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070927-M-1876J-SHEIKS011—Company L’s commanding officer, Capt. Quintin D. Jones with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment with Regimental Combat Team 6, visits with sheiks within Karmah, Iraq, Sept. 22. The meeting was part of tribal engagement efforts to ensure community security and boost economic growth. - 070927-M-1876J-SHEIKS011—Company L’s commanding officer, Capt. Quintin D. Jones with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment with Regimental Combat Team 6, visits with sheiks within Karmah, Iraq, Sept. 22. The meeting was part of tribal engagement efforts to ensure community security and boost economic growth.

070904-N-5169H-185, HADITHA DAM, Iraq, (Sept. 16, 2007) – A sailor with Riverine Squadron 1, Riverine Group 1, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, in support of Regimental Combat Team 2, performs a batteries release using a GAU-17 machine gun during a crew served weapons re-qualification. To prepare for the deployment, the Navy sent all the sailors in the squadron to special schools to train in what would usually be considered as infantry roles. U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Marcos T. Hernandez (RELEASED) - 070904-N-5169H-185, HADITHA DAM, Iraq, (Sept. 16, 2007) – A sailor with Riverine Squadron 1, Riverine Group 1, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, in support of Regimental Combat Team 2, performs a batteries release using a GAU-17 machine gun during a crew served weapons re-qualification. To prepare for the deployment, the Navy sent all the sailors in the squadron to special schools to train in what would usually be considered as infantry roles. U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Marcos T. Hernandez (RELEASED)

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First Sgt. Russel A. Strack, battery first sergeant, Battery T, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, gives an area brief to Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent aboard Camp Fallujah, Iraq, September 23. After Kent's visit with artillery and infantry Marines throughout the RCT-6 area of responsibility, he held a town hall-style meeting with Marines and sailors to address changes coming down the pipeline and answer Marines' questions. Heavy on the top enlisted Marine's agenda was the issue of retention of first-term Marines, which he said is essential to the commandant's guidance to grow the Marine Corps by 27,000 Marines. - First Sgt. Russel A. Strack, battery first sergeant, Battery T, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, gives an area brief to Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent aboard Camp Fallujah, Iraq, September 23. After Kent's visit with artillery and infantry Marines throughout the RCT-6 area of responsibility, he held a town hall-style meeting with Marines and sailors to address changes coming down the pipeline and answer Marines' questions. Heavy on the top enlisted Marine's agenda was the issue of retention of first-term Marines, which he said is essential to the commandant's guidance to grow the Marine Corps by 27,000 Marines.

HADITHA DAM, Iraq, (Sept. 16, 2007) – A light armored vehicle with Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, provides over watch for boats with Detachment 3, Riverine Squadron 1, Riverine Group 1, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. The sailors searched several civilian fishing boats and conducted sweeps of the Euphrates River in support of the regiment and 1st LAR. The squadron is the first Navy riverine unit to be forward deployed by the Navy since the Vietnam War. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser. - HADITHA DAM, Iraq, (Sept. 16, 2007) – A light armored vehicle with Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, provides over watch for boats with Detachment 3, Riverine Squadron 1, Riverine Group 1, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. The sailors searched several civilian fishing boats and conducted sweeps of the Euphrates River in support of the regiment and 1st LAR. The squadron is the first Navy riverine unit to be forward deployed by the Navy since the Vietnam War. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser.