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.
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.
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.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Dotson, a corpsman with Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, attends a graduation ceremony at the Vocational Training Center in Husaybah, Iraq, June 1. The school graduated 244 students during their third cycle, compared to an average of 162 from two previous classes. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Dotson, a corpsman with Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, attends a graduation ceremony at the Vocational Training Center in Husaybah, Iraq, June 1. The school graduated 244 students during their third cycle, compared to an average of 162 from two previous classes.
Lance Cpl. Salvador A. Renderos, 20, a radio operator with Headquarters and Services Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, from Los Angeles, patrols through the city of Haditha, Iraq, June 2. Marines with Headquarters and Services Co. patrolled to the Haditha City Council to observe the meeting. Along the way, the Marines stopped at a city councilman's home to eat breakfast. - Lance Cpl. Salvador A. Renderos, 20, a radio operator with Headquarters and Services Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, from Los Angeles, patrols through the city of Haditha, Iraq, June 2. Marines with Headquarters and Services Co. patrolled to the Haditha City Council to observe the meeting. Along the way, the Marines stopped at a city councilman's home to eat breakfast.
Marines with Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, rush a simulated casualty to an ambulance during a mass casualty drill at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, May 30. The scenario devised for the drill consisted of a simulated indirect fire attack on the baseâ??s Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center. - Marines with Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, rush a simulated casualty to an ambulance during a mass casualty drill at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, May 30. The scenario devised for the drill consisted of a simulated indirect fire attack on the baseâ??s Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center.
Lance Cpl. Ronald Wood Jr. (back), 22, a motor transportation operator, with the Provisional Rifle Platoon, RCT-5, and Adnan Nimrawi (front), an Iraqi soldier, stand watch at Combat Outpost Timberwolf, Iraq, May 27. The Marines trained the Iraqi Army soldiers with 7th Iraqi Army Division, 22nd Army Brigade to take over the outpost and to be able to successfully continue operations in the area. - Lance Cpl. Ronald Wood Jr. (back), 22, a motor transportation operator, with the Provisional Rifle Platoon, RCT-5, and Adnan Nimrawi (front), an Iraqi soldier, stand watch at Combat Outpost Timberwolf, Iraq, May 27. The Marines trained the Iraqi Army soldiers with 7th Iraqi Army Division, 22nd Army Brigade to take over the outpost and to be able to successfully continue operations in the area.
Petty Officer 1st Class Boyd W. Lewis, 41, from Willisburg, Ky., who is a religious programs specialist with Regimental Combat Team 5, tunes up his guitar to practice some new songs for the service on Sunday at the Camp Ripper chapel on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, May 19. Lewis used to be in a 'trailer-park punk' band called Bug Eyed Rachel. He now plays for the protestant praise-and-worship band at Camp Ripper and is planning on starting his own punk Christian band. - Petty Officer 1st Class Boyd W. Lewis, 41, from Willisburg, Ky., who is a religious programs specialist with Regimental Combat Team 5, tunes up his guitar to practice some new songs for the service on Sunday at the Camp Ripper chapel on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, May 19. Lewis used to be in a 'trailer-park punk' band called Bug Eyed Rachel. He now plays for the protestant praise-and-worship band at Camp Ripper and is planning on starting his own punk Christian band.