AL QA?IM, Iraq - Local key leaders and Marines, including the battalion commander?s personal security detachment, enjoy a traditional Iraqi meal. In customary fashion there were no utensils; everyone ate with their hands from large platters of rice, vegetables and goat. - AL QA?IM, Iraq - Local key leaders and Marines, including the battalion commander?s personal security detachment, enjoy a traditional Iraqi meal. In customary fashion there were no utensils; everyone ate with their hands from large platters of rice, vegetables and goat.

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An Iraqi man rests as his comrades play in a competitive soccer game as part of the Habbaniyah areas new soccer league, which was formed here recently. The players in the league come from the surrounding area where they all contribute to their community. Their occupations range from local Iraqi Security Forces personnel to local construction workers or farmers. Iraq?s love of football is no longer shared just over a televised event and some hot chai tea, it is now played in the open and for fun, said Kemal Musceff, a 26 year-old center fielder for the Jimaylan football team. - An Iraqi man rests as his comrades play in a competitive soccer game as part of the Habbaniyah areas new soccer league, which was formed here recently. The players in the league come from the surrounding area where they all contribute to their community. Their occupations range from local Iraqi Security Forces personnel to local construction workers or farmers. Iraq?s love of football is no longer shared just over a televised event and some hot chai tea, it is now played in the open and for fun, said Kemal Musceff, a 26 year-old center fielder for the Jimaylan football team.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N. C. ? Cpl. Dexter C. Shaw, squad leader with Jump Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, receives the Purple Heart Medal. Shaw received the esteemed medal for wounds sustained March 23, 2007, during operations in Albu Hyatt, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N. C. ? Cpl. Dexter C. Shaw, squad leader with Jump Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, receives the Purple Heart Medal. Shaw received the esteemed medal for wounds sustained March 23, 2007, during operations in Albu Hyatt, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq, – An Iraqi police officer instructing the Basic Criminal Investigation Course here evaluates students participating in a final exercise, where they combine what they learned during the course to a fake crime scene. Leading up to the final exercise, the students learned about democratic policing and ethics, both of which focus on teaching officers they are committed to serving the public, and they have moral responsibilities to the community. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser. - AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq, – An Iraqi police officer instructing the Basic Criminal Investigation Course here evaluates students participating in a final exercise, where they combine what they learned during the course to a fake crime scene. Leading up to the final exercise, the students learned about democratic policing and ethics, both of which focus on teaching officers they are committed to serving the public, and they have moral responsibilities to the community. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser.