SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) returned to Camp Pendleton Saturday after completing an 11-month deployment.
MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force comprised of more than 2,000 personnel. The MEU consists of four major parts: a command element, a ground combat element, an aviation combat element, and a logistics combat element.
On Saturday, the families of the Marines and Sailors had a chance to join them on the tiger cruise aboard the USS Boxer, a new combat vehicle the unit trained on while at sea. They were able to experience what day-to-day life was like on the ship.
“It was a good experience. You know, it showed me that these kids have a hard life right now and they are doing it for our country and trying to make things better, and my hats off to all of them,” said Tim Brown, the father of a Marine who returned home.
Throughout their deployment, the Marines and Sailors trained with several counties, including Thailand, India and the Philippines.
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