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ASP Wolf, Al Anbar, Iraq--27-year-old Bronx, N.Y., native SSgt. Steve Valencia a former drill instructor now a platoon serageant with 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, gives Cpl. Dorian D. Brown advice on the properly shoot the M-9 hand gun. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton) - ASP Wolf, Al Anbar, Iraq--27-year-old Bronx, N.Y., native SSgt. Steve Valencia a former drill instructor now a platoon serageant with 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, gives Cpl. Dorian D. Brown advice on the properly shoot the M-9 hand gun. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton)

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Sergeant Curtis Proctor, a 29-year-old Riverside, Calif. speaks to his Marines on the camp guard force, April 2. Proctor is the common operational picture manager for the 2nd Marine Division operations section. The father of four also holds the All-Marine Track Team record for the 200-meter sprint. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Sergeant Curtis Proctor, a 29-year-old Riverside, Calif. speaks to his Marines on the camp guard force, April 2. Proctor is the common operational picture manager for the 2nd Marine Division operations section. The father of four also holds the All-Marine Track Team record for the 200-meter sprint. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Lance Cpl. Frank World, a 20-year-old M-249 squad automatic weapon gunner and Buffalo, N.Y. native watches the rear of his convoy from atop the gunner's turret on his Humvee, April 3. World, a 2003 graduate of Riverside High School, is part of Camp Blue Diamond's quick reaction force, which handed out soccer balls and stuffed animals on a friendship patrol. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Lance Cpl. Frank World, a 20-year-old M-249 squad automatic weapon gunner and Buffalo, N.Y. native watches the rear of his convoy from atop the gunner's turret on his Humvee, April 3. World, a 2003 graduate of Riverside High School, is part of Camp Blue Diamond's quick reaction force, which handed out soccer balls and stuffed animals on a friendship patrol. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

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CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Maj. Chris E. Phelps, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment civil affairs team leader, gives some local children a high five outside the Baharia water pump house before heading off to meet the local farmers. Civil affairs personnel worked alongside Iraqi Security Forces to meet the citizens, as engineers from II Marine Expeditionary Force began installing mechanisms in the pump house to give 50% of the water to the farmers, and 50% to refill the lake aboard the camp. - CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Maj. Chris E. Phelps, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment civil affairs team leader, gives some local children a high five outside the Baharia water pump house before heading off to meet the local farmers. Civil affairs personnel worked alongside Iraqi Security Forces to meet the citizens, as engineers from II Marine Expeditionary Force began installing mechanisms in the pump house to give 50% of the water to the farmers, and 50% to refill the lake aboard the camp.

CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Cpl. Tyler R. Allamong, combat engineer with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment's civil affairs group, stands security by his HMMWV as he speaks to a local farm child. The 22-year-old Hagerstown, Md. native works as part of a team that travels around the Fallujah area assessing the needs of the population and determining how they may best be helped. - CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Cpl. Tyler R. Allamong, combat engineer with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment's civil affairs group, stands security by his HMMWV as he speaks to a local farm child. The 22-year-old Hagerstown, Md. native works as part of a team that travels around the Fallujah area assessing the needs of the population and determining how they may best be helped.

CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ – Lance Cpl. Manez A. Haidar, an infantryman and translator for Company I, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, listens carefully as he translates conversations at a local town council meeting. Haidar uses his native tongue of Arabic to help his company and battalion complete their mission out in the local towns and villages. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos. - CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ – Lance Cpl. Manez A. Haidar, an infantryman and translator for Company I, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, listens carefully as he translates conversations at a local town council meeting. Haidar uses his native tongue of Arabic to help his company and battalion complete their mission out in the local towns and villages. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos.

Marines from Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines reinforce the Iraqi Border Police at Waleed as they work to ensure insurgents do not cross the Syrian border into Iraq. (Photo by LCpl Zachary W. Lester) - Marines from Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines reinforce the Iraqi Border Police at Waleed as they work to ensure insurgents do not cross the Syrian border into Iraq. (Photo by LCpl Zachary W. Lester)