It happened at the Cosumnes Oaks High School Graduation Ceremony Wednesday.
Lance corporal Honeywood made it back home to Sacramento after a long deployment in Australia just in time to surprise his younger sister Kali Honeywood as she received her diploma.
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LC Honeywood is stationed out of Camp Pendleton with the 5th Regiment 2nd Battalion 4th Marines and just spend about a year in Darwin, Australia.
Honeywood said after not seeing his sister for about a year he just wanted to say,
“Good job and I’m proud of you. Keep working hard and I love you. I’ll always be with you no matter where I am.”
The marine is planning to stay home for a bit and visit before going off to his next deployment in Okinawa, Japan.