FALLUJAH, Iraq--Twenty-three-year-old Cpl. David Thomason, company clerk, Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, holds a picture of his wife, Nicole, and newborn son, Samuel. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis) - FALLUJAH, Iraq--Twenty-three-year-old Cpl. David Thomason, company clerk, Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, holds a picture of his wife, Nicole, and newborn son, Samuel. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis)
Lance Cpl. Jovan Rodriguez, a warehouse clerk with Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, points to a picture of his daughter Liliana Rodriguez at Camp Al Qa'im, Iraq Sept. 10. Rodriguez got to join his wife through video teleconferencing at Al Asad Air Base for the birth of their first child. He and his wife were able to see and speak with each other during the entire delivery. - Lance Cpl. Jovan Rodriguez, a warehouse clerk with Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, points to a picture of his daughter Liliana Rodriguez at Camp Al Qa'im, Iraq Sept. 10. Rodriguez got to join his wife through video teleconferencing at Al Asad Air Base for the birth of their first child. He and his wife were able to see and speak with each other during the entire delivery.
An Iraqi Army soldier provides security during a rehearsal for an upcoming mission with Company F, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5 at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 16. Iraqi Army personnel operated as part of the assault element for a repeat mission alongside Marines of Co. F. - An Iraqi Army soldier provides security during a rehearsal for an upcoming mission with Company F, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5 at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 16. Iraqi Army personnel operated as part of the assault element for a repeat mission alongside Marines of Co. F.
A Marine hands out school supplies to female Iraqi students Oct. 30, 2006. Civil Affairs Team 3, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, in direct support of Task Force 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, is currently overseeing a project in the southwest region of Fallujah to build a secondary school for young women. A two-story, 12-classroom school is being built with the help of Iraqi contractors and the Ministry of Education. (Official U.S. Marines Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen McGinnis) (RELEASED) - A Marine hands out school supplies to female Iraqi students Oct. 30, 2006. Civil Affairs Team 3, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, in direct support of Task Force 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, is currently overseeing a project in the southwest region of Fallujah to build a secondary school for young women. A two-story, 12-classroom school is being built with the help of Iraqi contractors and the Ministry of Education. (Official U.S. Marines Corps photo by Cpl. Stephen McGinnis) (RELEASED)
Seaman Johhan A. Suazo, a corpsman with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, from West Palm Beach, Fla., monitors a simulated patient during a nighttime mass-casualty drill in Hit, Iraq, Sept 16. The battalion recently arrived in Iraq for a seven-month deployment and conducted the drill as a training tool for its Marines and sailors.::r::::n:: - Seaman Johhan A. Suazo, a corpsman with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, from West Palm Beach, Fla., monitors a simulated patient during a nighttime mass-casualty drill in Hit, Iraq, Sept 16. The battalion recently arrived in Iraq for a seven-month deployment and conducted the drill as a training tool for its Marines and sailors.::r::::n::
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto A. Soberano, a dental hygienist assigned to Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, performs a dental exam on an Afghan patient during a Medical Capabilities (MEDCAP) health cooperative held Aug. 24 in Delaram. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman) - Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto A. Soberano, a dental hygienist assigned to Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, performs a dental exam on an Afghan patient during a Medical Capabilities (MEDCAP) health cooperative held Aug. 24 in Delaram. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman)
KARMAH, Iraq- An Iraqi doctor treats and medicates a local boy during a combined medical engagement in the West Karmah region Sept. 15. Weapons Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, held the CME to demonstrate the level of self-sufficiency the Iraqi medical system is capable of. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis) - KARMAH, Iraq- An Iraqi doctor treats and medicates a local boy during a combined medical engagement in the West Karmah region Sept. 15. Weapons Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, held the CME to demonstrate the level of self-sufficiency the Iraqi medical system is capable of. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis)
CAMP HABBANIYAH, Iraq (September 15, 2008) – Lance Cpl. Sean Lindsay (left), and Lance Cpl. Nicholas Michael, mechanics with Motor Transport Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd marine Regiment, regimental Combat Team 1, repair a towing mechanism Sept. 15. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt) - CAMP HABBANIYAH, Iraq (September 15, 2008) – Lance Cpl. Sean Lindsay (left), and Lance Cpl. Nicholas Michael, mechanics with Motor Transport Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd marine Regiment, regimental Combat Team 1, repair a towing mechanism Sept. 15. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt)
Reserve Marines from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, headquartered in Garden City, N.Y., board a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft in Kuwait bound for Iraq on Sept. 7. The battalion's expected tour of duty is seven months.::r::::n:: - Reserve Marines from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, headquartered in Garden City, N.Y., board a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft in Kuwait bound for Iraq on Sept. 7. The battalion's expected tour of duty is seven months.::r::::n::
Lance Cpl. Steve Smith, supply clerk with Regimental Combat Team 5 and a member of Provincial Rifle Platoon 3, learns how to disassemble and reassemble a M240G machine gun Sept. 3 at Camp Ripper, Iraq. The majority of PRP-3 is comprised of Marines from non-infantry military occupational specialties who will soon be serving on a mission involving security in western al-Anbar province. - Lance Cpl. Steve Smith, supply clerk with Regimental Combat Team 5 and a member of Provincial Rifle Platoon 3, learns how to disassemble and reassemble a M240G machine gun Sept. 3 at Camp Ripper, Iraq. The majority of PRP-3 is comprised of Marines from non-infantry military occupational specialties who will soon be serving on a mission involving security in western al-Anbar province.