Family And Friends Welcome Marines Home

myFOXDetroit.com Staff - After serving our country overseas, a group of local Marines returned home to Metro Detroit. Family and friends greeted them with a heroes welcome at the Elk Lodge in Ferndale Friday night.

In May of 2009, this same Elks Lodge gave the Marines a send off as they prepared to depart for their tour of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The U.S Marine Colors were raised at the Elks Lodge during that original event a year ago. The flag was returned to US Marine Corp Wing Support Unit 47 during a special ceremony that celebrated their safe return Friday night.

Fox 2's Andrea Isom was there for the happy reunion.

Click on the video player to the left to watch her report.