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Patriotic Photos > December 27, 2007

Dec. 24, 2007 — Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (Reinforced), read Christmas cards that came inside care package sent by members of the unit’s Key Volunteer Network back home during a Christmas Eve party in the Tarawa’s hangar bay. HMM-166 (REIN) is from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Can Diego, Calif., and is the MEU’s aviation combat element. The 11th MEU (SOC), Camp Pendleton, Calif., is embarked aboard the Tarawa and other ships of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. They have been at sea since leaving San Diego Nov. 4 on a scheduled six-month deployment through the Western Pacific Ocean and Arabian Gulf regions. Dec. 24, 2007 — Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (Reinforced), read Christmas cards that came inside care package sent by members of the unit’s Key Volunteer Network back home during a Christmas Eve party in the Tarawa’s hangar bay. HMM-166 (REIN) is from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Can Diego, Calif., and is the MEU’s aviation combat element. The 11th MEU (SOC), Camp Pendleton, Calif., is embarked aboard the Tarawa and other ships of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group. They have been at sea since leaving San Diego Nov. 4 on a scheduled six-month deployment through the Western Pacific Ocean and Arabian Gulf regions. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryson K. Jones)
 
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