U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Iraqi army soldiers conduct a joint patrol in Habbaniyah, Iraq, Nov. 16, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adaecus G. Brooks

U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Iraqi army soldiers conduct a joint patrol in Habbaniyah, Iraq, Nov. 16, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adaecus G. Brooks

Iraqi army soldiers take up kneeling positions during a joint patrol in Habbaniyah, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2006. The patrol is being conducted with U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adaecus G. Brooks

Iraqi army soldiers stop a vehicle during a joint patrol in Habbaniyah, Iraq, Nov. 16, 2006. The patrol is being conducted with U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adaecus G. Brooks

Iraqi army soldiers stop a vehicle to question a man during a joint patrol in Habbaniyah, Iraq, Nov. 16, 2006. The patrol is being conducted with U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adaecus G. Brooks

U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Iraqi army soldiers speak with local Iraqi men during a joint patrol in Habbaniyah, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adaecus G. Brooks

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kristopher Battles, a combat artist for the I Marine Expeditionary Force, draws a sketch of the commanding officer of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, resting in Habbaniyah, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2006, as a fellow Marine watches. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adaecus G. Brooks


For more photo essays, visit DefendAmerica