It all happened by pure luck. Two former Suicide Charley Marines finally meet up after over a year of conversations that came from them meeting on the SuicideCharley.Com website. The two Marines, Dean Smith and Patrick Huwiler (Active Duty) finally were able to shake hands and take pictures upon the arrival of the 31st Meu in Brisbane Australia early September, 09. Dean showed his gratitude to the Marines by inviting SSgt Huwiler to an exclusive dinner aboard the USS Essex. The invite was a special invitation from the state dept for a special reception aboard the USS Essex, as guests of Rear Admiral Richard Landolt, amphibous force U.S. Seventh Fleet. Later that week Dean celebrated his 62nd birthday and the Marines made a special trip from the ship to attend as guests  in Deans' home for an awesome barbeque. After the barbeque was finished, the Marines Shook hands andsaid their good byes and got onto a bus and headed back to ship. The ship pulled out of port the next morning and headed back to Okinawa, Japan. All in all it was a great time seeing Marines from two different parts of the world unite.

Please take some time and look at the pictures below:

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.  —A young Combat Center couple, separated by deployment, received a welcomed gift April 23 at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital one day after the birth of their second child.

Sgt. John Henry, a squad leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and his wife Kimberly were reunited through a teleconference provided by the Freedom Calls Foundation, a non-profit organization that connects deployed service members to their loved ones back home.

“I was really surprised because I’ve never heard of this program before,” Kimberly said. “When I found out he organized this, I got really emotional because I knew he was thinking about the baby.”