U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ronnie Shertell, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, plays with a small Iraqi child during a knock and cordon mission being conducted in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Rishard Wood, a hospital corpsman, provides first-aid for a local Iraqi civilian who collapsed from dehydration during a knock and cordon mission in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. The 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, prepare to enter and clear a house during a knock and cordon mission conducted in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Copeland, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security while fellow Marines search and clear a house during a knock and cordon mission in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, prepare to enter and clear a house during a knock and cordon mission in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Aaron Broadus, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security during a knock and cordon mission in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Collins, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security during a knock and cordon missoin in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brain Rodriguez, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, climbs over a locked gate while fellow Marines prepare to enter and clear the house during a knock and cordon mission being conducted in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brendan Duffy, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, searches an Iraqi citizen passing through the area of operation while Pfc. Jason Roland provides cover, during a knock and cordon mission in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, clear a house during a knock and cordon mission in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


A U.S. Marine assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, searches and clears a building during a knock and cordon being conducted in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


A U.S. Marine assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides over-watch security from a rooftop while fellow Marines search and clear houses during a knock and cordon mission in Fallujah, Iraq, July 7, 2005. Marines of Bravo Company, 2nd Marine Division and Multinational Force-West continuously conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury