Marines Return Home
MIDDLE EAST (June 2, 2009) Scouts with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, run to their position on the firing line during the final portion of their range training in the Middle East. The training refined and refreshed the Marines� fire and maneuvering skills, fire movement and combat marksmanship skills. The 13th MEU and Boxer Amphibious Ready Group are currently on a deployment in support of regional and Maritime Security Operations (MSO). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert C. Medina)
Helicopters brought back thousands of Marines and their gear Friday as they returned from a seven-month tour of the Western Pacific and Middle East.
The copters are assigned to USS Boxer and other ships.
The Camp Pendleton-based Marines were in the Western Pacific and Middle East and just so happened to be off the coast of Africa when Somalia pirates hijacked a civilian vessel.
The Marines provided support, surveillance and transport for the daring rescue of Captain Richard Phillips
