Welcome home, MCAS Beaufort Marines

Posted by Mandy Matney

March 18, 2016 1:31 PM

Maj. James Corrington proposes to his girlfriend on the flightline aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort March 15. Corrington has been deployed to the Western Pacific with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 since October 2015. Corrington is a pilot. Cpl. Jonah Lovy Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

Marines were greeted by family and friends when they returned to MCAS Beaufort earlier this week after a seven-month deployment in the Pacific.

The squadron has been deployed to the Western Pacific since October 2015 as part of the Unit Deployment Program. They arrived at MCAS Iwakuni Oct. 7, 2015, with more than 180 Marines and 10 F/A-18D Hornet aircraft.

The rest of the Marines are slated to return to MCAS Beaufort later in week.

This story was originally published March 18, 2016 at 1:31 PM with the headline "Welcome home, MCAS Beaufort Marines."

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