Welcome Back Marines!
Alexa, I know how you feel about getting suprised by an early return! This was our son’s second deployment to Iraq and being through one already, we figured that the time posted on our 1-800 number would be different than the actual return time. And boy, was it! We had gone to the mall to “kill time”, and had just pulled up in to a parking space and let my daughter out to purchase a book when the phone rang and it was our Kyle, letting us know that they were at Cherry Point, getting ready to pull out and head over to Camp LeJeune! I ran in to the book store, where, thankfully my daughter was just making her purchase, and we rushed over to our hotel, grabbed our banner and headed over to the grassy knoll to wait their arrival. God Bless the Marines for getting our son and the other men back safely, AND early! Semper Gumby, right?
Sharon McClendon
VPMM of LCpl Kyle