RUTBAH FARMER - U.S. Marines question an Iraqi farmer during a patrol through western Al Anbar province, Iraq, May 18, 2008. The company patrols the outskirts of Rutbah, Iraq ensuring the farmers are free from danger and receiving the supplies they need to cultivate their crops. The Marines are assigned to Company D, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5.U.S. Marine Corps photo

Labels: 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Iraq, photos, Regimental Combat Team 5, Rutbah, USMC

POSITIVE FEEDBACK - An Iraqi boy waves a sign, written for him in English by an older Iraq boy, as a way to say "thank you" for the paper that was donated to his school in Baghdad, Iraq, by a school district in Wyoming, May 10, 2008. The supplies were distributed by U.S. Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 5.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman

Labels: Baghdad, children, Humanitarian Aid, Iraq, photos, Regimental Combat Team 5, USMC

ANBAR SCOUT
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alec N. Temples provides security while fellow scouts search old bunkers in western Anbar province, Iraq, May 2. The scouts are with Charlie Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5. U.S. Marine Corps photo Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson

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ANBAR PASSAGE - U.S. Marines ensure the area is clear of threats during a cache search in western Anbar province, May 1, 2008. The Marines have found several caches around the area, including one with more than six 120 mm rounds. The Marines are assigned to Company C, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson

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VEHICLE CHECK - U.S. Marine Corps Col. Patrick J. Malay, commander, Regimental Combat Team 5, hands a man candy to give to his children during a vehicle check in Baghdad, Iraq, April 4, 2008. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Hill

Labels: Baghdad, Iraq, photos, Regimental Combat Team 5, USMC

SEARCHING FOR BOMBS - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas G. Anderson and Iraqi police provide security while looking for a possible improvised explosive device outside of Jebadin, Iraq, March 15, 2008. Anderson is assigned to the 3rd Marine Regiment's 2nd Battalion, Foxtrot Company, Regimental Combat Team 1. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stuart C. Wegenka


WIRED - U.S. Marine Cpl. Colin A. Hayes and Cpl. Joshua T. Dawson move concertina wire at a traffic control point in Akashat, Iraq, March 16, 2008, to make way for concrete barriers. The two are assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion's Regimental Combat Team 5. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Torres


Soldiers from the 4th Brigade, 7th Division of the Iraqi Army, take a knee in a unique formation at the opening of their Basic Combat Training graduation ceremony here Mar. 9. The course is six-weeks long and provides instruction in military drill, tactical maneuvers and marksmanship. The marksmanship training is supervised and instructed by U.S. Marines at the Advanced Infantry Training Center here. The AITC graduated approximately 14,000 Iraqi Soldiers and Police officers from its course in 2007, which is just 2,000 fewer recruits than Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. The BCT recruits are instructed primarily by Iraqi Soldiers. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Robert C. Medina, 1st Marine Logistics Group, 03/09/2008


Before rolling out, Alfonso Vasquez, tactical safety specialist with Base Safety and Environmental, 1st Marine Logistics Group, ensures the all-terrain vehicle student operators are good to go. One of Base Safety's new goals is to make the roads at Camp Taqaddum safer by ensuring the ATV's are driven by people capable of handling them. Vasquez and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dexter M. Cubol, safety inspector with Base Safety and Environmental, manage an ATV operator's training course that gives service members a chance to get a feel for the vehicle before taking it out on the open road. Photo submitted 03/28/2008; taken by Cpl. Tyler B. Barstow Read the story associated with this photo

Labels: 3rd LARB, 3rd Marine Regiment, 7th Iraqi Army Division, Iraqi Army, Jebadin, photos, Regimental Combat Team 1, Regimental Combat Team 5, USMC