Lance Cpl. Manuel E. Cuello, an armory custodian with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, looks down the barrel of his rifle for obstructions at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 28. Several infantry Marines from the company will perform mission-critical duties including gathering intelligence, maintaining the armory and distributing mail.::r::::n:: - Lance Cpl. Manuel E. Cuello, an armory custodian with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, looks down the barrel of his rifle for obstructions at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 28. Several infantry Marines from the company will perform mission-critical duties including gathering intelligence, maintaining the armory and distributing mail.::r::::n::
An Iraqi laborer lays the base coat of paint in the meat storage room of a meat processing facility in Rutbah, Iraq, Sept. 28. The project was facilitated with the help of Civil Affairs Team 4, Detachment 1, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 and will provide many jobs in the town. ::r::::n:: - An Iraqi laborer lays the base coat of paint in the meat storage room of a meat processing facility in Rutbah, Iraq, Sept. 28. The project was facilitated with the help of Civil Affairs Team 4, Detachment 1, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 and will provide many jobs in the town. ::r::::n::
KARMAH, Iraq-An Iraqi man holds his drowning child in Karmah, Iraq, Sept. 28. Navy Chief Roger Buck, a 34-year-old battalion medical chief from Niceville, Fla., with Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, saw the limp child cradled in his fatherâ??s arms and immediately began administering CPR on the drown victim, saving his life. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Geoffrey T. Campbell/Released) - KARMAH, Iraq-An Iraqi man holds his drowning child in Karmah, Iraq, Sept. 28. Navy Chief Roger Buck, a 34-year-old battalion medical chief from Niceville, Fla., with Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, saw the limp child cradled in his fatherâ??s arms and immediately began administering CPR on the drown victim, saving his life. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Geoffrey T. Campbell/Released)
Army Sgt. Shane M. White, an information systems specialist with 4th Psychological Operations Group, and 1stSgt. Joseph C. Gray, company first sergeant, Team Tank, Regimental Combat Team 1, visit at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 25. Gray is White's father, and the men were seeing each other for the first time in more than a year. - Army Sgt. Shane M. White, an information systems specialist with 4th Psychological Operations Group, and 1stSgt. Joseph C. Gray, company first sergeant, Team Tank, Regimental Combat Team 1, visit at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 25. Gray is White's father, and the men were seeing each other for the first time in more than a year.
Marines from Regimental Combat Team 5 unload boxes of food onto an Iraqi Police vehicle Sept. 24 for distribution to economically disadvantaged families in Rutbah, a town in Iraq's western al-Anbar Province. Navy Lt. Ray Rivers, the chaplain with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, RCT-5, created "Operation Widow" in June to provide weekly food parcels to the town's neediest residents. ::r::::n:: ::r::::n:: - Marines from Regimental Combat Team 5 unload boxes of food onto an Iraqi Police vehicle Sept. 24 for distribution to economically disadvantaged families in Rutbah, a town in Iraq's western al-Anbar Province. Navy Lt. Ray Rivers, the chaplain with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, RCT-5, created "Operation Widow" in June to provide weekly food parcels to the town's neediest residents. ::r::::n:: ::r::::n::
Navy Lt. Chris Beale (left), a dental surgeon in training, and Seaman Brian Wolf, a hospitalman, both with 2nd Combat Logistics Battalion, work together on a patient at the new dental facility on Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 24. The facility has served more than 140 patients since it opened Sept. 3. - Navy Lt. Chris Beale (left), a dental surgeon in training, and Seaman Brian Wolf, a hospitalman, both with 2nd Combat Logistics Battalion, work together on a patient at the new dental facility on Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 24. The facility has served more than 140 patients since it opened Sept. 3.
Marines with Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 and Iraqi Security Forces stand near an explosive-remnants-of-war (ERW) stockpile of over 10,000 pieces of ordnance near the city of Haditha, Iraq, Sept 25. The stockpile consisted of mortar rounds, artillery rounds and rockets. A joint patrol consisting of Marines from Co. E, 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines and Iraqi Police officers discovered the stockpile. - Marines with Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 and Iraqi Security Forces stand near an explosive-remnants-of-war (ERW) stockpile of over 10,000 pieces of ordnance near the city of Haditha, Iraq, Sept 25. The stockpile consisted of mortar rounds, artillery rounds and rockets. A joint patrol consisting of Marines from Co. E, 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines and Iraqi Police officers discovered the stockpile.
GORTAN, Iraq (September 25, 2008) – An Iraqi doctor feels a boys throat after he complained of soreness during a Combined Medical Engagement (CME) held by Company C, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, Sept. 25. The CME was held after sunset out of respect for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan and allowed Iraqis to obtain medical care if needed. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt) - GORTAN, Iraq (September 25, 2008) – An Iraqi doctor feels a boys throat after he complained of soreness during a Combined Medical Engagement (CME) held by Company C, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, Sept. 25. The CME was held after sunset out of respect for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan and allowed Iraqis to obtain medical care if needed. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt)
Lt. Cmdr. Kobena Arthur, the chaplain with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, leads Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Bn., 25th Marines in prayer during a field religious service prior to a training exercise at Range 400 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 12. The reserve battalion's current deployment to Iraq is their second in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.::r::::n::::r::::n:: - Lt. Cmdr. Kobena Arthur, the chaplain with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, leads Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Bn., 25th Marines in prayer during a field religious service prior to a training exercise at Range 400 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 12. The reserve battalion's current deployment to Iraq is their second in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.::r::::n::::r::::n::
Cpl. Ryan J. Sharkey, 24, from Vista, Calif., who is a tank driver with Company A, 4th Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, guides a turbine engine into a M1A1 Abrams main battle tank at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 23. The dust and heat of the Iraqi desert makes it necessary for the Marines with Company A to meticulously check their tanks to guarantee that they are combat ready. - Cpl. Ryan J. Sharkey, 24, from Vista, Calif., who is a tank driver with Company A, 4th Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, guides a turbine engine into a M1A1 Abrams main battle tank at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 23. The dust and heat of the Iraqi desert makes it necessary for the Marines with Company A to meticulously check their tanks to guarantee that they are combat ready.