Sgt. Juan L. Pichardo of 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8, gives stuffed animals to students at Shahira al-Joulan Girls Primary School in Rutbah, Iraq during a visit by one of the battalion’s patrols, Feb. 16, 2009. The stuffed animals were sent to the Marines in Iraq by Beanies for Baghdad, an official military 501(c) non-profit member of the Department of Defense’s America Supports You program. - Sgt. Juan L. Pichardo of 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8, gives stuffed animals to students at Shahira al-Joulan Girls Primary School in Rutbah, Iraq during a visit by one of the battalion’s patrols, Feb. 16, 2009. The stuffed animals were sent to the Marines in Iraq by Beanies for Baghdad, an official military 501(c) non-profit member of the Department of Defense’s America Supports You program.