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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - More than 60 Marines with the Marine Attack Squadron 231 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 returned from Afghanistan late Monday night after a six-month deployment.
While deployed, the Marines provided close air support and reconnaissance for coalition forces in the Regional Command Southwest area of responsibility from their base of operations in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
“Every Marine was absolutely essential in everything that we did and they performed outstandingly,” said Lt. Col. Michael Quinto, the executive officer for VMA-231.
Patiently waiting for the Marines’ arrival were their loved ones, including Cori Ammon, wife of Gunnery Sgt. Eric Ammon, an AV-8 B Harrier powerline mechanic for VMA-23, and their two children.
“We’ve already been fighting over who is going to give him the first hug,” said Cori. “I told them last week that he was coming home so they would be excited. It’s all they have been talking about.”
The couple have been married since 1999 and have lived here since, except for the three years her husband spent serving as a recruiter, she said.
Cori said that despite the miles between them, she feels her husband was there with her throughout the deployment.
“Technology helps a lot. He got to see the kids’ birthdays through Facetime,” she said.
For other loved ones, the deployment was a new experience.
“It was his first deployment, and I still have butterflies,” said Ashlynn Highsmith, wife of Lance Cpl. Zachary C. Highsmith, an intelligence specialist with VMA-231.
| Date Taken: | 05.02.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 05.02.2013 08:55 |
| Story ID: | 106204 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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