/ Published December 19, 2012
U.S. Navy Lt. Gatlin Hardin, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE, Detachment SIX helicopter aircraft commander, hugs his wife during the detachment’s homecoming at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 17, 2012. The detachment was deployed aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and operated out of Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, and Kadena Air Base, Japan. The deployment enabled the squadron’s first use of a three-aircraft detachment supporting numerous missions in support of the certification exercises for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, and the Philippine bilateral exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adarius Petty/Released)
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Santico Valenzuela, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE, Detachment SIX officer in-charge, embraces his son during the detachment’s homecoming at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 17, 2012. The detachment returned from a six-month deployment aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). The deployment enabled the squadron’s first use of a three-aircraft detachment supporting numerous missions in support of the certification exercises for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, and the Philippine bilateral exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adarius Petty/Released)