Photo by Cpl. Monica Erickson | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 04.13.2010
Marines from the Remain-Behind Element with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 load packs and gear for the deploying Marines and sailors with VMU-1 at their battalion headquarters before their departure April 13....
Photo by Cpl. Monica Erickson | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 04.13.2010
Sgt. Duane Ammeter, an avionics technician with the air maintenance element with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, holds his 5-month-old son Nathan before departing for a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan April 13....
Photo by Cpl. Monica Erickson | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 04.13.2010
Sgt. Teresa Diaz, a wireman with the data element of Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, helps her 1-year-old daughter Giselle, walk before departing for a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan April 13....
Photo by Cpl. Monica Erickson | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 04.13.2010
Sgt. Kyle Hochhalter, an internal operator for the operations element for VMU-1, gives his 2-year-old son Ben a piggy-back ride before departing for a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan April 13....