Lance Cpl. Migdad H. Mustafa, 21, from Sioux Falls, S.D., who is a combat engineer and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle driver with Jump Squad, Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, speaks with several Iraqi Army engineers in al-Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 17. Mustafa was born in Sudan and is able to speak fluent Arabic, which has been a valuable asset for his unit during their current deployment to Iraq. Mustafa is often able to gather intelligence from the locals and able to help out his fellow Marines by acting as their interpreter. ::r::::n:: - Lance Cpl. Migdad H. Mustafa, 21, from Sioux Falls, S.D., who is a combat engineer and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle driver with Jump Squad, Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, speaks with several Iraqi Army engineers in al-Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 17. Mustafa was born in Sudan and is able to speak fluent Arabic, which has been a valuable asset for his unit during their current deployment to Iraq. Mustafa is often able to gather intelligence from the locals and able to help out his fellow Marines by acting as their interpreter. ::r::::n::

Capt. Chad Morgan, company commander for Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, looks out across the Euphrates River Sept. 17 as he estimates the distance from the newly dug anchors along the bank and the spot on the Wahid Bridge where they will be tied. Marines with Company A worked with Iraqi Army engineers to install four additional anchors for the floating-panel bridge. The bridge connects the tows of Jubbah and Jubbah Ria and is used by the Iraqi Army and the local people to cross the Euphrates River. ::r::::n:: - Capt. Chad Morgan, company commander for Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, looks out across the Euphrates River Sept. 17 as he estimates the distance from the newly dug anchors along the bank and the spot on the Wahid Bridge where they will be tied. Marines with Company A worked with Iraqi Army engineers to install four additional anchors for the floating-panel bridge. The bridge connects the tows of Jubbah and Jubbah Ria and is used by the Iraqi Army and the local people to cross the Euphrates River. ::r::::n::

Ralph E. Morten, a senior advisor for counterinsurgency with Lockheed Martin, patrols through a bazaar in Sangin, Afghanistan, with Cpl. Michael A. Brown, Jr., a 2nd platoon squad leader assigned to Company E, Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, Sept. 1. Morten, a 34-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, came to Sangin to teach Echo Company Marines the methods of patrolling the streets like a police officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman) - Ralph E. Morten, a senior advisor for counterinsurgency with Lockheed Martin, patrols through a bazaar in Sangin, Afghanistan, with Cpl. Michael A. Brown, Jr., a 2nd platoon squad leader assigned to Company E, Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, Sept. 1. Morten, a 34-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, came to Sangin to teach Echo Company Marines the methods of patrolling the streets like a police officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman)

RAMADI, Iraq – Sgt. Harold E. Lipscomb, platoon sergeant for 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, tests his radio equipment during Operation Spring Break near Lake Thar Thar in Northern Ramadi May 13. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Adam J. Root/Released) - RAMADI, Iraq – Sgt. Harold E. Lipscomb, platoon sergeant for 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, tests his radio equipment during Operation Spring Break near Lake Thar Thar in Northern Ramadi May 13. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Adam J. Root/Released)

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)