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CAMP AL QA?IM, Iraq ? Lance Cpl. Michael Walk, a fire-directional controller (FDC) and Sierra Vista, Ariz., native, with Mobile Assault Platoon 3, Weapons Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, views an M16 plotting board with another Marine from MAP3. The FDC plots grid coordinates given from a forward scout-observer and then tells the mortarmen where to fire their mortars. - CAMP AL QA?IM, Iraq ? Lance Cpl. Michael Walk, a fire-directional controller (FDC) and Sierra Vista, Ariz., native, with Mobile Assault Platoon 3, Weapons Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, views an M16 plotting board with another Marine from MAP3. The FDC plots grid coordinates given from a forward scout-observer and then tells the mortarmen where to fire their mortars.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Lance Cpl. Albert R. Harper, a vehicle operator with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. David H. Berger, the assistant division commander of 2nd Marine Division, after receiving the Bronze Star Medal with a combat distinguishing device and Purple Heart Medal at a ceremony here Aug. 23. Harper was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroism and courageous actions while conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received the Purple Heart Medal for wounds sustained Feb. 16, 2007. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Lance Cpl. Albert R. Harper, a vehicle operator with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. David H. Berger, the assistant division commander of 2nd Marine Division, after receiving the Bronze Star Medal with a combat distinguishing device and Purple Heart Medal at a ceremony here Aug. 23. Harper was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroism and courageous actions while conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received the Purple Heart Medal for wounds sustained Feb. 16, 2007.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Lance Cpl. Albert R. Harper, a vehicle operator with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. David H. Berger, the assistant division commander of 2nd Marine Division, after receiving the Bronze Star Medal with a combat distinguishing device and Purple Heart Medal at a ceremony here Aug. 23. Harper was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroism and courageous actions while conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received the Purple Heart Medal for wounds sustained Feb. 16, 2007. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Lance Cpl. Albert R. Harper, a vehicle operator with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. David H. Berger, the assistant division commander of 2nd Marine Division, after receiving the Bronze Star Medal with a combat distinguishing device and Purple Heart Medal at a ceremony here Aug. 23. Harper was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroism and courageous actions while conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received the Purple Heart Medal for wounds sustained Feb. 16, 2007.

KINGS BAY, Ga. (Aug. 17, 2007)- Lt. Col. Andrew J. Murray (left), commanding officer of Marine Corps Security Force Company, Kings Bay, Ga., speaks to Deb and Dan Dunham, the parents of Cpl. Jason Dunham, a Medal of Honor recipient for Operation Iraqi Freedom, after a barracks dedication ceremony for their son here, Aug. 17. Dunham was stationed here from 2001-2003 before joining 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Dunham received the Medal of Honor for heroic actions in Karabilah, Iraq, on April 14, 2004. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - KINGS BAY, Ga. (Aug. 17, 2007)- Lt. Col. Andrew J. Murray (left), commanding officer of Marine Corps Security Force Company, Kings Bay, Ga., speaks to Deb and Dan Dunham, the parents of Cpl. Jason Dunham, a Medal of Honor recipient for Operation Iraqi Freedom, after a barracks dedication ceremony for their son here, Aug. 17. Dunham was stationed here from 2001-2003 before joining 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Dunham received the Medal of Honor for heroic actions in Karabilah, Iraq, on April 14, 2004. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

KINGS BAY, Ga. (Aug. 17, 2007)- Lt. Col. Andrew J. Murray (left), commanding officer of Marine Corps Security Force Company, Kings Bay, Ga., speaks to Deb and Dan Dunham, the parents of Cpl. Jason Dunham, a Medal of Honor recipient for Operation Iraqi Freedom, after a barracks dedication ceremony for their son here, Aug. 17. Dunham was stationed here from 2001-2003 before joining 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Dunham received the Medal of Honor for heroic actions in Karabilah, Iraq, on April 14, 2004. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - KINGS BAY, Ga. (Aug. 17, 2007)- Lt. Col. Andrew J. Murray (left), commanding officer of Marine Corps Security Force Company, Kings Bay, Ga., speaks to Deb and Dan Dunham, the parents of Cpl. Jason Dunham, a Medal of Honor recipient for Operation Iraqi Freedom, after a barracks dedication ceremony for their son here, Aug. 17. Dunham was stationed here from 2001-2003 before joining 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Dunham received the Medal of Honor for heroic actions in Karabilah, Iraq, on April 14, 2004. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

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HADITHA, Iraq ? Staff Sgt. John Wear, staff noncommissioned-officer-in-charge of the Intelligence section, Headquarters and Service Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, assists a fellow Marine with his bench press in the gym located in the Hadithah forward operating base. - HADITHA, Iraq ? Staff Sgt. John Wear, staff noncommissioned-officer-in-charge of the Intelligence section, Headquarters and Service Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, assists a fellow Marine with his bench press in the gym located in the Hadithah forward operating base.

CAMP AL QA?IM, Iraq ? Lance Cpl. Filippo Travisany, a mortarman with Charlie Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 2, holds onto the American flag?s edges while two other Marines help fold it during evening retreat. Travisany, an Italian immigrant, dreams of being an American citizen. - CAMP AL QA?IM, Iraq ? Lance Cpl. Filippo Travisany, a mortarman with Charlie Company, Task Force 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 2, holds onto the American flag?s edges while two other Marines help fold it during evening retreat. Travisany, an Italian immigrant, dreams of being an American citizen.

KARABALAH, Iraq ? Cpl. Joseph Turner, a team leader with Alpha Company Task Force 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, hands candy to a homeowner?s little girl during a patrol stop. Turner says he not only gives candy to the children, he also buys rice, sugar and chai to give to the people here as a sign of friendship. - KARABALAH, Iraq ? Cpl. Joseph Turner, a team leader with Alpha Company Task Force 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, hands candy to a homeowner?s little girl during a patrol stop. Turner says he not only gives candy to the children, he also buys rice, sugar and chai to give to the people here as a sign of friendship.

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