Master Sgt. Troy Buss, the 43-year-old operations chief with Company W, 1st Bn., 3rd Marines, from Bonduel, Wis., casts a line on an early Sunday morning before heading to work, minutes from his lakeside fishing spot. Buss grew up fishing, and with a lake so close, and operational tempo so permitting, Buss takes the opportunity of relieving stress as the sun rises on Sundays. (USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis) - Master Sgt. Troy Buss, the 43-year-old operations chief with Company W, 1st Bn., 3rd Marines, from Bonduel, Wis., casts a line on an early Sunday morning before heading to work, minutes from his lakeside fishing spot. Buss grew up fishing, and with a lake so close, and operational tempo so permitting, Buss takes the opportunity of relieving stress as the sun rises on Sundays. (USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis)
Members of the Tri-Cities City Council discuss current and future reconstruction projects, Oct. 12. Governance advisers with Mobile Assault Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, were present to facilitate discussions between the city council and a representative from the Embedded Provision Reconstruction Team - Ramadi. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo) (Released) - Members of the Tri-Cities City Council discuss current and future reconstruction projects, Oct. 12. Governance advisers with Mobile Assault Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, were present to facilitate discussions between the city council and a representative from the Embedded Provision Reconstruction Team - Ramadi. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo) (Released)
Lance Cpl. Jennifer Shell, a military policewoman who is currently serving as the chow hall manager at a combat outpost near the Port of Trebil on the Iraq-Syrian border, enjoys a visit with children at an Iranian Kurd refugee camp in the region on May 15. Shell is with Military Police Company B, 4th Marine Logistics Group, based in North Versailles, Pa. The Marines at the combat outpost routinely bring food and other items to the campâ??s residents to augment the supplies they receive from the United Nations. Shell formed close bonds with some of the campâ??s residents and even helped cook dinner on one of her visits. - Lance Cpl. Jennifer Shell, a military policewoman who is currently serving as the chow hall manager at a combat outpost near the Port of Trebil on the Iraq-Syrian border, enjoys a visit with children at an Iranian Kurd refugee camp in the region on May 15. Shell is with Military Police Company B, 4th Marine Logistics Group, based in North Versailles, Pa. The Marines at the combat outpost routinely bring food and other items to the campâ??s residents to augment the supplies they receive from the United Nations. Shell formed close bonds with some of the campâ??s residents and even helped cook dinner on one of her visits.
Pfc. Albelardo Flores, a basic warehousemen with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, lifts a box from a pallet in order to move it into a storage container at Camp Korean Village, Iraq. Supply Marines of 1st LAR Bn. are responsible for about $5 million worth of gear and other inventory items.::r::::n:: - Pfc. Albelardo Flores, a basic warehousemen with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, lifts a box from a pallet in order to move it into a storage container at Camp Korean Village, Iraq. Supply Marines of 1st LAR Bn. are responsible for about $5 million worth of gear and other inventory items.::r::::n::
Cpl. Jesse Day, a mortarman with Fox Company, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, distributes soccer equipment to Iraqi children at the Al Moaine Elementary School in Rawah, Iraq, Oct. 6. The Marines brought along donations from Rawah's "Friendship City," Towamencin, Pa. - Cpl. Jesse Day, a mortarman with Fox Company, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, distributes soccer equipment to Iraqi children at the Al Moaine Elementary School in Rawah, Iraq, Oct. 6. The Marines brought along donations from Rawah's "Friendship City," Towamencin, Pa.
Iraqi members of 5th Provincial Security Forces stand in formation at Outpost Delta in Karmah, Iraq, Oct. 12, 2008. The Iraqi security forces conducted training with Marines of Charlie Co., Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, to further advance their level of offensive and defensive capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Geoffrey T. Campbell/Released) - Iraqi members of 5th Provincial Security Forces stand in formation at Outpost Delta in Karmah, Iraq, Oct. 12, 2008. The Iraqi security forces conducted training with Marines of Charlie Co., Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, to further advance their level of offensive and defensive capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Geoffrey T. Campbell/Released)
RAMADI, Iraq -- Service members with the embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, Regimental Combat Team 1, meet with the Mayor and the Deputy of Education for Ramadi, Iraq, to donate educational books to local schools throughout the city Oct. 9. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris T. Mann) (Released) - RAMADI, Iraq -- Service members with the embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, Regimental Combat Team 1, meet with the Mayor and the Deputy of Education for Ramadi, Iraq, to donate educational books to local schools throughout the city Oct. 9. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris T. Mann) (Released)
Marines with Charlie Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, search underneath a highway bridge while conducting cache sweeps in western al-Anbar province, Iraq, April 10. The battalion, based out of Camp Lejuene, N.C., was replaced by 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, RCT-5 after completing their combat tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.::r::::n:: - Marines with Charlie Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, search underneath a highway bridge while conducting cache sweeps in western al-Anbar province, Iraq, April 10. The battalion, based out of Camp Lejuene, N.C., was replaced by 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, RCT-5 after completing their combat tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.::r::::n::
Lance Cpl. Jared M. Wilkison, 19, a radio operator with Headquarters and Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, practices operating a radio after a class on the new radio system in Hit, Iraq, Oct. 5. When new radios were installed into the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, it was critical that everyone in the vehicles learned how to operate them in order to accomplish the mission.::r::::n:: - Lance Cpl. Jared M. Wilkison, 19, a radio operator with Headquarters and Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, practices operating a radio after a class on the new radio system in Hit, Iraq, Oct. 5. When new radios were installed into the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, it was critical that everyone in the vehicles learned how to operate them in order to accomplish the mission.::r::::n::
An Iraqi border police officer (front, left) demonstrates a restraint technique in the process of searching a subject during a training exercise at the Port of Trebil, Iraq, Oct. 7. Staff Sgt. Anthony Macias, a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor with the Trebil Port of Entry Transition Team, incorporated parts of MCMAP into the training for Iraqi Security Forces. Trebil is located in western al-Anbar province, on the country's border with Jordan.::r::::n:: - An Iraqi border police officer (front, left) demonstrates a restraint technique in the process of searching a subject during a training exercise at the Port of Trebil, Iraq, Oct. 7. Staff Sgt. Anthony Macias, a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor with the Trebil Port of Entry Transition Team, incorporated parts of MCMAP into the training for Iraqi Security Forces. Trebil is located in western al-Anbar province, on the country's border with Jordan.::r::::n::