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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Cpl Thomas Rodman, video combat cameraman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, lowers his video camera during a patrol here Aug. 13 and prepares to take the next shot. The 20-year-old Crowley, La. native works alongside a photographer to document the daily lives, operations and hardships of their fellow Marines here. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Cpl Thomas Rodman, video combat cameraman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, lowers his video camera during a patrol here Aug. 13 and prepares to take the next shot. The 20-year-old Crowley, La. native works alongside a photographer to document the daily lives, operations and hardships of their fellow Marines here.

Crowley Marine tells the warrior story

On Feb. 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal immortalized the epic Battle of Iwo Jima with his Pulitzer-Prize winning picture depicting the raising of the American flag atop Mount Suribachi. Sixty years later, Cpl. Thomas Rodman walks the streets here, armed with a rifle and video camera, to continue this documentation legacy.

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CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Jason V. Edds, a radio operator with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, mans his unit's communications array, or 'ant farm,' here Aug. 17. The 20-year-old Oklahoma City native works alongside fellow communications Marines to keep their headquarters connected with each of their subordinate units in Fallujah by regularly cleaning, fixing and fine-tuning their antennas and radios. - CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Jason V. Edds, a radio operator with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, mans his unit's communications array, or 'ant farm,' here Aug. 17. The 20-year-old Oklahoma City native works alongside fellow communications Marines to keep their headquarters connected with each of their subordinate units in Fallujah by regularly cleaning, fixing and fine-tuning their antennas and radios.

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq - Corporal William Bryan Malin, a Squad Automatic Weapon machine gunner with the camp's guard force, hands a stuffed animal to an Iraqi child while on patrol outside of the camp's walls. He revels in his ability to be able to do something positive for the children here. For the past six months, the 20-year-old Colorado Springs, Colo. native and his squad have been patrolling through the farm lands and villages that cushion the outside walls of the camp. The children know who he is, because they usually get a little teddy bear when he passes through their field. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq - Corporal William Bryan Malin, a Squad Automatic Weapon machine gunner with the camp's guard force, hands a stuffed animal to an Iraqi child while on patrol outside of the camp's walls. He revels in his ability to be able to do something positive for the children here. For the past six months, the 20-year-old Colorado Springs, Colo. native and his squad have been patrolling through the farm lands and villages that cushion the outside walls of the camp. The children know who he is, because they usually get a little teddy bear when he passes through their field. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

Marine sees hope for Iraqi children

When patrolling the streets of Ramadi, to say it’s serious business is an understatement. But that doesn’t mean one wouldn’t catch Cpl. Malin smiling every now and then. William Bryan Malin, a Squad Automatic Weapon machine gunner with the camp’s guard force revels in his ability to do something positive for the children here. For the past six

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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Corporal Joseph Mahoney, a machine gunner and vehicle operator with 4th Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, observes for insurgent activity along Fallujah's Route Mobile during a recent mission. The 21-year-old Lynn, Mass. native and his 22 fellow Marines with team "Ghost rider" provide security for the area by patrolling Fallujah's streets and observing for terrorists placing improvised explosive devices along the surrounding roads. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Corporal Joseph Mahoney, a machine gunner and vehicle operator with 4th Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, observes for insurgent activity along Fallujah's Route Mobile during a recent mission. The 21-year-old Lynn, Mass. native and his 22 fellow Marines with team "Ghost rider" provide security for the area by patrolling Fallujah's streets and observing for terrorists placing improvised explosive devices along the surrounding roads.

Team “Ghost Rider” storms through Fallujah to provide security

Breakups can be painful. For Cpl. Joseph Mahoney, however, he claimed to have found something bigger and better after the final farewells were said. The 21-year-old Lynn, Mass. native and 22 other Marines were separated from comrades they had lived and trained with for several months to create a new unit; one mobile, flexible and skilled enough to

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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Richard Spillers, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, counts vehicles passing through Entry Control Point-One here Aug. 10. The 20-year-old Fayetteville, N.C. native and his fellow Marines oversee Iraqi policemen with the Public Order Brigade as they search the thousands of automobiles and local citizens entering the city every day for weapons and contraband. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Richard Spillers, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, counts vehicles passing through Entry Control Point-One here Aug. 10. The 20-year-old Fayetteville, N.C. native and his fellow Marines oversee Iraqi policemen with the Public Order Brigade as they search the thousands of automobiles and local citizens entering the city every day for weapons and contraband.

ECP 1 crew: changing the way they do business

It’s hailed as the greatest thing since sliced bread, or at least, the Iraqi-Arabic equivalent thereof.After weeks of hard labor, that's what Marines like Lance Cpl. Richard Spillers say how the people of Fallujah and their city council representatives see the newly reconstructed Entry Control Points-One and One A.Since mid-July, this 20-year-old

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CAMP HURRICANE POINT Ar Ramadi, Iraq (July 13, 2005) - Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Gonzalez, a food service specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, serves a Marine at the mess hall here during lunch. The 19-year-old from Dallas and his high school friend, Lance Cpl. Miguel A. Bautista, who's also 19-years-old, are both in Ar Ramadi, Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom with Camp Pendleton, Calif., based 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. Bautista is a rifleman with Company A. The two friends chose the road less traveled after graduating from North Dallas High School in 2004 and enlisted in the Marine Corps. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan - CAMP HURRICANE POINT Ar Ramadi, Iraq (July 13, 2005) - Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Gonzalez, a food service specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, serves a Marine at the mess hall here during lunch. The 19-year-old from Dallas and his high school friend, Lance Cpl. Miguel A. Bautista, who's also 19-years-old, are both in Ar Ramadi, Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom with Camp Pendleton, Calif., based 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. Bautista is a rifleman with Company A. The two friends chose the road less traveled after graduating from North Dallas High School in 2004 and enlisted in the Marine Corps. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan

Dallas natives, schoolmates serve together in Iraq

Friends Miguel A. Bautista and Christopher J. Gonzalez from Dallas chose to take the road less traveled after graduating from North Dallas High School in May 2004. The two patriotic 19-year-olds enlisted in the Marine Corps and dedicated four years of their lives to serving their country. A year after raising their right hands and swearing to

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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pellum, a squad automatic weapon gunner with 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security at the entrance of a residency here July 10 during Operation Rolling Barrage. The 23-year-old Chesterfield, Va. native worked alongside fellow infantrymen, mechanized units and Iraqi Security Forces to block off and search neighborhoods throughout the city for weapons, explosives and insurgent activity. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pellum, a squad automatic weapon gunner with 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security at the entrance of a residency here July 10 during Operation Rolling Barrage. The 23-year-old Chesterfield, Va. native worked alongside fellow infantrymen, mechanized units and Iraqi Security Forces to block off and search neighborhoods throughout the city for weapons, explosives and insurgent activity.