Staff Sgt. Sahr A. Musa, an airframe mechanic with Marine Attack Squadron 223, holds his daughter at the squadron's hangar after returning from a 6-month deployment to Afghanistan May 6, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, The squadron was deployed to southern Afghanistan to provide close air support and reconnaissance for the ground units in Afghanistan. "The hardest part of the deployment was being away from her," said Musa. E28098BulldogsE28099 return from Afghanistan 120506-M-EG384-085

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