CAMP AL QAIM, Iraq -- Deployed Marines are a band of brothers. They train together, live together, eat together and fight together. But do they pray for each other?Lance Cpl. Lesley T. Raulerson, an infantryman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment definitely does.The Jacksonville, Fla., native prays at the Camp Al Qaim Chapel every time his fellow Marines travel off the base."I pray for the troops going out. I pray for the convoys to be successful. But, mainly I pray that the Marine leaders will have sound minds and will teach their Marines the way a fathers teach their sons," explained the 2002 Mandarin High School graduate.The former Reserve Officer's Training Corps student decided to join the Marine Corps because he wanted to make a sacrifice for other people. Shortly after he joined, he found his calling."I was having a really hard time in the Marine Corps, nothing seemed to be going right for me, until one day when I was sitting in my car in an empty parking lot, God got a hold of me," he continued. "He explained to me that my complaining wasn't doing any good and I needed to change. After that everything seemed to go up hill."After Raulerson's experience, he began looking at life from a different angle."God has helped me deal with my problems without getting angry. He's taught me to put my priorities straight and to love thy neighbor. You don't go around getting revenge on people cause they did you wrong," the devout Christian explained.Raulerson's first deployment to Iraq made him realize the importance of prayer in a combat zone."You need to be sound in mind, body and spirit. Trying to satisfy God is the hardest thing out here and for me, he comes first. I just pray for those of my fellow brothers who might not make it back home in hopes that they will," he said.Raulerson also had other influences in his life helping to lead him down the path he is on now. His mother, Regina, was a minister in the church. At Camp Lejeune, N.C., he lives off base with the minister of his church who he met while deployed to Africa in 2003.Raulerson plans to follow his mother's path and reach people through their faith."When my service in the Corps is over, I want to become a pastor or even work in the ministry. That's my ultimate goal," he explained, voice calm and soft.But while he is still deployed in Iraq, standing guard twice a day, Raulerson always finds time to reflect and pray for his fellow Marines 'outside the wire.'"There is not a question he can't answer. He always listens," he explained. "I have faith that my prayers will be answered and my fellow Marines will come home safe."