Pine Hill Family Celebrates Soldier's Homecoming This Weekend

Stephen Gentile returns home from a six-month deployment in the Middle East as part of "Operation Enduring Freedom" this weekend.

Gentile grew up in Pine Hill and graduated from Overbrook Regional High School.

“Stephen is truly an American hero and we are proud to be part of the celebration,” Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. said. “Stephen has demonstrated extraordinary honor and conviction, and we thank him for his service to our country. He serves as an example to us all, and we are happy to have him home.”

Gentile joined the Air National Guard in February 2012, and graduated from Lackland Air Force Base in April of 2012. 

He is stationed full time at the 117th Fighter Wing in Pomona. In his free time, Gentile enjoys playing video games and exercising.

The Freeholder Board and the Camden County Office of Veterans Affairs will join the friends, family, the Warriors Watch Riders, Operation Yellow Ribbon of South Jersey, the New Jersey State Police, the Pine Hill Police Department, the Pine Hill Fire Department and Pine Hill officials to welcome him home.