Staff Sgt. William M. Loushin, assistant operations chief and watch officer, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, gives directions to two grappling Marines at Combat Outpost Haditha, May 4. Loushin recently began teaching Marine Corps Martial Art Program gray belt classes and has also been instructing Marines in techniques used in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muy Thai. - Staff Sgt. William M. Loushin, assistant operations chief and watch officer, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, gives directions to two grappling Marines at Combat Outpost Haditha, May 4. Loushin recently began teaching Marine Corps Martial Art Program gray belt classes and has also been instructing Marines in techniques used in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muy Thai.
Lance Cpl. Alec N. Temples, a scout with Charlie Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides security while fellow scouts search old Iraqi bunkers in western Anbar province, Iraq, May 2. Charlie Company, known as 'Gunfighter,' has supported the border patrol since arriving in Iraq. Whenever a smuggler tries to sneak by the border patrol, the Marines are there to gather what weapons they may have stored to inflict harm on Coalition forces and Iraqi civilians. - Lance Cpl. Alec N. Temples, a scout with Charlie Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides security while fellow scouts search old Iraqi bunkers in western Anbar province, Iraq, May 2. Charlie Company, known as 'Gunfighter,' has supported the border patrol since arriving in Iraq. Whenever a smuggler tries to sneak by the border patrol, the Marines are there to gather what weapons they may have stored to inflict harm on Coalition forces and Iraqi civilians.
Cpl. Kimberly A. Martin, a lioness attached to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, searches an Iraqi woman in Haditha, Iraq, May 1. Lionesses have the responsibility of searching Iraqi women at traffic control points because men are forbidden to search women in Iraqi culture. Before arriving to Haditha, the Lionesses went through training at Camp Ripper, Iraq. - Cpl. Kimberly A. Martin, a lioness attached to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, searches an Iraqi woman in Haditha, Iraq, May 1. Lionesses have the responsibility of searching Iraqi women at traffic control points because men are forbidden to search women in Iraqi culture. Before arriving to Haditha, the Lionesses went through training at Camp Ripper, Iraq.
Chief Petty Officer Truman A. Gartman, chief petty officer of the Battalion Aid Station, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides care for Cpl. Ian T. Wimmer, a communications chief with 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd), during a routine work day at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 30. Gartman has served the Marines for over 14 years of his 20 years with the Navy. - Chief Petty Officer Truman A. Gartman, chief petty officer of the Battalion Aid Station, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides care for Cpl. Ian T. Wimmer, a communications chief with 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd), during a routine work day at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 30. Gartman has served the Marines for over 14 years of his 20 years with the Navy.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas J. Cox, 24, from New Plymouth, Idaho, who is a corpsman with Civil Affairs Team 1, Detachment 1, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat 5, waits to call the next person inside the Barwana Civil Military Operations Center May 1. The Barwana Civil Affairs Team was relocated to Haditha, and the Barwana government will now be responsible for the welfare of its residents. Civil Affairs Team 1 will still check on the Barwana people occasionally, but will encourage the local government to govern themselves without support from Coalition forces. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas J. Cox, 24, from New Plymouth, Idaho, who is a corpsman with Civil Affairs Team 1, Detachment 1, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat 5, waits to call the next person inside the Barwana Civil Military Operations Center May 1. The Barwana Civil Affairs Team was relocated to Haditha, and the Barwana government will now be responsible for the welfare of its residents. Civil Affairs Team 1 will still check on the Barwana people occasionally, but will encourage the local government to govern themselves without support from Coalition forces.
Cpl. Nathan E. Burrell, a logistics vehicle system operator with Motor Transport Platoon, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, ground-guides a damaged light armored vehicle onto a cargo trailer during a vehicle recovery mission in western Anbar province, Iraq, April 25. Burrell, 21, from Bloomingdale, Ill., is part of a wrecker team that provides recovery service to units in and around Anbar province to continue operations. - Cpl. Nathan E. Burrell, a logistics vehicle system operator with Motor Transport Platoon, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, ground-guides a damaged light armored vehicle onto a cargo trailer during a vehicle recovery mission in western Anbar province, Iraq, April 25. Burrell, 21, from Bloomingdale, Ill., is part of a wrecker team that provides recovery service to units in and around Anbar province to continue operations.