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Iraqi provincial security personnel listen while Sgt. Wayne T. Twaddell, the chief instructor of provincial security forces training for Headquarters and Support Company, 1ST Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, teaches weapons handling during an 80-hour training course for Iraqi provincial security personnel here Dec. 18. The goal of the class is to provide basically trained Iraqis who are prepared to attend the IP Academy and will be a legitimate police asset when assigned to a station during their waiting period, said Twaddell, a 29-year-old Eureka, Calif., native. - Iraqi provincial security personnel listen while Sgt. Wayne T. Twaddell, the chief instructor of provincial security forces training for Headquarters and Support Company, 1ST Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, teaches weapons handling during an 80-hour training course for Iraqi provincial security personnel here Dec. 18. The goal of the class is to provide basically trained Iraqis who are prepared to attend the IP Academy and will be a legitimate police asset when assigned to a station during their waiting period, said Twaddell, a 29-year-old Eureka, Calif., native.

Iraqi soccer players line up during the opening ceremony of the ?Fallujah Cup? here, Dec. 14. Soccer, a favorite sport among Iraqis, was chosen as the first organized sporting event the city of Fallujah would embrace as a result of improved security in the area. ?This is kind of a microcosm of everything that is going well right here in Fallujah, and this is a culminating event,? said 2nd Lt. Gregory Collins, the platoon commander of 2nd Platoon, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6. - Iraqi soccer players line up during the opening ceremony of the ?Fallujah Cup? here, Dec. 14. Soccer, a favorite sport among Iraqis, was chosen as the first organized sporting event the city of Fallujah would embrace as a result of improved security in the area. ?This is kind of a microcosm of everything that is going well right here in Fallujah, and this is a culminating event,? said 2nd Lt. Gregory Collins, the platoon commander of 2nd Platoon, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6.

COP TIMBERWOLF, Iraq ? Marines with Bravo Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, recently took part in Operation Rat Hunt. The 20-day evolution yielded the detention of three suspicious individuals, multiple weapons cache finds and the discovery of three improvised explosive devices. - COP TIMBERWOLF, Iraq ? Marines with Bravo Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, recently took part in Operation Rat Hunt. The 20-day evolution yielded the detention of three suspicious individuals, multiple weapons cache finds and the discovery of three improvised explosive devices.

ANAH, Iraq ? An Iraqi child examines the gear of 2nd Lt. Henry R. Nesbitt, the platoon commander for 2nd platoon of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Task Force Wolfpack, Regimental Combat Team 2, while on a foot patrol through the streets of Anah, Iraq. The fact that Marines are building relationships with the various facets of Iraqi society is helping to bring everyone together, united, to pursue the same ultimate goal. - ANAH, Iraq ? An Iraqi child examines the gear of 2nd Lt. Henry R. Nesbitt, the platoon commander for 2nd platoon of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Task Force Wolfpack, Regimental Combat Team 2, while on a foot patrol through the streets of Anah, Iraq. The fact that Marines are building relationships with the various facets of Iraqi society is helping to bring everyone together, united, to pursue the same ultimate goal.

ANAH, Iraq ? A Marine from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Task Force Wolfpack, Regimental Combat Team 2, talks with two Iraqi policemen before a foot patrol through Anah, Iraq. The bond formed between the Marines and Iraqi police has grown to a point where each has found a newfound respect for each other while striving together for the same cause. - ANAH, Iraq ? A Marine from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Task Force Wolfpack, Regimental Combat Team 2, talks with two Iraqi policemen before a foot patrol through Anah, Iraq. The bond formed between the Marines and Iraqi police has grown to a point where each has found a newfound respect for each other while striving together for the same cause.

ANAH, Iraq ? Cpl. Matthew Magnuson the combat cook from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Task Force Wolfpack, Regimental Combat Team 2, fires up the grill to prepare for evening chow at Camp Ocotal, Anah, Iraq. As the only combat cook for Company K, Magnuson serves up to 250 Marines, soldiers and sailors. - ANAH, Iraq ? Cpl. Matthew Magnuson the combat cook from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Task Force Wolfpack, Regimental Combat Team 2, fires up the grill to prepare for evening chow at Camp Ocotal, Anah, Iraq. As the only combat cook for Company K, Magnuson serves up to 250 Marines, soldiers and sailors.

Sgt. Maj. Andre Johnson, the outgoing sergeant major of 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, passes the noncommissioned officer?s sword to Col. John K. Love, the regimental commanding officer, during a post and relief ceremony here Dec 17. Sgt. Maj. Rudy Resto received the sword and the duties of regimental sergeant major. Johnson is retiring after 30 years of service. - Sgt. Maj. Andre Johnson, the outgoing sergeant major of 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, passes the noncommissioned officer?s sword to Col. John K. Love, the regimental commanding officer, during a post and relief ceremony here Dec 17. Sgt. Maj. Rudy Resto received the sword and the duties of regimental sergeant major. Johnson is retiring after 30 years of service.

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AL QA?IM, Iraq ? Sgt. Craig L. O?Dell (left), the Civil Affairs Ramana team leader of the Civil Affairs Team from 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, of Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, observes the progress of a water treatment facility with his interpreter along the Euphrates River in Ubaydi, Dec. 4. Working hand in hand with local government officials, the Civil Affairs Group helps plan and oversee projects such as water treatment facilities, radio and television stations, trash removal and road and bridge repair. - AL QA?IM, Iraq ? Sgt. Craig L. O?Dell (left), the Civil Affairs Ramana team leader of the Civil Affairs Team from 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, of Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, observes the progress of a water treatment facility with his interpreter along the Euphrates River in Ubaydi, Dec. 4. Working hand in hand with local government officials, the Civil Affairs Group helps plan and oversee projects such as water treatment facilities, radio and television stations, trash removal and road and bridge repair.

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