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Families, friends welcome Marines home after 7 months of deployment to Indo-Pacific

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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ruben Pickering, a forward air controller with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Costa Rica, is welcomed by his son at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ruben Pickering, a forward air controller with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Costa Rica, is welcomed by his son at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment. (Sgt. Bryant Rodriguez)

U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit were welcomed home by family and friends Saturday at Camp Pendleton in California after returning from deployment.

Elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) for a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region in support of regional stability and a free and open Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit reunite with loved ones at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024.

U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit reunite with loved ones at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024. (Robert Nanna/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Robert Flahive, deputy staff judge advocate assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embraces his daughter at a welcome home reception at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Robert Flahive, deputy staff judge advocate assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embraces his daughter at a welcome home reception at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024. (Robert Nanna/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Peter Bose, the future operations officer assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, reunites with his family at a welcome home reception at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Peter Bose, the future operations officer assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, reunites with his family at a welcome home reception at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024. (Robert Nanna/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. David Molz, an intelligence officer assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and a native of New Jersey, kisses his girlfriend at a welcome home reception at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. David Molz, an intelligence officer assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and a native of New Jersey, kisses his girlfriend at a welcome home reception at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024. (Robert Nanna/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Richard Monreal, a rifleman with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Riverside, Calif., poses for a photo with his mother and sister at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from a deployment

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Richard Monreal, a rifleman with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Riverside, Calif., poses for a photo with his mother and sister at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from a deployment (Bryant Rodriguez/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Carlos Hernandez, a rifleman with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Chino Hills, Calif., holds his newborn for the first time alongside his wife at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Carlos Hernandez, a rifleman with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Chino Hills, Calif., holds his newborn for the first time alongside his wife at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment. (Bryant Rodriguez/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are welcomed home at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment.

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are welcomed home at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment. (Bryant Rodriguez/U.S. Marine Corps)

A U.S. Marine with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is welcomed home at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment.

A U.S. Marine with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is welcomed home at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment. (Bryant Rodriguez/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. JC Sosa, a rifleman with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Merced, Calif., poses for a group photo with his family at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. JC Sosa, a rifleman with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Merced, Calif., poses for a group photo with his family at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment. (Bryant Rodriguez/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marines attached to Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pose for a group photo with family and friends at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment.

U.S. Marines attached to Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pose for a group photo with family and friends at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment. (Bryant Rodriguez/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Priore, the company gunnery sergeant of Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Charlotte, N.C., poses with his wife and daughter at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Priore, the company gunnery sergeant of Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Charlotte, N.C., poses with his wife and daughter at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024, after returning from deployment. (Bryant Rodriguez/U.S. Marine Corps)

Families of U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit decorate and distribute gifts for Marines at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024.

Families of U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit decorate and distribute gifts for Marines at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2024. (Robert Nanna/U.S. Marine Corps)

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