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Emily Benjamin, 8, from Murrieta, Calif., makes a welcome home sign for her father, Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Eddie Benjamin, a tactical communications planning and operations officer with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), during his homecoming on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 6, 2013. The homecoming marks the first wave for I MEF (FWD) Marines to return from Afghanistan. The entire unit is scheduled to return by mid-March. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua Young

Worth A Thousand Words: Homecoming Preparations

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Emily Benjamin, 8, from Murrieta, Calif., makes a welcome home sign for her father, Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Eddie Benjamin, a tactical communications planning and operations officer with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), during his homecoming on Camp …
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Posted in Rotator, Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged Afghanistan, California, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Eddie Benjamin, homecoming, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Marine Corps, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marines, tactical communications planning and operations officer, U.S. Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps | Leave a comment

Photo: A Marine deployed with Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, kisses his wife during a homecoming aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Marines and sailors with CLR-15 were deployed to Helmand province, Afghanistan, in support of Regional Command Southwest. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Laura Gauna

Worth A Thousand Words: Happy Valentines Day

Posted on February 14, 2013 by bniegel

A Marine deployed with Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, kisses his wife during a homecoming
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Worth A Thousand Words: Get A Grip

Posted on September 14, 2012 by bniegel

U.S. Marine Sgt. Jacob Shepherd, a wireman with the 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team and a 26-year-old native of Bucyrus, Ohio, holds his 1-year-old son closely after returning to Marine Corps Base Hawaii from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan, …
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Worth A Thousand Words: Welcome Home Dad

Posted on August 24, 2012 by bniegel

Spc. Daniel Morrison of the 1204th Aviation Support Battalion greets his family during the unit’s welcome home ceremony at the Florence Freedom Baseball Stadium in Florence, Ky., Aug. 18, 2012. The Florence, Ky., native, and his fellow soldiers of the …
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Worth a Thousand Words: Welcome Home, Daddy

Posted on January 13, 2012 by jtozer

A soldier from the Virginia National Guard hugs his daughter after returning home from a deployment. Virginia National Guard Soldiers returned home in mid-December after serving in Iraq since August 2011. (National Guard Photo by SFC A.J. Coyne)

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