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CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Michael Banks, a vehicle mechanic with 2nd Platoon, Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, inspects the oil level on a High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle inside the maintenance bay here. The Truck Company vehicle mechanics and operators, originally from Okinawa, have been working alongside 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment personnel in and around Fallujah since mid-March, accomplishing tasks such as servicing vehicles, conducting supply and logistics convoys, and transporting the infantrymen around the city. - CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Michael Banks, a vehicle mechanic with 2nd Platoon, Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, inspects the oil level on a High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle inside the maintenance bay here. The Truck Company vehicle mechanics and operators, originally from Okinawa, have been working alongside 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment personnel in and around Fallujah since mid-March, accomplishing tasks such as servicing vehicles, conducting supply and logistics convoys, and transporting the infantrymen around the city.

CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Staff Sgt. Candelario Martinez, a Marine with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, browses for snacks inside the Baharia Post Exchange Aug. 24. The camp's PX offers Marines here and throughout Northern Fallujah electronics, health and comfort items, and serves approximately 2,000 customers every week. - CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Staff Sgt. Candelario Martinez, a Marine with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, browses for snacks inside the Baharia Post Exchange Aug. 24. The camp's PX offers Marines here and throughout Northern Fallujah electronics, health and comfort items, and serves approximately 2,000 customers every week.

050819-M-2607O-003 CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- While on a patrol Cpl. Michael P. Hodshire, 2nd squad leader for 3rd Platoon, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, talks to some locals with the interpreter and an Iraqi Soldier to see if they know anything about the area. Hodshire does this often to get to know the community and let them know that we are there to help. - 050819-M-2607O-003 CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- While on a patrol Cpl. Michael P. Hodshire, 2nd squad leader for 3rd Platoon, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, talks to some locals with the interpreter and an Iraqi Soldier to see if they know anything about the area. Hodshire does this often to get to know the community and let them know that we are there to help.

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Roy L. Gamboa, a supply administration clerk with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, sifts through a box of camouflage utility uniforms destined to be issued out to his unit's personnel. The 28-year-old Agat, Guam native and his team of supply Marines store and keep track of millions of dollars worth of equipment their battalion's infantrymen use to conduct counterinsurgency operations in and around Fallujah. - CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Roy L. Gamboa, a supply administration clerk with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, sifts through a box of camouflage utility uniforms destined to be issued out to his unit's personnel. The 28-year-old Agat, Guam native and his team of supply Marines store and keep track of millions of dollars worth of equipment their battalion's infantrymen use to conduct counterinsurgency operations in and around Fallujah.

Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq (August 4, 2005)--Minneapolis, Minn., native, Hospitalman 3rd Class Chan Vang, 32, with Company "I", 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment gives local children candy during a patrol stop. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton) - Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq (August 4, 2005)--Minneapolis, Minn., native, Hospitalman 3rd Class Chan Vang, 32, with Company "I", 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment gives local children candy during a patrol stop. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton)

AR RAMADI, Iraq - Glass factory security guards fire AK-47 rifles during a familiarization fire instructed by the 2nd Marine Division's Marksmanship Training Unit, April 27. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - AR RAMADI, Iraq - Glass factory security guards fire AK-47 rifles during a familiarization fire instructed by the 2nd Marine Division's Marksmanship Training Unit, April 27. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

LCpl. Shane P. Costello, provisional infantryman, 2nd squad, 2nd platoon, Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team-2, works on the border of Iraq and Syria to help maintain the security of the country. While not providing securtiy or working at the main gate Costello works to improve the Foward Operating Base. (Photo by LCpl. Zachary W. Lester) - LCpl. Shane P. Costello, provisional infantryman, 2nd squad, 2nd platoon, Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team-2, works on the border of Iraq and Syria to help maintain the security of the country. While not providing securtiy or working at the main gate Costello works to improve the Foward Operating Base. (Photo by LCpl. Zachary W. Lester)

CAMP RAMADI, Ar Ramadi, Iraq (Aug. 17, 2005) - First Sergeant Dwayne W. Farr, the first sergeant for Company W, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, marches slowly through the dining facility here Aug. 17 and plays "Amazing Grace" with his bagpipes during a memorial ceremony in honor of Staff Sgt. Ramon E. GonzalesCordova. Marines and Sailors with Camp Pendleton, Calif., -based 1st Battalion, 5th Marines mourned the loss of 31-year-old GonzalesCordova, former platoon sergeant for Company C's 2nd Platoon, who fell on Ramadi's urban battlefield Aug. 8 while fighting terror. He was from San Pedro, Honduras and leaves behind his wife, Joselyn, and son, Sergio. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan - CAMP RAMADI, Ar Ramadi, Iraq (Aug. 17, 2005) - First Sergeant Dwayne W. Farr, the first sergeant for Company W, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, marches slowly through the dining facility here Aug. 17 and plays "Amazing Grace" with his bagpipes during a memorial ceremony in honor of Staff Sgt. Ramon E. GonzalesCordova. Marines and Sailors with Camp Pendleton, Calif., -based 1st Battalion, 5th Marines mourned the loss of 31-year-old GonzalesCordova, former platoon sergeant for Company C's 2nd Platoon, who fell on Ramadi's urban battlefield Aug. 8 while fighting terror. He was from San Pedro, Honduras and leaves behind his wife, Joselyn, and son, Sergio. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan

050810-M-2607O-002 CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Corproal Patrick S. Putt, an assaultman with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, stand with Cpl. Patrick R. Donnelly, holds numerous hats now that he is in headquarters platoon providing support for the other Marines. Putt holds the billits of platoon sergeant, company clerk, company sapper and assultman if needed. - 050810-M-2607O-002 CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Corproal Patrick S. Putt, an assaultman with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, stand with Cpl. Patrick R. Donnelly, holds numerous hats now that he is in headquarters platoon providing support for the other Marines. Putt holds the billits of platoon sergeant, company clerk, company sapper and assultman if needed.