AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq, – An Iraqi police officer instructing the Basic Criminal Investigation Course here evaluates students participating in a final exercise, where they combine what they learned during the course to a fake crime scene. Leading up to the final exercise, the students learned about democratic policing and ethics, both of which focus on teaching officers they are committed to serving the public, and they have moral responsibilities to the community. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser. - AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq, – An Iraqi police officer instructing the Basic Criminal Investigation Course here evaluates students participating in a final exercise, where they combine what they learned during the course to a fake crime scene. Leading up to the final exercise, the students learned about democratic policing and ethics, both of which focus on teaching officers they are committed to serving the public, and they have moral responsibilities to the community. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser.

Navy Lt. John Gardner, an environmental health officer with Multi-National Forces-West, based out of Camp Fallujah, Iraq, meets with an Iraqi doctor who serves as his rough equivalent in the Iraqi army here, Oct. 26. The meeting between the two men, facilitated by an interpreter, was part of the first Physicians' Healthcare Conference, which was attended by 15 Iraqi doctors and healthcare administrators, and Coalition Forces medical representatives from around Anbar Province. Navy Cmdr. Edwin Taylor, regimental surgeon for Regimental Combat Team 6 and one of the coordinators of the event, said he anticipates such meetings becoming a regular occurrence. - Navy Lt. John Gardner, an environmental health officer with Multi-National Forces-West, based out of Camp Fallujah, Iraq, meets with an Iraqi doctor who serves as his rough equivalent in the Iraqi army here, Oct. 26. The meeting between the two men, facilitated by an interpreter, was part of the first Physicians' Healthcare Conference, which was attended by 15 Iraqi doctors and healthcare administrators, and Coalition Forces medical representatives from around Anbar Province. Navy Cmdr. Edwin Taylor, regimental surgeon for Regimental Combat Team 6 and one of the coordinators of the event, said he anticipates such meetings becoming a regular occurrence.

An Iraqi soldier with 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, hands candy bars out to the children of Ghartan after a combined medical engagement held here Oct. 18. The CME was held in a local school and surrounding the school were Iraqi soldiers standing security, searching and conducting vehicle checkpoints. Female Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group politely searched females in a private shelter outside the school. Corpsmen from Camp Al Taqaddum Surgical and Marines with the Military Transition Team helped provide and coordinate medical care for the local Iraqi population who were entering the school. - An Iraqi soldier with 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, hands candy bars out to the children of Ghartan after a combined medical engagement held here Oct. 18. The CME was held in a local school and surrounding the school were Iraqi soldiers standing security, searching and conducting vehicle checkpoints. Female Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group politely searched females in a private shelter outside the school. Corpsmen from Camp Al Taqaddum Surgical and Marines with the Military Transition Team helped provide and coordinate medical care for the local Iraqi population who were entering the school.

Lt. Hammed Najam, an Iraqi soldier with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, receives and friendly kiss from a small child after Najam gave him an ice cold bottle of water during a combined medical engagement here Oct. 20. Marines from 1st Bn., 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, also helped the Iraqi army during the CME, which provided Iraqis from the local town of Kahalid a chance to receive free examinations, medical care and prescriptions in a safe and secure environment. - Lt. Hammed Najam, an Iraqi soldier with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, receives and friendly kiss from a small child after Najam gave him an ice cold bottle of water during a combined medical engagement here Oct. 20. Marines from 1st Bn., 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, also helped the Iraqi army during the CME, which provided Iraqis from the local town of Kahalid a chance to receive free examinations, medical care and prescriptions in a safe and secure environment.

COMBAT OUTPOST RAWAH, Iraq, (Oct. 17, 2007) – Marines with Company C, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, search a tanker truck left in the middle of the desert. The company swept through the valley in the western Anbar Province searching for insurgents, weapons, and illegal material during Operation Mawtini III. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser. - COMBAT OUTPOST RAWAH, Iraq, (Oct. 17, 2007) – Marines with Company C, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, search a tanker truck left in the middle of the desert. The company swept through the valley in the western Anbar Province searching for insurgents, weapons, and illegal material during Operation Mawtini III. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser.

Children mass in the doorway of their Zaidon, Iraq, classroom Oct. 22 after receiving school supplies from Iraqi Police and Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6. The supply run served the dual purpose of both helping schoolchildren by providing much-needed pens, pencils and bookbags, in addition to introducing the city's new mayor, Iraqi Police Lt. Col. Ishmael, to the people. “The relationship between us and the IPs is absolutely critical. Lt. Col. Ishamel established the IPs, and they have made it possible for the kids to come back to school after four years,” said Capt. John Allsup, commanding officer of Company I. - Children mass in the doorway of their Zaidon, Iraq, classroom Oct. 22 after receiving school supplies from Iraqi Police and Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6. The supply run served the dual purpose of both helping schoolchildren by providing much-needed pens, pencils and bookbags, in addition to introducing the city's new mayor, Iraqi Police Lt. Col. Ishmael, to the people. “The relationship between us and the IPs is absolutely critical. Lt. Col. Ishamel established the IPs, and they have made it possible for the kids to come back to school after four years,” said Capt. John Allsup, commanding officer of Company I.