Marines' return to Kaneohe is not end of overseas moves

By William Cole

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 17, 2012

~~<p>More than 200 Marines from Kaneohe Bay are scheduled to return to Hawaii today from their final deployment to Garmsir district in southern Afghanistan, but that won't mark the end of their overseas deployments, the Pentagon said Wednesday.</p>
<p>As the Afghanistan mission winds down, Hawaii Marines are resuming the "Unit Deployment Program" rotations to Japan that were curtailed with war needs in Iraq and Afghanistan.</p>
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More than 200 Marines from Kaneohe Bay are scheduled to return to Hawaii today from their final deployment to Garmsir district in southern Afghanistan, but that won't mark the end of their overseas deployments, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

As the Afghanistan mission winds down, Hawaii Marines are resuming the "Unit Deployment Program" rotations to Japan that were curtailed with war needs in Iraq and Afghanistan. Login for more...