Dark Horse Battalion reunite with family and friends after tour with 15th MEU
Marines and sailors from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Stand at attention in formation on the parade deck at Camp Pendleton, Calif. on 13 May, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.
Dark Horse Battalion reunite with family and friends after tour with 15th MEU
Sergeant Nick Richardson, an Infantryman serving with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and a native of Broken Arrow, Okla., hugs his wife, Lana, after being dismissed from a formation on the San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013. Families and friends watched their Marines and sailors march onto the parade deck after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.
Dark Horse Battalion reunite with family and friends after tour with 15th MEU
Corporal Jonathan Hunter, an infantryman serving Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a Dallas native, hugs Joanna, his wife, and their daughter on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013 Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii. MARINE CORPS CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., - Corporal Jonathan Hunter, an infantryman serving Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a Dallas native, hugs Joanna, his wife, and their daughter on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013 Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.
Dark Horse Battalion reunite with family and friends after tour with 15th MEU
Kimberly Reese, the family readiness officer for 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, speaks to family members as Marines prepare to march onto the San Mateo parade deck here, on May 13, 2013. Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.
Dark Horse Battalion reunite with family and friends after tour with 15th MEU
Sergeant Nick Richardson, an Infantryman serving with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and a native of Broken Arrow, Okla., hugs his wife, Lana, after being dismissed from a formation on the San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.
Dark Horse Battalion reunite with family and friends after tour with 15th MEU
Corporal Jonathan Hunter, an infantryman serving Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a Dallas native, hugs Joanna, his wife, and their daughter on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo parade deck here, May 13, 2013 Families and friends reunited with their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The MEU deployed Sept 17, 2012, and traveled to Dubai, Jordan, Oman, China, and Hawaii.