U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Steve Flick, with Mobile Assault Platoon, Red Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, looks through his binoculars at a possible improvised explosive device during a patrol in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Bruff, with Mobile Assault Platoon, Red Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, cleans his M240G Medium Machine Gun before going on patrol in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison

U.S. Marines prepare to use their Improved Target Acquisition System to examine a possible improvised explosive device during a patrol in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison

U.S. Marines use a construction vehicle to dig up buried wires on the side of the road during a patrol in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison

U.S. Marines question local residents of Kharma, Iraq, about suspicious activity after a recent improvised explosive device (IED) attack during a patrol Sept. 24, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison

U.S. Marines with the 2nd Marine Regiment, explain the events of a recent improvised explosive device (IED) attack to Marines with 8th Engineers Support Battalion in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison

A U.S. Marine sprays red paint to mark the area where his Marines were hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) during a patrol in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joseph Taylor, with Mobile Assault Platoon, Red Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, provides security after a recent improvised explosive device (IED) attack during a patrol in Kharma, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Hutchison