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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Cpl. Jared Joy, a team leader with 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security atop a stairwell, while his teammates search for insurgents inside a residence here May 3. The Capitan, N.M. native's worked alongside Iraqi Security Forces to apprehend an insurgent supporter known for laying improvised explosive devices here and recruiting others to do the same. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Cpl. Jared Joy, a team leader with 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security atop a stairwell, while his teammates search for insurgents inside a residence here May 3. The Capitan, N.M. native's worked alongside Iraqi Security Forces to apprehend an insurgent supporter known for laying improvised explosive devices here and recruiting others to do the same.

CAMP DELTA, IRAQ -- Standing in front of the marketplace in the city of Al Karmah, Sgt. Greg Zieba and Sgt. Walter Rosales talk about what they had done so far in their part of Operation Clear Decision. Zieba had pushed through a local residential area and into the marketplace early on the morning of the initial push into the city. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos - CAMP DELTA, IRAQ -- Standing in front of the marketplace in the city of Al Karmah, Sgt. Greg Zieba and Sgt. Walter Rosales talk about what they had done so far in their part of Operation Clear Decision. Zieba had pushed through a local residential area and into the marketplace early on the morning of the initial push into the city. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos

AR RAMADI, Iraq (April 28, 2005) - The Iraq sun causes Staff Sgt. David Menusa, platoon sergeant of 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, to squint his eyes while on a patrol through the city here. The 32-year-old Tracey, Calif., native volunteered to deploy to Iraqi with the infantry battalion to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. But along with liberating the Iraqi people and helping rid the world of terrorism, Menusa's service here is motivated by his brother's death. Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa was killed serving in Iraq in 2003 during OIF I. Menusa is honoring his late brother and comrade by continuing the service he died conducting. Photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan - AR RAMADI, Iraq (April 28, 2005) - The Iraq sun causes Staff Sgt. David Menusa, platoon sergeant of 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, to squint his eyes while on a patrol through the city here. The 32-year-old Tracey, Calif., native volunteered to deploy to Iraqi with the infantry battalion to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. But along with liberating the Iraqi people and helping rid the world of terrorism, Menusa's service here is motivated by his brother's death. Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa was killed serving in Iraq in 2003 during OIF I. Menusa is honoring his late brother and comrade by continuing the service he died conducting. Photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan

Camp Ripper, Al Anbar, Iraq (Apr i11, 2005)-- 4th AAV crewman attached to 3/25 Lance Cpl. Chimbuoyim Okoli, 23 of Virginia Beach, Va., replaces old tracks on this vehicles so it can be reay to carry out it's next missio. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton) - Camp Ripper, Al Anbar, Iraq (Apr i11, 2005)-- 4th AAV crewman attached to 3/25 Lance Cpl. Chimbuoyim Okoli, 23 of Virginia Beach, Va., replaces old tracks on this vehicles so it can be reay to carry out it's next missio. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton)

Pfc. Taylor J. Shiner, formerly an automatic rifleman with 1st Platoon, Company C, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, became acting team leader after the original team leader was injured when their vehicle was involved in an accident during operations near Ar Rutbah, Iraq in April.. (Photo by LCpl Zachary W. Lester) - Pfc. Taylor J. Shiner, formerly an automatic rifleman with 1st Platoon, Company C, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, became acting team leader after the original team leader was injured when their vehicle was involved in an accident during operations near Ar Rutbah, Iraq in April.. (Photo by LCpl Zachary W. Lester)

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CAMP HURRICANE POINT, Ar Ramadi, Iraq (April 29, 2005) -Corporal Dan L. Grabinski, legal administrative clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment, fills his secondary billet as the day non commissioned officer in-charge of the detainee facility here. The 21-year-old from Schiller Park, Ill., processes expected insurgents his fellow infantry battalion leathernecks snatched up out of the city while conducting security and stabilization missions. With help from three other Marines, Grabinski runs the detainees through the biometric automative tools system, which helps them distinguish members of the insurgency from innocent Iraqi civilians. Detainees found guilty of committing terrorist acts are sent to the Abu Ghraib Prison. Photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan - CAMP HURRICANE POINT, Ar Ramadi, Iraq (April 29, 2005) -Corporal Dan L. Grabinski, legal administrative clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment, fills his secondary billet as the day non commissioned officer in-charge of the detainee facility here. The 21-year-old from Schiller Park, Ill., processes expected insurgents his fellow infantry battalion leathernecks snatched up out of the city while conducting security and stabilization missions. With help from three other Marines, Grabinski runs the detainees through the biometric automative tools system, which helps them distinguish members of the insurgency from innocent Iraqi civilians. Detainees found guilty of committing terrorist acts are sent to the Abu Ghraib Prison. Photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan

Haqlaniya, Al Anbar, Iraq (May 1, 2005)-- Lance Cpl. Ruben Marinelarena, 25 of Sante Fe, NM., and a n infantry man with 3rd battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, who has been praticing his Arabic speaking skillsand tries to speakwith the local people where ever he goes.(Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton) - Haqlaniya, Al Anbar, Iraq (May 1, 2005)-- Lance Cpl. Ruben Marinelarena, 25 of Sante Fe, NM., and a n infantry man with 3rd battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, who has been praticing his Arabic speaking skillsand tries to speakwith the local people where ever he goes.(Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton)

Lance Cpl. Holly Charette, a 21-year-old from Cranston, R.I., delivers Headquarters Battalion Marines' mail, March 17. Charette recently deployed here from her home base at Camp Lejeune, N.C. to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - Lance Cpl. Holly Charette, a 21-year-old from Cranston, R.I., delivers Headquarters Battalion Marines' mail, March 17. Charette recently deployed here from her home base at Camp Lejeune, N.C. to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Two Marines of the camp's Ready React Team tend to a simulated casualty during a drill, March 16. The random drills simulate an insurgent infiltration and the Marines react to various situations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Two Marines of the camp's Ready React Team tend to a simulated casualty during a drill, March 16. The random drills simulate an insurgent infiltration and the Marines react to various situations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)