Lance Cpl. Michael W. Lund, a combat engineer with 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, searches around a bunker with a metal detector looking for weapons caches May 30. The Marines were given intelligence about a weapons cache located in a bunker near the area. Although the did not find the specific bunker, they did find a small underground bunker that could have been used to store weapons in the future. - Lance Cpl. Michael W. Lund, a combat engineer with 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, searches around a bunker with a metal detector looking for weapons caches May 30. The Marines were given intelligence about a weapons cache located in a bunker near the area. Although the did not find the specific bunker, they did find a small underground bunker that could have been used to store weapons in the future.
Popping out of the driver's seat of a light armored vehicle, Laura Jenkins, 23, a cheerleader with the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleading squad, learns about the LAV from Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, during a visit at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, June 6. The Poughkeepsie, N.Y., native, along with four other cheerleaders from the squad, visited the troops to show their appreciation for the work and sacrifice they've made. - Popping out of the driver's seat of a light armored vehicle, Laura Jenkins, 23, a cheerleader with the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleading squad, learns about the LAV from Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, during a visit at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, June 6. The Poughkeepsie, N.Y., native, along with four other cheerleaders from the squad, visited the troops to show their appreciation for the work and sacrifice they've made.
Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders arrive at Camp Al Qa'im, Iraq, on a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter to sign autographs and meet the Marines and sailors of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, June 6. The cheerleaders volunteered to go out and show support for deployed troops by putting on performances and visiting bases in Kuwait and Iraq. - Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders arrive at Camp Al Qa'im, Iraq, on a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter to sign autographs and meet the Marines and sailors of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, June 6. The cheerleaders volunteered to go out and show support for deployed troops by putting on performances and visiting bases in Kuwait and Iraq.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Charles Major, infantry weapons officer of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1 assists a shooter during range training with the Sisters of Ameriyah/Ferris June 4. The program trains women in Iraq to work alongside their male counterparts, the Iraqi Police, at entry control points through Anbar. - Chief Warrant Officer 3 Charles Major, infantry weapons officer of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1 assists a shooter during range training with the Sisters of Ameriyah/Ferris June 4. The program trains women in Iraq to work alongside their male counterparts, the Iraqi Police, at entry control points through Anbar.
Cmdr. Paul J. Shaughnessy, a Catholic priest with Regimental Combat Team, who is from Worcester, Mass, conducts a Catholic mass June 5 at Camp Al Qa'im, Iraq. As the only Catholic priest serving with RCT-5, Shaughnessy travels throughout the regiments area of operations and speaks with Catholics and service members of various faiths about any issues they may have. - Cmdr. Paul J. Shaughnessy, a Catholic priest with Regimental Combat Team, who is from Worcester, Mass, conducts a Catholic mass June 5 at Camp Al Qa'im, Iraq. As the only Catholic priest serving with RCT-5, Shaughnessy travels throughout the regiments area of operations and speaks with Catholics and service members of various faiths about any issues they may have.
Village members of Fuhaylat gather to collect food bags here, June 4. Coalition Forces came to assist neighboring villagers in the area and build a relationship with the people. - Village members of Fuhaylat gather to collect food bags here, June 4. Coalition Forces came to assist neighboring villagers in the area and build a relationship with the people.
Sgt. Patrick J. Vanostran, a heavy equipment operator from Grantsborow, N.C., with Company C, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 1, operates an armored earthmover during a maintainence run of equipment at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, June 3. Vanostran, who just a year ago was a supervisor for a battery factory, is now deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom due to an involuntary recall of inactive Marines through the Individual Ready Reserve. - Sgt. Patrick J. Vanostran, a heavy equipment operator from Grantsborow, N.C., with Company C, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 1, operates an armored earthmover during a maintainence run of equipment at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, June 3. Vanostran, who just a year ago was a supervisor for a battery factory, is now deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom due to an involuntary recall of inactive Marines through the Individual Ready Reserve.
Maj. Gen. John F. Kelly, commanding general, Multi National Forces-West, speaks with members of the Brookings Institution, Harvard University and high ranking officials in the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police during a meeting at Camp Habbaniyah May 31. The meeting was scheduled to give these "thinkers" a chance to speak to Iraqi officials in-person to assess the eventual transition of authority from the Coalition Forces to the Iraqi Security Forces in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. - Maj. Gen. John F. Kelly, commanding general, Multi National Forces-West, speaks with members of the Brookings Institution, Harvard University and high ranking officials in the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police during a meeting at Camp Habbaniyah May 31. The meeting was scheduled to give these "thinkers" a chance to speak to Iraqi officials in-person to assess the eventual transition of authority from the Coalition Forces to the Iraqi Security Forces in the Al Anbar province of Iraq.
Cpl. Tollin Toler, a rifleman with the Jump Platoon, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides security during a tour of Husaybah, Iraq, June 2. The Mayor of Al Qa'im, Farhan Tekan Farhan escorted Lt. Col. Steven J. Grass, the battalion commander, TF 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines, through the community to show him local stores and greet the townspeople. - Cpl. Tollin Toler, a rifleman with the Jump Platoon, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides security during a tour of Husaybah, Iraq, June 2. The Mayor of Al Qa'im, Farhan Tekan Farhan escorted Lt. Col. Steven J. Grass, the battalion commander, TF 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines, through the community to show him local stores and greet the townspeople.
During an unloading of a re-supply line, Lance Cpl. Eric M. Gilbert, 21, a warehouse clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, unfastens a crate full of items at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, May 29. Each day the two Marines running the supply warehouse, Gilbert, from Lebanon, Ohio, and Lance Cpl. Joseph M. McDonough, 25, from Staten Island, N.Y., receive new shipments to be unloaded, sorted and distributed to requesting unit. - During an unloading of a re-supply line, Lance Cpl. Eric M. Gilbert, 21, a warehouse clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, unfastens a crate full of items at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, May 29. Each day the two Marines running the supply warehouse, Gilbert, from Lebanon, Ohio, and Lance Cpl. Joseph M. McDonough, 25, from Staten Island, N.Y., receive new shipments to be unloaded, sorted and distributed to requesting unit.