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Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, stationed at Camp Fallujah, patrol through a small village north of Karmah, Iraq, September 10. Kilo Co. aided the Iraqi locals in establishing an Iraqi Community Watch, a first effort at Iraqi security forces in the region. The ICW will give Coalition Forces an enduring presence in the area to restrict the freedom of movement of terrorist forces. - Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, stationed at Camp Fallujah, patrol through a small village north of Karmah, Iraq, September 10. Kilo Co. aided the Iraqi locals in establishing an Iraqi Community Watch, a first effort at Iraqi security forces in the region. The ICW will give Coalition Forces an enduring presence in the area to restrict the freedom of movement of terrorist forces.

Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, stationed at Camp Fallujah, patrol through a small village north of Karmah, Iraq, Sept. 10. Kilo Co. started operations in the previously-untouched territories that are known for insurgent activities and hope to push the insurgents out of the area or trap them in to be captured. - Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, stationed at Camp Fallujah, patrol through a small village north of Karmah, Iraq, Sept. 10. Kilo Co. started operations in the previously-untouched territories that are known for insurgent activities and hope to push the insurgents out of the area or trap them in to be captured.

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Lance Cpl. Jonathan S. Baker, a SAW gunner with Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, keeps on the lookout as he mans his turret mounted machine-gun during Operation Texas here, Aug. 31 to Sep. 3. The 19-year-old Bastrop, Texas, native watches for fires, smoke or signals from other units, but most of all he watches for insurgents. The combined operation, involving the Army’s 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, the Marine’s 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment and the “First of the First” battalion, concentrated on northern Saqlawiyah, an area which had not seen significant coalition presence in months. The operation was aimed at forcing insurgents and their murder and intimidation campaign out of this quiet agricultural community, where they hide, and into the hands of Coalition Forces. - Lance Cpl. Jonathan S. Baker, a SAW gunner with Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, keeps on the lookout as he mans his turret mounted machine-gun during Operation Texas here, Aug. 31 to Sep. 3. The 19-year-old Bastrop, Texas, native watches for fires, smoke or signals from other units, but most of all he watches for insurgents. The combined operation, involving the Army’s 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, the Marine’s 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment and the “First of the First” battalion, concentrated on northern Saqlawiyah, an area which had not seen significant coalition presence in months. The operation was aimed at forcing insurgents and their murder and intimidation campaign out of this quiet agricultural community, where they hide, and into the hands of Coalition Forces.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. ? Sgt. Geoffrey C. Rumpf (left), headquarters platoon sergeant for Company D, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, checks to ensure an AT-4 light anti-armor weapon is ready to fire during a live-fire exercise here Sept. 12. Rumpf and other Marines from the ?Destroyer? battalion fired inert and high-explosive rockets for the Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon and the AT-4 at abandoned tank hulls at distances ranging from 100-500 meters. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. ? Sgt. Geoffrey C. Rumpf (left), headquarters platoon sergeant for Company D, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, checks to ensure an AT-4 light anti-armor weapon is ready to fire during a live-fire exercise here Sept. 12. Rumpf and other Marines from the ?Destroyer? battalion fired inert and high-explosive rockets for the Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon and the AT-4 at abandoned tank hulls at distances ranging from 100-500 meters.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 10, 2007)- Lt. Col. Dave Barnes, the officer in charge of the Transition Team Cell, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II MEF, speaks to Marines, soldiers, sailors and civilian and government scientist about missions, roles and capability needs of transition teams in Iraq during the II MEF Science and Technology conference at Marston Pavilion here Sept. 10. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 10, 2007)- Lt. Col. Dave Barnes, the officer in charge of the Transition Team Cell, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II MEF, speaks to Marines, soldiers, sailors and civilian and government scientist about missions, roles and capability needs of transition teams in Iraq during the II MEF Science and Technology conference at Marston Pavilion here Sept. 10. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2007) -- Lt. Col. Thad R. Trapp (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jose L. Santiago pose with a car hood given to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at the battalion?s family day at Onslow Beach Sept. 8. The hood was given to the battalion courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing Team and was signed by NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2007) -- Lt. Col. Thad R. Trapp (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jose L. Santiago pose with a car hood given to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at the battalion?s family day at Onslow Beach Sept. 8. The hood was given to the battalion courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing Team and was signed by NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2007) -- Lt. Col. Thad R. Trapp (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jose L. Santiago pose with a car hood given to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at the battalion?s family day at Onslow Beach Sept. 8. The hood was given to the battalion courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing Team and was signed by NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Sept. 8, 2007) -- Lt. Col. Thad R. Trapp (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jose L. Santiago pose with a car hood given to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at the battalion?s family day at Onslow Beach Sept. 8. The hood was given to the battalion courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing Team and was signed by NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin.

Pfc. Andrew D. Bear, a team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, pauses for a moment to inspect a weapons cache that he discovered, Aug. 23. The weapons cache was hidden just below the surface of an Iraqi field and contained more than 350 37mm anti-aircraft rounds. The rounds, if not found, could have been used by insurgents to make an IED. The large field the cache was found in was shown to the Marines by the local Iraqi Police, who also helped search alongside the Marines. - Pfc. Andrew D. Bear, a team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, pauses for a moment to inspect a weapons cache that he discovered, Aug. 23. The weapons cache was hidden just below the surface of an Iraqi field and contained more than 350 37mm anti-aircraft rounds. The rounds, if not found, could have been used by insurgents to make an IED. The large field the cache was found in was shown to the Marines by the local Iraqi Police, who also helped search alongside the Marines.

Cpl. Brian L. Pauluchuk, a team leader with 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, checks the Marines behind him to make sure the patrol is moving along safely during Operation Street Sweeper II, here August 28-30, to rid the area of the insurgency and its deadly tools. There was another determined element involved in the operation: the local Iraqi Police, who also conducted mounted and dismounted patrols. These local men traveled up and down the roads and also searched markets and houses for people they recognized as wanted insurgents. - Cpl. Brian L. Pauluchuk, a team leader with 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, checks the Marines behind him to make sure the patrol is moving along safely during Operation Street Sweeper II, here August 28-30, to rid the area of the insurgency and its deadly tools. There was another determined element involved in the operation: the local Iraqi Police, who also conducted mounted and dismounted patrols. These local men traveled up and down the roads and also searched markets and houses for people they recognized as wanted insurgents.