Sgt. Christian L. Jones, the career planner for Marine

Sgt. Christian L. Jones, the career planner for Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3, says a final farewell to his wife and sons before loading up on the bus outside his unit's hangar aboard Cherry Point, Sept. 25. Jones and more than 100 Marines left on a seven-month deployment to Central Command to replace their sister unit VMAQ-2, in support of operations in Afghanistan.