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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. ? Sgt. Geoffrey C. Rumpf (left), headquarters platoon sergeant for Company D, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, checks to ensure an AT-4 light anti-armor weapon is ready to fire during a live-fire exercise here Sept. 12. Rumpf and other Marines from the ?Destroyer? battalion fired inert and high-explosive rockets for the Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon and the AT-4 at abandoned tank hulls at distances ranging from 100-500 meters. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. ? Sgt. Geoffrey C. Rumpf (left), headquarters platoon sergeant for Company D, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, checks to ensure an AT-4 light anti-armor weapon is ready to fire during a live-fire exercise here Sept. 12. Rumpf and other Marines from the ?Destroyer? battalion fired inert and high-explosive rockets for the Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon and the AT-4 at abandoned tank hulls at distances ranging from 100-500 meters.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 10, 2007)- Lt. Col. Dave Barnes, the officer in charge of the Transition Team Cell, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II MEF, speaks to Marines, soldiers, sailors and civilian and government scientist about missions, roles and capability needs of transition teams in Iraq during the II MEF Science and Technology conference at Marston Pavilion here Sept. 10. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 10, 2007)- Lt. Col. Dave Barnes, the officer in charge of the Transition Team Cell, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II MEF, speaks to Marines, soldiers, sailors and civilian and government scientist about missions, roles and capability needs of transition teams in Iraq during the II MEF Science and Technology conference at Marston Pavilion here Sept. 10. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2007) -- Lt. Col. Thad R. Trapp (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jose L. Santiago pose with a car hood given to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at the battalion?s family day at Onslow Beach Sept. 8. The hood was given to the battalion courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing Team and was signed by NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2007) -- Lt. Col. Thad R. Trapp (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jose L. Santiago pose with a car hood given to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at the battalion?s family day at Onslow Beach Sept. 8. The hood was given to the battalion courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing Team and was signed by NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2007) -- Lt. Col. Thad R. Trapp (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jose L. Santiago pose with a car hood given to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at the battalion?s family day at Onslow Beach Sept. 8. The hood was given to the battalion courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing Team and was signed by NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2007) -- Lt. Col. Thad R. Trapp (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jose L. Santiago pose with a car hood given to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at the battalion?s family day at Onslow Beach Sept. 8. The hood was given to the battalion courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing Team and was signed by NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin.

Pfc. Andrew D. Bear, a team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, pauses for a moment to inspect a weapons cache that he discovered, Aug. 23. The weapons cache was hidden just below the surface of an Iraqi field and contained more than 350 37mm anti-aircraft rounds. The rounds, if not found, could have been used by insurgents to make an IED. The large field the cache was found in was shown to the Marines by the local Iraqi Police, who also helped search alongside the Marines. - Pfc. Andrew D. Bear, a team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, pauses for a moment to inspect a weapons cache that he discovered, Aug. 23. The weapons cache was hidden just below the surface of an Iraqi field and contained more than 350 37mm anti-aircraft rounds. The rounds, if not found, could have been used by insurgents to make an IED. The large field the cache was found in was shown to the Marines by the local Iraqi Police, who also helped search alongside the Marines.

Cpl. Brian L. Pauluchuk, a team leader with 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, checks the Marines behind him to make sure the patrol is moving along safely during Operation Street Sweeper II, here August 28-30, to rid the area of the insurgency and its deadly tools. There was another determined element involved in the operation: the local Iraqi Police, who also conducted mounted and dismounted patrols. These local men traveled up and down the roads and also searched markets and houses for people they recognized as wanted insurgents. - Cpl. Brian L. Pauluchuk, a team leader with 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, checks the Marines behind him to make sure the patrol is moving along safely during Operation Street Sweeper II, here August 28-30, to rid the area of the insurgency and its deadly tools. There was another determined element involved in the operation: the local Iraqi Police, who also conducted mounted and dismounted patrols. These local men traveled up and down the roads and also searched markets and houses for people they recognized as wanted insurgents.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Aug. 27, 2007)- Brig. Gen. David H. Berger, the assistant division commander of 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Marines and their families during the division?s family night for the First Term Alignment Plan. Berger, along with Sgt. Maj. Michael F. Jones, the division sergeant major, and the division family readiness office explained benefits and incentives for Marines and their families to re-enlist. The focus of the night was to get Marines? families to become involved in the decision-making process for re-enlistment. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Aug. 27, 2007)- Brig. Gen. David H. Berger, the assistant division commander of 2nd Marine Division, speaks to Marines and their families during the division?s family night for the First Term Alignment Plan. Berger, along with Sgt. Maj. Michael F. Jones, the division sergeant major, and the division family readiness office explained benefits and incentives for Marines and their families to re-enlist. The focus of the night was to get Marines? families to become involved in the decision-making process for re-enlistment.

AL QA?IM DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS POLICE STATION, AL QA?IM, Iraq ? An Iraqi policeman, or IP, with the Al Qa?im district police proudly holds his pistol while the Iraqi flag hangs in the background. The police here have grown up with the townspeople thus creating a close bond with one another. - AL QA?IM DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS POLICE STATION, AL QA?IM, Iraq ? An Iraqi policeman, or IP, with the Al Qa?im district police proudly holds his pistol while the Iraqi flag hangs in the background. The police here have grown up with the townspeople thus creating a close bond with one another.

20 August 2007, an Iraqi soldier with 2d Brigade, 7th Iraqi Division provides security in a building being cleared by 2-7 soldiers during a close quarters combat qualification course at Camp Al Asad, Iraq. Marines from 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division are working with the Iraqi soldiers to train them in close quarters combat skills. 2d Brigade, 7th Division is with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Shane S. Keller) - 20 August 2007, an Iraqi soldier with 2d Brigade, 7th Iraqi Division provides security in a building being cleared by 2-7 soldiers during a close quarters combat qualification course at Camp Al Asad, Iraq. Marines from 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division are working with the Iraqi soldiers to train them in close quarters combat skills. 2d Brigade, 7th Division is with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Shane S. Keller)