U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, drive through the Andaloos District of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. Iraqi security forces helped the Marines sweep through the area to deny enemy presence and show the local citizens their ability to work with the Marines anywhere in the city. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

An Iraqi man opens his front door to speak with U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Christopher L. Doggett and Sgt. Flavio D. Mendes during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. The Marines, with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Iraqi security forces swept the Andaloos District of Fallujah to look for signs enemy forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Christopher A. Landro, battalion commander, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, speaks with local Iraqi citizens during Operation Matador in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2006. Iraqi security forces helped the Marines sweep through the area to deny enemy presence and show the local citizens their ability to work with the Marines anywhere in the city. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Youngjun Choi, with the Personnel Security Detachment, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides security for his fellow Marines as they search a house in the Andaloos District of Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Bradley E. Trudell, battalion sergeant major, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, took time to learn a few words of Arabic during Operation Matador in the Andaloos District of Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2006. The Marines along with Iraqi Security Forces searched every building to make sure no insurgents were operating in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Christopher L. Doggett, a combat engineer and platoon commander assigned to 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, knocks on a door in Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

An Iraqi boy follows 1st Lt. Christopher L. Doggett down a flight of stairs as he searches a home in the Andaloos District of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine Cpl. Scott Reams of B Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, clears a building during Operation Matador in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2006. The operation was a combined effort by Marines, Iraqi Police and Iraqi soldiers to disrupt insurgent activity in the Andaloos district of Fallujah. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva

U.S. Marines from B Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 move from a half-built structure to clear every house and store in their section of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva