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SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Patrick S. Reynolds, combat engineer with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, assumes a kneeling position as he provides security in a field here May 22. Combat engineers worked alongside Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment infantrymen and Iraqi soldiers to sweep through numerous farm fields outside Saqlawiyah, looking for hidden weapons caches and insurgent activity. - SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Patrick S. Reynolds, combat engineer with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, assumes a kneeling position as he provides security in a field here May 22. Combat engineers worked alongside Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment infantrymen and Iraqi soldiers to sweep through numerous farm fields outside Saqlawiyah, looking for hidden weapons caches and insurgent activity.

SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq - Iraqi soldiers with the Iraqi Security Forces' 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade provide security in a field outside Saqlawiyah May 22. The Iraqi soldiers worked alongside Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment personnel and combat engineers to sweep through numerous farm fields outside Saqlawiyah, looking for hidden weapons caches and insurgent activity. - SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq - Iraqi soldiers with the Iraqi Security Forces' 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade provide security in a field outside Saqlawiyah May 22. The Iraqi soldiers worked alongside Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment personnel and combat engineers to sweep through numerous farm fields outside Saqlawiyah, looking for hidden weapons caches and insurgent activity.

Al Anbar Province, Iraq (May 21, 2005) Capt. Sean K. Butler from Mount Shasta, CA, of Weapons Co(Wpns Co), 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment (3/4) addresses his new command shortly after the Change of Command ceremony for Wpns Co. The Marines with 3/4, part of 2nd Marine Division, and MNF-W conducts counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and democratic elections in order to create a secure environment that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. (Official USMC Photo by LCpl Brian M Henner)(Not Released) - Al Anbar Province, Iraq (May 21, 2005) Capt. Sean K. Butler from Mount Shasta, CA, of Weapons Co(Wpns Co), 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment (3/4) addresses his new command shortly after the Change of Command ceremony for Wpns Co. The Marines with 3/4, part of 2nd Marine Division, and MNF-W conducts counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and democratic elections in order to create a secure environment that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. (Official USMC Photo by LCpl Brian M Henner)(Not Released)

CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ -- Bowing their heads in prayer, the Marines of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment listen in silence as Battalion Chaplain, Navy Lt. Robert E. Bradshaw opens the memorial service in prayer. The Marines came together to remember the life and joys they had with their fallen brother-in-arms, Lance Cpl. John T. Schmidt. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos - CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ -- Bowing their heads in prayer, the Marines of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment listen in silence as Battalion Chaplain, Navy Lt. Robert E. Bradshaw opens the memorial service in prayer. The Marines came together to remember the life and joys they had with their fallen brother-in-arms, Lance Cpl. John T. Schmidt. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos

AR RAMAMDI, Iraq (May 21, 2005) - Corporal Kelly P. Baker, a team leader and rifleman with 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, gives an Iraqi boy crayons and a coloring book during a mission in the city here. The 21-year-old from New Town, N.D., and his fellow 2nd Squad leathernecks often carry candy and other gifts with them to give to Iraqi children when they patrol though their neighborhoods. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan - AR RAMAMDI, Iraq (May 21, 2005) - Corporal Kelly P. Baker, a team leader and rifleman with 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, gives an Iraqi boy crayons and a coloring book during a mission in the city here. The 21-year-old from New Town, N.D., and his fellow 2nd Squad leathernecks often carry candy and other gifts with them to give to Iraqi children when they patrol though their neighborhoods. Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan

Camp Ripper,Al Asad, Iraq (May 21, 2005) - A member of the reconnaissance company of the 7th Iraqi Security Battalion practices shooting the M-9 during his freetime in between training sessions. (Official USMC photo by Cpl. Ken Melton) - Camp Ripper,Al Asad, Iraq (May 21, 2005) - A member of the reconnaissance company of the 7th Iraqi Security Battalion practices shooting the M-9 during his freetime in between training sessions. (Official USMC photo by Cpl. Ken Melton)

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CAMP HURRICANE POINT Ar Ramadi, Iraq (May 20, 2005) - With his right hand raised, Lance Cpl. Michael P. Neal, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment's Jump Platoon, takes his oath of reenlistment during a ceremony here. The 21-year-old from Country Club Hills, Ill., swore to devote four more years of service to Corps and country. The 2001 Hillcrest High School graduate received a reenlistment bonus of $19,692, which is tax-free and will be paid in a lump sum. Oliver North and his two-man camera crew covered the event, which will later appear on the Fox News show "Oliver in Iraq." Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan - CAMP HURRICANE POINT Ar Ramadi, Iraq (May 20, 2005) - With his right hand raised, Lance Cpl. Michael P. Neal, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment's Jump Platoon, takes his oath of reenlistment during a ceremony here. The 21-year-old from Country Club Hills, Ill., swore to devote four more years of service to Corps and country. The 2001 Hillcrest High School graduate received a reenlistment bonus of $19,692, which is tax-free and will be paid in a lump sum. Oliver North and his two-man camera crew covered the event, which will later appear on the Fox News show "Oliver in Iraq." Photo by: Cpl. Tom Sloan

AKENSHAT, IRAQ - 2nd Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operation in the Al Anbar province in Iraq. - AKENSHAT, IRAQ - 2nd Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operation in the Al Anbar province in Iraq.

Camp Ripper, Al Anbar, Iraq (May 20, 2005)-- Capt. Salah Ati Ne'emah 43 of Baghdad and 20-year-old Basra, Iraq native Cpl. Ahmed Jalil Mani'a with 7th Iraqi Reconnaissance Battalion listen attentively as the awards for their actions are read aloud in Arabic. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton) - Camp Ripper, Al Anbar, Iraq (May 20, 2005)-- Capt. Salah Ati Ne'emah 43 of Baghdad and 20-year-old Basra, Iraq native Cpl. Ahmed Jalil Mani'a with 7th Iraqi Reconnaissance Battalion listen attentively as the awards for their actions are read aloud in Arabic. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Ken Melton)