Ryan Ridoloso, 3, hugs his father Lance Cpl. Mark Ridoloso, Marine Attack Squadron 311 powerline mechanic, goodbye before boarding a KC-130 Hercules at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., May 19, 2010. Approximately 110 members of VMA-311 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 left Yuma May 19 for the USS Peleliu in San Diego, with six AV-8B Harriers following them Sunday. The Marines and sailors will deploy aboard the Peleliu with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which will patrol the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans for pirates. “I feel nervous, but excited,” said Ridoloso, who has never deployed. “The ship is uncomfortable and miserable, but I’m excited to actually go out and do something. I am sad, though, that I won’t be here to witness my daughter’s birth. I was here for my first two kids being born and I hate that I have to miss the third.”