Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.05.2015
Staff Sergeant Shaun Lucas holds his son for the first time in six months during a homecoming event aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 5, 2015. Lucas returned from a six-month deployment in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)...
Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.05.2015
Friends and pets are united during a homecoming aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 5, 2015. 1st Lt. Maida Kalic (center) returned from a six-month deployment in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)...
Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.05.2015
Sergeant Colby Boudreaux embraces his wife during a homecoming event aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 5, 2015. Boudreaux returned from a six-month deployment in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Mitchell | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 01.14.2015
A Marine greets his son during a homecoming event aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 14, 2015. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion-2 returned from a six-month deployment in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Mitchell | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 01.14.2015
Corporal Jose Becerra poses for a photo with his wife during a homecoming event aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 14, 2015. Becerra returned from a six-month deployment in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Mitchell | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 01.14.2015
Sergeant Cris Landauparicio poses for a photo with his girlfriend during a homecoming event aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 14, 2015. Landauparicio returned from a six-month deployment in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)...
Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 09.07.2014
Lt. Col. William C. Stophel, the commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 poses for a photo with Marco Sinatra, the mayor of Vizzini, in Cunziria, Vizzini, Sept. 7, 2014. At the award ceremony, Mayor Sinatra said “In the world of conflict that we see today, culture is the cradle of civilization…It’s a way to have everybody joining together and [bond]......
Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 09.07.2014
Lt. Col. William C. Stophel (left), the commanding officer of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 is awarded a plaque from Marco Sinatra, the mayor of Vizzini, for the volunteer work the Marines and Sailors of SP-MAGTF Africa 14 did at the historic site of Cunziria, Vizzini, Sept. 7, 2014,...
