MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) - More than 200 Marines and sailors are returning to Hawaii on Wednesday.

The service members are part of the India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

They will return to Marine Corps Base Hawaii following a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan's Helmand province.

More than 900 service members from the battalion are scheduled to return in the coming days.

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The Mokichi Okada Association of Hawaii (MOA Hawaii) will present a Health and Wellness Tea Ceremony and Ikebana for Children and Adults Seminar at Kaneohe Public Library on Sunday, May 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Children’s Section.  Admission is free. 

The seminar will feature a tea ceremony, children’s flower arrangement workshop, relaxation acupressure demonstration, and a presentation about natural healing and wellness through the Okada Purifying Therapy, a method of healing the physical body by channeling the power of three elements (Earth, Fire, Water) to the spiritual body.

Seating for the seminar is limited and registration is requested.  All children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.  To register, call the Library or sign up at the Reference Desk. 

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, KANEOHE (HawaiiNewsNow)- A squadron at Marine Corps Base Hawaii has traded Sea Stallions at Kaneohe for Ospreys in California.

A late-afternoon ceremony Thursday marked the re-designation and relocation of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, also known as the "Lucky Red Lions." The squadron's battle colors were flown one last night before they were ceremonially wrapped by outgoing commander Lt. Col. Mark Revor.

"Kind of a sad day as a former Red Lion myself, seeing another one of our squadrons say goodbye," said Col. Richard Caputo Jr., commander of Marine Aircraft Group 24 at Kaneohe. "Sundown (for) the venerable 53-D aircraft."

The event marking the end of the Marine helicopter unit didn't include any of the CH-53D Sea Stallions. They're all being retired, with only 12 remaining in Afghanistan.