Lance Cpl. Austin Creel, a rifleman with Fox Company,

Lance Cpl. Austin Creel, a rifleman with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, holds his 2-month-old daughter, Elizabeth Grace, after returning to Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 13, 2015. Several companies and attachments with 2/2 spent a 6-month long deployment spread across Europe and Africa. Some service members with 2/2 returned from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. Others came home from Moron Air Base in Spain. Units with 2/2, as well as attachments from Combat Logistics Regiment 2 and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, returned from Liberia in support of Operation United Assistance. For some service members, it was the first time they were able to see their children that were born during the time overseas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James R. Smith/Released)