[Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; November 3. Image via Getty]

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC - NOVEMBER 3: Captain Kenneth DelMazo hugs his daughter Izabella as the Marines in the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, prepare to deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom November 3, 2009 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Once in Afghanistan, the unit will fall under the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade -Afghanistan. Their mission will be to support combat operations as an artillery battalion. (Photo by Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images)