The Navy announced this week that the San Diego-based Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Pendleton, were relieved of their duties in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and are headed home after a six-month deployment.

The Makin Island ARG and the 11th MEU handed off responsibility to the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit ...