field aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Sept. 16, 2008.
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, meet their families at the Combat Center’s Victory Field after returning from a seven-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Sept. 5. 3/4’s return marks the drawing to a close of their fifth combat deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. CLB-7 detachments deployed for the third time in February in support of OIF. - Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, meet their families at the Combat Center’s Victory Field after returning from a seven-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Sept. 5. 3/4’s return marks the drawing to a close of their fifth combat deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. CLB-7 detachments deployed for the third time in February in support of OIF.
Lance Cpl. Jeremy Burnside, a reserve Marine from Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, is hugged by an Official Hugger while he steps off the bus at the Combat Center Aug. 16, 2008. 2/24 is a reserve unit that had more that 1,000 Marines deployed for seven months to Al Anbar Province. The reserve unit’s home base is Chicago. - Lance Cpl. Jeremy Burnside, a reserve Marine from Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, is hugged by an Official Hugger while he steps off the bus at the Combat Center Aug. 16, 2008. 2/24 is a reserve unit that had more that 1,000 Marines deployed for seven months to Al Anbar Province. The reserve unit’s home base is Chicago.