Members of the Everett-based Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 returned home after a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a homecoming celebration at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, June 13, 2016.
Friends and family gathered at the USO prior to greeting unit members in baggage claim.
Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
Friends and family of Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 members gather at the USO prior to welcoming the unit home at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, June 13, 2016.
The members of PSU 313 were deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since Sept 2015, in support of Joint Task Force-Guantanamo as part of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
Friends and family of Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 members patiently wait in to the the early morning to welcome the unit home at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, June 13, 2016.
During their nine-month deployment the members of PSU 313 amassed 7,500 hours patrolling Guantanamo Bay in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, the follow-on mission to Operation Enduring Freedom.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
SEATTLE — The members of Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 were welcomed home by friends and family at their arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Monday.
The unit returned from a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, working with Joint Task Force-Guantanamo, amassing 7,500 hours patrolling Guantanamo Bay as part of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
Original homecoming release here: http://goo.gl/lk2vfz