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CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq ? A native of Redondo Beach, Calif., Lance Cpl. Kevin J. Bourbon, a supply administration and operations clerk with supply section, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, poses next to containers used to hold supplies that he orders for his unit. The 19 year old is currently on his first deployment to Iraq. Bourbon is a 2004 graduate of Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif. - CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq ? A native of Redondo Beach, Calif., Lance Cpl. Kevin J. Bourbon, a supply administration and operations clerk with supply section, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, poses next to containers used to hold supplies that he orders for his unit. The 19 year old is currently on his first deployment to Iraq. Bourbon is a 2004 graduate of Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif.

HADITHA DAM, Iraq (Dec. 21, 2005) - Alexandria, Va. native Sgt. Christopher J. Hennig, puts the final touches on a wall painting outside of the chow hall here Dec. 21. Hennig, a police sergeant for 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, spent days working on the mural that is used as a motivation piece for Marines operating here. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam C. Schnell) - HADITHA DAM, Iraq (Dec. 21, 2005) - Alexandria, Va. native Sgt. Christopher J. Hennig, puts the final touches on a wall painting outside of the chow hall here Dec. 21. Hennig, a police sergeant for 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, spent days working on the mural that is used as a motivation piece for Marines operating here. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam C. Schnell)

CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (Dec. 10, 2005) -- Chicago native Sgt. Leonard C. Murray, data section chief, communications platoon, Headquarters & Support Co., 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team - 2 sits at his usual post -- behind the computer screen. Murray is in charge of the various networks Marines use aboard Camp Al Qa'im. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jerad W. Alexander) - CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (Dec. 10, 2005) -- Chicago native Sgt. Leonard C. Murray, data section chief, communications platoon, Headquarters & Support Co., 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team - 2 sits at his usual post -- behind the computer screen. Murray is in charge of the various networks Marines use aboard Camp Al Qa'im. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jerad W. Alexander)

Ali Hassan Mohammed (middle), interpreter with 6th Civil Affairs Group in Husbayah, Iraq, listens intently to interpret the words of an elementary school principal for Lt. Col. Robert Glover. Glover is director of the Civil-Military Operations Center for the Al-Qaim region. The CMOC's mission is to facilitate reconstruction in western Iraq. - Ali Hassan Mohammed (middle), interpreter with 6th Civil Affairs Group in Husbayah, Iraq, listens intently to interpret the words of an elementary school principal for Lt. Col. Robert Glover. Glover is director of the Civil-Military Operations Center for the Al-Qaim region. The CMOC's mission is to facilitate reconstruction in western Iraq.

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KARBALAH, Iraq- (June 18, 2005) Lance Cpl. Randy L. Williamson, a Marine from 2D Light Armored Reconnaissance, Charlie Company refuels his Light Armored Vehicle at a forward refueling point. Lance Cpl. Williamson is from East Stroudsburg, Pa. During Operation Spear, the Marines of 2d Marine Division conduct 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. - KARBALAH, Iraq- (June 18, 2005) Lance Cpl. Randy L. Williamson, a Marine from 2D Light Armored Reconnaissance, Charlie Company refuels his Light Armored Vehicle at a forward refueling point. Lance Cpl. Williamson is from East Stroudsburg, Pa. During Operation Spear, the Marines of 2d Marine Division conduct 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.