Lance Cpl. Brandon S. Hill, an air traffic control

Lance Cpl. Brandon S. Hill, an air traffic control navigation aids technician with Marine Air Control Squadron 2, hugs his wife Casey and 5-month-old daughter Mackenzie, before leaving with Marine Air Communication Squadron 2 to the Aerial Point of Embarkation to fly to Afghanistan for a seven month deployment, Aug. 11. MACS-2 joins four other squadrons from Marine Air Control Group 28 on the deployment that will see more than 200 Marines sent to Afghanistan for various missions. “Brandon is going to do great things over there,” said Casey. “The hardest part, besides missing him, is knowing he is going to miss a few great milestones in our daughters’ lives.”