Lance Cpl. Michael S. Villapando, a team leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, patrols through a field during after checking out a weapons cache located by the Iraqi Police. The Marines have received tips from the Iraqi people and the Iraqi Security Forces on a regular basis on the locations of weapons caches and have 'struck it rich' with several weapons caches found recently thanks to the help of the Iraqi people. - Lance Cpl. Michael S. Villapando, a team leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, patrols through a field during after checking out a weapons cache located by the Iraqi Police. The Marines have received tips from the Iraqi people and the Iraqi Security Forces on a regular basis on the locations of weapons caches and have 'struck it rich' with several weapons caches found recently thanks to the help of the Iraqi people.

A Mine Resistant and Ambush Protected “Buffalo” vehicle from Reaper platoon, Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 1 creeps down a rural road with its flood lights revealing the ground below, allowing combat engineers to observe for any suspicious objects in their path during a route clearance mission. The Reapers have successfully cleared nearly 9,000 miles of roads throughout the area of operations at a crawling pace of 10 miles per hour, and discovered six improvised explosive devices during their seven month deployment. - A Mine Resistant and Ambush Protected “Buffalo” vehicle from Reaper platoon, Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 1 creeps down a rural road with its flood lights revealing the ground below, allowing combat engineers to observe for any suspicious objects in their path during a route clearance mission. The Reapers have successfully cleared nearly 9,000 miles of roads throughout the area of operations at a crawling pace of 10 miles per hour, and discovered six improvised explosive devices during their seven month deployment.

Only months from swearing in as a United States Citizen, Lance Cpl. Mehmet S. Bayar, a company clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, stands proud in front of the National Ensign at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 22. Bayar, 22, from Istanbul, Turkey, He hopes to become a pilot in the Marine Corps, and later, an astronaut in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. - Only months from swearing in as a United States Citizen, Lance Cpl. Mehmet S. Bayar, a company clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, stands proud in front of the National Ensign at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 22. Bayar, 22, from Istanbul, Turkey, He hopes to become a pilot in the Marine Corps, and later, an astronaut in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Lieutenant j.g. David M. Viayra, physician assistant, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, from Norwalk, Calif., examines the armpit of a patient in the Battalion Aid Station at Camp Hit, Iraq, April 22. Corpsmen with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, treat everything from sprained ankles to gunshot wounds and are available 24-hours a day, seven days a week. - Lieutenant j.g. David M. Viayra, physician assistant, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, from Norwalk, Calif., examines the armpit of a patient in the Battalion Aid Station at Camp Hit, Iraq, April 22. Corpsmen with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, treat everything from sprained ankles to gunshot wounds and are available 24-hours a day, seven days a week.

Mr. Dave Gillium, the guidance counselor at Sangster Elementary in Burke, Va., and students from the schools student council stand behind boxes of school supplies that were collected for a needy school in Samsiyah, Iraq. The Iraqi school children were in an uproar of excitement and anticipation as Marines from Weapons Company, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 arrived with a load of goodwill from a caring group of children a half a world away. - Mr. Dave Gillium, the guidance counselor at Sangster Elementary in Burke, Va., and students from the schools student council stand behind boxes of school supplies that were collected for a needy school in Samsiyah, Iraq. The Iraqi school children were in an uproar of excitement and anticipation as Marines from Weapons Company, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 arrived with a load of goodwill from a caring group of children a half a world away.

Cpl. Matt G. Pelkey, a machinist with Battalion Maintenance, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Regimental Combat Team 5, drills a hole in the center of a metal rod to create a welding hose connector at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 25. The machinists speed up the process of acquiring parts and tools by obtaining pieces of scrap metal and turning them into useful items for maintenance on light armored vehicles and other tools. - Cpl. Matt G. Pelkey, a machinist with Battalion Maintenance, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Regimental Combat Team 5, drills a hole in the center of a metal rod to create a welding hose connector at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 25. The machinists speed up the process of acquiring parts and tools by obtaining pieces of scrap metal and turning them into useful items for maintenance on light armored vehicles and other tools.

Cpl. Brendan A. Ryan, security chief for Civil Affairs Team 3's Detachment 1, posts security while his team meets with city officials to discuss progress of city projects. The civil affairs team, serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, encourages city officials to find Iraqi solutions to Iraqi problems. - Cpl. Brendan A. Ryan, security chief for Civil Affairs Team 3's Detachment 1, posts security while his team meets with city officials to discuss progress of city projects. The civil affairs team, serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, encourages city officials to find Iraqi solutions to Iraqi problems.

Cpl. Nicholas L. Szczerba, 22, a rifleman from Shingle Springs, Calif., assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, saws through a piece of wood at Combat Outpost Haditha, Iraq, April 25. Szczerba has become a handyman at for Headquarters and Services Company while deployed to Iraq. He has built multiple walls and doors, and installed air conditioning units in the living areas at the COP. - Cpl. Nicholas L. Szczerba, 22, a rifleman from Shingle Springs, Calif., assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, saws through a piece of wood at Combat Outpost Haditha, Iraq, April 25. Szczerba has become a handyman at for Headquarters and Services Company while deployed to Iraq. He has built multiple walls and doors, and installed air conditioning units in the living areas at the COP.

Master Sgt. Michael L. Stephens, communications chief for 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, demonstrates a solid combination of blows to an opponent during a daily boxing lesson at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 21. Stephens, 47, has served 28 years in the military, 22 with the Marine Corps, and is now on his second tour in Iraq. - Master Sgt. Michael L. Stephens, communications chief for 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, demonstrates a solid combination of blows to an opponent during a daily boxing lesson at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 21. Stephens, 47, has served 28 years in the military, 22 with the Marine Corps, and is now on his second tour in Iraq.