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HMH-772 recieves warm welcome home

Family and friends gather to welcome home Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 772 Detachment 1 from a six-month deployment to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, as part of the Marine Forces Reserve's participation in the Unit Deployment Program Dec. 5, 2013, on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The deployment provides necessary training to keep Reserve Marines operationally prepared. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Russell/Released)

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HMH-772 recieves warm welcome home

Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 772 Detachment 1 return from a six-month deployment to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, as part of the Marine Forces Reserve's participation in the Unit Deployment Program Dec. 5, 2013, on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The Marines were greeted by waiting families and friends as soon as they were released from formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Russell/Released)

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HMH-772 recieves warm welcome home

Marine Sgt. Zachary Cochran, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 772 ordnance technician, takes a moment while holding his six-month old daughter, Hailee, while still holding his squadron guideon after returning from a six-month deployment with HMH-772 to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, as part of the Marine Forces Reserve's participation in the Unit Deployment Program Dec. 5, 2013, on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Cochran hails from Waynesboro, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Russell/Released)

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HMH-772 recieves warm welcome home

Marine Lt. Col. Robert Muckenthaler, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 772 commander, is greeted by his wife and three children after returning from a six-month deployment with his squadron HMH-772 to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, as part of the Marine Forces Reserve's participation in the Unit Deployment Program Dec. 5, 2013, on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. “The mission for us was to re-establish the unit deployment program for the Marine Corps rotary squadron,” said Muckenthaler, a West Bridgewater, Mass., native. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Russell/Released)

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HMH-772 recieves warm welcome home

Marine Staff Sgt. Corey Carlson, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 772 airframe quality assurance representative, embraces his son, Mason, age five months, during the welcome home ceremony Dec. 5, 2013, on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. HMH-772 Detachment 1 returned from a six-month deployment to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, as part of the Marine Forces Reserve's participation in the Unit Deployment Program. For Carlson, a native of Roseburg, Ore., this was the second time seeing his son since being deployed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Russell/Released)

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HMH-772 recieves warm welcome home

Published Dec. 20, 2013