MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.- U.S.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.- U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Christopher Battiest, an aircraft maintenance chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), poses for a photograph with his children at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 17. VMM-164 returned from a six-month deployment in Kuwait while attached to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Julian Elliott-Drouin)