Corporal Mason Day, command operations center computer monitor, (far left), Cpl. Blaine Koons, ammo technician (far right), Cpl. Andrew Ford, supply administrator (top center) and Lance Cpl. Kenneth Heasley (bottom center), who is not deploying, pose before leaving on the advanced party for Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, July 12, 2013. The deploying Marines of 2nd Marine Regiment has had to prepare themselves and family for the upcoming deployment before today. Some Marines, like these, have had to say their final goodbyes over the phone.