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051103-M-2607-001 - Marines from Company E place the down-turned rifles into the sand bags during the Nov. 3, memorial service for the fallen Marines and sailor of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. - 051103-M-2607-001 - Marines from Company E place the down-turned rifles into the sand bags during the Nov. 3, memorial service for the fallen Marines and sailor of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment.

FALLUJAH, Iraq - Cpl. Jorge Granados, vehicle gunner with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment's Personal Security Detail Platoon, rests behind his machine gun turret when his convoy stops to drop off some passengers. PSD performs missions such as escorting the battalion commander throughout the city, working alongside infantry companies to conduct raids, and patrolling Fallujah's streets in search of insurgent activity. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Cpl. Jorge Granados, vehicle gunner with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment's Personal Security Detail Platoon, rests behind his machine gun turret when his convoy stops to drop off some passengers. PSD performs missions such as escorting the battalion commander throughout the city, working alongside infantry companies to conduct raids, and patrolling Fallujah's streets in search of insurgent activity.

SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq - Sgt. Willis Davis, sniper team leader with STA (Surveillance, Target, and Acquisition) Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, left, and Cpl. Joseph R. Piner, assistant team leader, observe the terrain from a rooftop here April 26. The snipers serve as the eyes and ears for the battalion, covertly keeping a watchful eye for suspicious activity, such as insurgents laying improvised explosive devices along convoy and patrol transit routes. - SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq - Sgt. Willis Davis, sniper team leader with STA (Surveillance, Target, and Acquisition) Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, left, and Cpl. Joseph R. Piner, assistant team leader, observe the terrain from a rooftop here April 26. The snipers serve as the eyes and ears for the battalion, covertly keeping a watchful eye for suspicious activity, such as insurgents laying improvised explosive devices along convoy and patrol transit routes.

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Lance Cpl. Grant Matthes a 19-year-old Light Armored Vehicle crewman and Jackson, Mich. native fixes an exhaust manifold on one of the Personal Security Detachment's LAVs. The 2004 Jackson High School graduate is part of the small detachment that transports and protects the division's general and provides security for other units in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Lance Cpl. Grant Matthes a 19-year-old Light Armored Vehicle crewman and Jackson, Mich. native fixes an exhaust manifold on one of the Personal Security Detachment's LAVs. The 2004 Jackson High School graduate is part of the small detachment that transports and protects the division's general and provides security for other units in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

Corporal Christopher Xavier Bowman, a 21-year-old Madison, Tenn. native takes pride in knowing he's the link to operational information management in the division's command operations center - the core of all operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED) - Corporal Christopher Xavier Bowman, a 21-year-old Madison, Tenn. native takes pride in knowing he's the link to operational information management in the division's command operations center - the core of all operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephen D'Alessio (RELEASED)

AL UBAYDI, Iraq- (May 12, 2005) Engineers that are attached to 3/2 sweep for mines near Al Ubaydi. Marines from 3/2 secure Al Ubaydi during operation Matador. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III (OIF III). - AL UBAYDI, Iraq- (May 12, 2005) Engineers that are attached to 3/2 sweep for mines near Al Ubaydi. Marines from 3/2 secure Al Ubaydi during operation Matador. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III (OIF III).

FALLUJAH, Iraq - A captain with the Iraqi Security Forces speaks with medical personnel inside a clinic here May 15 as he inspects their dentistry equipment. ISF worked alongside American personnel to speak with local doctors and clinic administrators to find out what supplies they needed, and how military personnel can help improve Iraq's medical system. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - A captain with the Iraqi Security Forces speaks with medical personnel inside a clinic here May 15 as he inspects their dentistry equipment. ISF worked alongside American personnel to speak with local doctors and clinic administrators to find out what supplies they needed, and how military personnel can help improve Iraq's medical system.

FALLUJAH, Iraq - Pfc. Jason F. Roland, rifleman with 3rd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, speaks with local children as he provides security outside a medical clinic here May 15. The Seaford, N.Y. native's unit worked alongside Iraqi Security Forces to speak with local doctors and clinic administrators to find out what supplies they needed, and how military personnel can help improve Iraq's medical system. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Pfc. Jason F. Roland, rifleman with 3rd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, speaks with local children as he provides security outside a medical clinic here May 15. The Seaford, N.Y. native's unit worked alongside Iraqi Security Forces to speak with local doctors and clinic administrators to find out what supplies they needed, and how military personnel can help improve Iraq's medical system.

CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ -- Corporals Keith Richardson, Andy Aranda, Wade Scott, Jarrod Bowers, Stephen Cornish, Nolan Ruby, Nicholas Mentges, Daniel Nichols and Sgts Christopher Rosetti and Daniel Blackwell all hold up banners sent to them from students at Fagley Middle School in Portage, Indiana. The students took time to put packages together to send to one of their teachers brother-in-laws, Capt. Ed Nevgloski, Weapons Company Commander. The Marines are from 1st and 3rd Platoons. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos. - CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ -- Corporals Keith Richardson, Andy Aranda, Wade Scott, Jarrod Bowers, Stephen Cornish, Nolan Ruby, Nicholas Mentges, Daniel Nichols and Sgts Christopher Rosetti and Daniel Blackwell all hold up banners sent to them from students at Fagley Middle School in Portage, Indiana. The students took time to put packages together to send to one of their teachers brother-in-laws, Capt. Ed Nevgloski, Weapons Company Commander. The Marines are from 1st and 3rd Platoons. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos.

FALLUJAH, Iraq - Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillip Jean-Gilles, a corpsman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, assesses an Iraqi soldier's condition alongside another soldier at a training compound here May 11. The 26-year-old Miami native and 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment infantrymen tended to a dehydrated Iraqi soldier while teaching a five-day Iraqi combat leaders course. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillip Jean-Gilles, a corpsman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, assesses an Iraqi soldier's condition alongside another soldier at a training compound here May 11. The 26-year-old Miami native and 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment infantrymen tended to a dehydrated Iraqi soldier while teaching a five-day Iraqi combat leaders course.