CLB-1 returns home after 7-month deployment

Photo By Cpl. Khoa Pelczar | A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, hugs his wife during a homecoming event at Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 12. Thirty Marines with CLB-1 arrived at the battalion’s motor pool after spending the past seven months on a deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  

CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES

04.12.2012

Story by Cpl. Khoa Pelczar 

1st Marine Logistics Group

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A young girl showed her sign in anticipation. "Finally, you’re home! That took so long!" She screamed from the top of her little lungs and jumped up and down without a care in the world. From that moment on, there was no need for long-distance calls, no need for emails, or care packages. Her daddy was right in front of her.

At that moment, she let loose a loud, squeaky noise. She rushed toward the swarm of camouflage and wrapped her little arms around her father’s neck, as if she never wanted to let him go again.

“This is the greatest feeling in the world that no words can describe,” said the girl’s father, Chief Warrant Officer Eric Wojahn, maintenance officer, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group. “I’m happy and grateful to be back, and I want to spend as much time as I can with my family.”

Wojahn was one of 30 Marines with CLB-1 who arrived at the battalion’s motor pool, April 12, after spending seven months on a deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

As the troops reunited with their friends and families and headed home, they planned on doing the things they missed the most while deployed, besides being with their families.

“I want to order a large pizza and finish it by myself,” said Cpl. Raniro Cavazos, supply clerk, CLB-1. “We had pizza over there but it’s just not the same. I just want to enjoy life, be with my wife, and learn how to be normal again.”

• Date Taken: 04.12.2012
• Date Posted: 04.13.2012 17:02
• Story ID: 86728
• Location: CAMP PENDLETON, CA, US