A Marine with Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment provides security, June 29, 2005, at a street corner in a village outside Saqlawiyah, Iraq, codenamed “Shadyville.” Company A personnel assisted the Iraqi Security Forces during “Operation Shadyville,” a mission that netted several suspected insurgent supporters, two improvised explosive devices, and 50 AK-47 assault rifles. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar


Iraqi soldiers knock on a door, June 29, 2005, in a village outside Saqlawiyah, Iraq, codenamed "Shadyville" and proceed to enter it to search for weapons and explosives. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar


Two Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment inspect a confiscated weapon, June 29, 2005, during “Operation Shadyville.” U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar


A Marine with Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment marks a house, June 29, 2005, in a village outside Saqlawiyah, Iraq, codenamed "Shadyville" as having already been inspected for weapons and explosives. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar


An Iraqi soldier attempts to kick down a door, June 29, 2005, in a village outside Saqlawiyah, Iraq, codenamed “Shadyville” to gain entry into the locked house. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar


U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Howard Aycock, a machine gunner with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and a Navy corpsman provide security, June 29, 2005, in a village outside Saqlawiyah codenamed “Shadyville.” U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar


Engineers from 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion search outside a house for buried weapons and explosive devices, June 29, 2005, during “Operation Shadyville.” U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar


U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Jernigan, a combat engineer with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, uses his AN/PSS-12 metal detector to search for buried weapons and explosive devices, June 29, 2005, in a village outside Saqlawiyah codenamed “Shadyville.” U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar


Engineers from 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion search a dirt mound, June 29, 2005, outside a house for buried weapons and explosive devices in a village outside Saqlawiyah. Iraq, codenamed “Shadyville.” U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar


U.S. Marine Cpl. Allen Ryals, 2nd squad leader, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, digs through a dirt mound outside a house, June 29, 2005, while looking for buried weapons and explosive devices during “Operation Shadyville.” U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar

From left to right: Pvt. Bryan Smith, Cpl. Allen Ryals, and Lance Cpl. Jason Murray, combat engineers with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, stand behind an unearthed improvised explosive device, June 29, 2005, in a village outside Saqlawiyah, Iraq, codenamed “Shadyville.” U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mike Escobar