Iraqi children show Navy Seaman Samuel L. Blanco how old they are between a combat patrol in Husayba, Iraq Sept. 23. He and the Marines of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment paused the patrol to spend time with the kids. Blanco is a 25-year-old hospital corpsman from Justin, Texas and serves under Regimental Combat Team 5 and will be conducting operations in the Habbaniyah area for seven months. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis, 1st Marine Division