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SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq - 1st Lt. Michael Regner, Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment executive officer, left, gives Oliver North a tour through Company A's base of operations here May 9. North is currently visiting U.S. servicemembers throughout Iraq and reporting on the joint Iraqi-Coalition civil-military accomplishments. - SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq - 1st Lt. Michael Regner, Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment executive officer, left, gives Oliver North a tour through Company A's base of operations here May 9. North is currently visiting U.S. servicemembers throughout Iraq and reporting on the joint Iraqi-Coalition civil-military accomplishments.

CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ -- Getting ready before the days mounted patrol through the battalion's area of operation, Cheif Warrant Officer 2 Jonothan Rabbert, Battalion Gunner, explains the rules of the road. He takes the time to explain all the moving parts to the days trip ensuring the safe return of all the Marines. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos - CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ -- Getting ready before the days mounted patrol through the battalion's area of operation, Cheif Warrant Officer 2 Jonothan Rabbert, Battalion Gunner, explains the rules of the road. He takes the time to explain all the moving parts to the days trip ensuring the safe return of all the Marines. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Marines from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, conduct mounted and dismounted patrols on the streets of Karmah, Nassar Wa Salaam, and surrounding areas. The Marines use the techniques they have learned to identify where insurgents have laid IED's before they are detonated against coalition forces. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos - CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Marines from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, conduct mounted and dismounted patrols on the streets of Karmah, Nassar Wa Salaam, and surrounding areas. The Marines use the techniques they have learned to identify where insurgents have laid IED's before they are detonated against coalition forces. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Hospitalman Ismael Lopez, a 26-year-old Brownsville, Texas native and 1996 Homer Hanna High School graduate carries Lance Cpl. Michael J. Mejia, a 22-year-old San Jose native gets carried to an ambulance during a drill for the camp's Ready React Team, March 16. BAS Corpsmen are some of the first on the scene for an emergency. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Hospitalman Ismael Lopez, a 26-year-old Brownsville, Texas native and 1996 Homer Hanna High School graduate carries Lance Cpl. Michael J. Mejia, a 22-year-old San Jose native gets carried to an ambulance during a drill for the camp's Ready React Team, March 16. BAS Corpsmen are some of the first on the scene for an emergency. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - Congratulating the Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-8 Commander, Col. Mark Gurganus shakes each of their hands and says a few words of encouragement after the award ceremony May 8. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos - CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ - Congratulating the Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-8 Commander, Col. Mark Gurganus shakes each of their hands and says a few words of encouragement after the award ceremony May 8. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos

CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (June 25, 2005)- Hospitalman Ramon R. Alfaro, a corpsman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-2 receives a Purple Heart for wounds received during combat operations here. The Atwater, Calif., native took shrapnel in the leg during Operation Matador here. Alfaro is a 2002 Atwater High School graduate. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (June 25, 2005)- Hospitalman Ramon R. Alfaro, a corpsman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-2 receives a Purple Heart for wounds received during combat operations here. The Atwater, Calif., native took shrapnel in the leg during Operation Matador here. Alfaro is a 2002 Atwater High School graduate. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Sergeant Jeffrey Allen Wick, a 27-year-old Syracuse, N.Y. native works in the 2nd Marine Division's combat operations center as the watch chief. The former Onondogo Community College student is the main link for information from the battlefield to the officers commanding this unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Sergeant Jeffrey Allen Wick, a 27-year-old Syracuse, N.Y. native works in the 2nd Marine Division's combat operations center as the watch chief. The former Onondogo Community College student is the main link for information from the battlefield to the officers commanding this unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

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AR RAMADI, Iraq (May 8, 2005) -Sergeant Jade C. Hill, the squad leader of 3rd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, checks an Iraqi man's identification while one of his fellow Marines looks through his closet during a search mission in the city here. The 21-year-old from Westminster, Md., and other warriors with the infantry battalion's Company's A, C and W conducted "Operation Weston," which was a three-hour cordon and search mission of a neighborhood. The purpose of the mission was to eradicate the area of insurgents and inform the people living there of the consequences for harboring terrorists. The Marines hit three improvised explosive devises and found one 155 mm shell. One Marine received minor shrapnel wounds, and no insurgents were captured. Photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan - AR RAMADI, Iraq (May 8, 2005) -Sergeant Jade C. Hill, the squad leader of 3rd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, checks an Iraqi man's identification while one of his fellow Marines looks through his closet during a search mission in the city here. The 21-year-old from Westminster, Md., and other warriors with the infantry battalion's Company's A, C and W conducted "Operation Weston," which was a three-hour cordon and search mission of a neighborhood. The purpose of the mission was to eradicate the area of insurgents and inform the people living there of the consequences for harboring terrorists. The Marines hit three improvised explosive devises and found one 155 mm shell. One Marine received minor shrapnel wounds, and no insurgents were captured. Photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan