MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A Marine with Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division reunites with loved ones during the unit's homecoming reception here Feb. 23. The Marines and sailors had been conducting counterinsurgency operations in far western Iraq since March 2005, where they helped liberate 10 cities, establish a permanent Iraqi Security Force presence and kill more than 800 insurgents. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A Marine with Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division reunites with loved ones during the unit's homecoming reception here Feb. 23. The Marines and sailors had been conducting counterinsurgency operations in far western Iraq since March 2005, where they helped liberate 10 cities, establish a permanent Iraqi Security Force presence and kill more than 800 insurgents.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- North Carolina State Senator, Richard Burr, sat down for lunch with Cpl. Henry Sowell of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines. Many Marines from Regimental Combat Team - 2 attended the lunch gathering and spoke with Burr. Photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- North Carolina State Senator, Richard Burr, sat down for lunch with Cpl. Henry Sowell of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines. Many Marines from Regimental Combat Team - 2 attended the lunch gathering and spoke with Burr. Photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A Marine with Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division reunites with a loved one during the unit's homecoming reception here Feb. 23. The Marines and sailors had been conducting counterinsurgency operations in far western Iraq since March 2005, where they helped liberate 10 cities, establish a permanent Iraqi Security Force presence and kill more than 800 insurgents. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A Marine with Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division reunites with a loved one during the unit's homecoming reception here Feb. 23. The Marines and sailors had been conducting counterinsurgency operations in far western Iraq since March 2005, where they helped liberate 10 cities, establish a permanent Iraqi Security Force presence and kill more than 800 insurgents.

AR RAMADI, Iraq (December 14, 2005) - Private First Class Joe Day, a rifleman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, was eager to come to Iraq and serve with his fellow Marines to help eliminate the terrorist threat and do his part in creating a stable middle east. Photo by Cpl. Shane Suzuki - AR RAMADI, Iraq (December 14, 2005) - Private First Class Joe Day, a rifleman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, was eager to come to Iraq and serve with his fellow Marines to help eliminate the terrorist threat and do his part in creating a stable middle east. Photo by Cpl. Shane Suzuki

AR RAMADI, Iraq (December 14, 2005) - Despite missing the birth of his first child, Lance Cpl. Geoffrey Heath, a rifleman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is glad to be serving in Iraq and is proud of the progress Ar Ramadi has made in the four months 3/7 has been here. Photo by Cpl. Shane Suzuki - AR RAMADI, Iraq (December 14, 2005) - Despite missing the birth of his first child, Lance Cpl. Geoffrey Heath, a rifleman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is glad to be serving in Iraq and is proud of the progress Ar Ramadi has made in the four months 3/7 has been here. Photo by Cpl. Shane Suzuki