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AR RAMADI, Iraq (May 29, 2005) - Corporal Vernon E. Corbett, a rifleman and squad leader for 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, hands an Iraqi man a pro-coalition forces flier during a mission in the city here. The flier has a telephone number civilians can call and report insurgent activity. The 2000 Hickman Mills High School graduate and his fellow squad members searched several houses for weapons caches and questioned residents if they knew of insurgent activity. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan - AR RAMADI, Iraq (May 29, 2005) - Corporal Vernon E. Corbett, a rifleman and squad leader for 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, hands an Iraqi man a pro-coalition forces flier during a mission in the city here. The flier has a telephone number civilians can call and report insurgent activity. The 2000 Hickman Mills High School graduate and his fellow squad members searched several houses for weapons caches and questioned residents if they knew of insurgent activity. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan

AR RAMADI, Iraq (May 27, 2005) - During a mission in the city here, Staff Sgt. James M. Hussey, the platoon sergeant for 4th Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, hands an Iraqi man a pro-coalition forces flier and points to a number he can call to report insurgent activity to coalition forces. The 28-year-old from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., led his fellow 4th Platoon warriors on a four-hour aggressive-foot-patrol through several neighborhoods and the city's marketplace. The Marines searched 12 houses and talked to numerous locals during the mission, which was conducted in an attempt to stifle insurgent activity and inform citizens why Marines and coalition forces are occupying Ramadi. The Marines handed out pro-coalition forces and pro-Iraqi government fliers, which had a number to call coalition forces to report insurgent activity. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan - AR RAMADI, Iraq (May 27, 2005) - During a mission in the city here, Staff Sgt. James M. Hussey, the platoon sergeant for 4th Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, hands an Iraqi man a pro-coalition forces flier and points to a number he can call to report insurgent activity to coalition forces. The 28-year-old from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., led his fellow 4th Platoon warriors on a four-hour aggressive-foot-patrol through several neighborhoods and the city's marketplace. The Marines searched 12 houses and talked to numerous locals during the mission, which was conducted in an attempt to stifle insurgent activity and inform citizens why Marines and coalition forces are occupying Ramadi. The Marines handed out pro-coalition forces and pro-Iraqi government fliers, which had a number to call coalition forces to report insurgent activity. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan

AL QA'IM, Iraq (June 4, 2005)- This is the weapons cache that Cpl. Christopher N. Blount, 22, a combat engineer with Company A, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team-2 found during Operation River Round-up. Blount is a native of Charleston, W.Va., and a 2001 Fairhaven Christian Hgh School graduate. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - AL QA'IM, Iraq (June 4, 2005)- This is the weapons cache that Cpl. Christopher N. Blount, 22, a combat engineer with Company A, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team-2 found during Operation River Round-up. Blount is a native of Charleston, W.Va., and a 2001 Fairhaven Christian Hgh School graduate. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - As part of the night infiltration course, a Marine drags an ammunition can under some barbed wire, being careful not to get snagged himself. Thirty-four Marines from class 2-05 graduated the Sappers Leadership course here June 3. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - As part of the night infiltration course, a Marine drags an ammunition can under some barbed wire, being careful not to get snagged himself. Thirty-four Marines from class 2-05 graduated the Sappers Leadership course here June 3.

AR RAMADI Iraq (June 3,2005) - Lance Cpl. Juan-Luis Valdes, a machine gunner with 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, turns around and checks to see if his comrades are properly dispersed during a mission in the city here. The 22-year-old from Houston, his fellow 1st Squad warriors and seven members of the Iraqi Security Forces conducted a mission to listen to messages a mosque was broadcasting over its loudspeakers during midday prayer. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan - AR RAMADI Iraq (June 3,2005) - Lance Cpl. Juan-Luis Valdes, a machine gunner with 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, turns around and checks to see if his comrades are properly dispersed during a mission in the city here. The 22-year-old from Houston, his fellow 1st Squad warriors and seven members of the Iraqi Security Forces conducted a mission to listen to messages a mosque was broadcasting over its loudspeakers during midday prayer. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan

AR RAMADI Iraq (June 3,2005) - Lance Cpl. Juan-Luis Valdes, a machine gunner with 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, turns around and checks to see if his comrades are properly dispersed during a mission in the city here. The 22-year-old from Houston, his fellow 1st Squad warriors and seven members of the Iraqi Security Forces conducted a mission to listen to messages a mosque was broadcasting over its loudspeakers during midday prayer. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan - AR RAMADI Iraq (June 3,2005) - Lance Cpl. Juan-Luis Valdes, a machine gunner with 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, turns around and checks to see if his comrades are properly dispersed during a mission in the city here. The 22-year-old from Houston, his fellow 1st Squad warriors and seven members of the Iraqi Security Forces conducted a mission to listen to messages a mosque was broadcasting over its loudspeakers during midday prayer. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan

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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Iraqi soldiers provide security outside a ruined home here June 1 during the early hours of 'Operation Hard Knock'. The soldiers worked alongside Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment to search through every house and field in a sector of Fallujah, confiscate numerous weapons and explosive materials, and detain four known insurgent supporters. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Iraqi soldiers provide security outside a ruined home here June 1 during the early hours of 'Operation Hard Knock'. The soldiers worked alongside Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment to search through every house and field in a sector of Fallujah, confiscate numerous weapons and explosive materials, and detain four known insurgent supporters.

CAMP ALI Ar Ramadi, Iraq - Sergeant Eric K. Stuart, a rifleman and training noncommissioned officer with the Combined Action Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, stands in front of an Iraqi Security Forces formation during a training session here. The 27-year-old Albuquerque, N.M. and his fellow Marines with the platoon are responsible for training new members of the Iraqi Security Forces during the infantry battalion's deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan - CAMP ALI Ar Ramadi, Iraq - Sergeant Eric K. Stuart, a rifleman and training noncommissioned officer with the Combined Action Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, stands in front of an Iraqi Security Forces formation during a training session here. The 27-year-old Albuquerque, N.M. and his fellow Marines with the platoon are responsible for training new members of the Iraqi Security Forces during the infantry battalion's deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan