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Claudia Avila stands ready to cheer for her husband’s arrival Nov. 5, while waiting Spc. Mitzy Cardenas, is greeted by her children.
for the bus outside the Army National Guard Armory at March Air Reserve Base.
Avila, along with father-in-law, Raphael Sr., and daughter Allison, 2, waited for the
bus filled with returning Soldiers made its way to where waiting loved ones stood
with signs. Her husband, Army National Guard Sgt. Raphael Avila, was deployed
with the 315th Vertical Construction Company.
Spc. Antonio Del Real is welcomed home by his grandparents.
Army National Guard Spc. Adiel Marquez, 315th Engineers Vertical Construction Families lined the road outside of the Army National Guard Armory,
Company, California NG, March Air Reserve Base, returns home to wife, Denisse, March Air Reserve Base, to welcome home their Soldiers Nov. 5,
and his three-month-old daughter, Penelope, after nearly a year-long separation. after almost a year-long deployment. More than 60 Soldiers from
Marquez said his daughter was born during the deployment, but he was able to the California National Guard’s, 315th Engineer Vertical Construc-
come home on leave shortly after her birth, after which he returned to Kuwait to tion Company here, returned home to their families after serving in
finish his deployment. “After 334 days away we get to meet again,” he said. “Now Kuwait, Iraq, and Jordan.
we are three.”
