Freelance photographer Hayne Palmour IV captures Marines of the 15th MEU, along with family that participated in a tiger cruise starting in Hawaii, make their way across Las Flores Beach after a Navy LCAC, an air cushioned ship to shore landing craft, background, transported them from the USS Boxer to the shore at Camp Pendleton as the 15th MEU returns from their deployment on Saturday
Marine Lance l. Adrian Brown and his father Tim Brown hike toward waiting transportation while they, fellow Marines of the 15th MEU, and other family that participated in a tiger cruise that started in Hawaii, make their way from Las Flores Beach to waiting transportation after a Navy LCAC, an air cushioned ship to shore landing craft transported them from the USS Boxer to the shore at Camp Pendleton as the 15th MEU returns from their deployment on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
A Navy LCAC, an air cushioned ship to shore landing craft, arrives on Las Flores Beach as it brings Marines of the 15th MEU, along with some family who participated in a tiger cruise, from the USS Boxer as the 15th MEU returns from their deployment at Camp Pendleton on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Marines of the 15th MEU, along with family that participated in a tiger cruise starting in Hawaii, come off a Navy LCAC, an air cushioned ship to shore landing craft, background, after it transported them from the USS Boxer to the shore at Camp Pendleton as the 15th MEU returns from their deployment on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Andrea Arndt, who ed her son, a Navy seaman, on a tiger cruise, carries her suitcase on her head as she, Marines of the 15th MEU, and other family that participated in the tiger cruise starting in Hawaii, make their way to waiting transportation after a Navy LCAC, an air cushioned ship to shore landing craft, transported them from the USS Boxer to the shore at Camp Pendleton as the 15th MEU returns from their deployment on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Marines of the 15th MEU, along with family that participated in a tiger cruise starting in Hawaii, make their way across Las Flores Beach after a Navy LCAC, an air cushioned ship to shore landing craft, background, transported them from the USS Boxer to the shore at Camp Pendleton as the 15th MEU returns from their deployment on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Marine Sgt. Jackson Bauer and his father Jeff Bauer pose for a picture after they, fellow Marines of the 15th MEU, and other family that participated in a tiger cruise starting Hawaii, after a Navy LCAC, an air cushioned ship to shore landing craft, transported them from the USS Boxer to the shore at Camp Pendleton as the 15th MEU returns from their deployment on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)