Story by Staff Sgt. Richard Colletta | Exercise Balikatan | 11.08.2012
By Staff Sgt. Richard Colletta, U.S. Army, Pacific Contingency Command Post, Public Affairs Office
Story by Cpl. Kenneth Jasik | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.08.2011
It was a small homecoming by Camp Pendleton standards – nothing like when a battalion returns. No hand-painted signs, food tents, or Patriot Guard-escorted busses. A group of five women waited outside the I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group building and when Iraq Training Team 03 arrived in two government vans, they greeted their husbands during a quick but emotional homecoming......
