[Joe Brower]

Hard to tell what sidearm the Marine on the left is carrying. I've seen a lot of non-issue sidearms in photos coming out of the Iraq theatre.

[BluH2o]

Hard to tell what sidearm the Marine on the left is carrying ...

Check out the K-bar, they've been around in the Marine Corps going back at least to WWII. Not sure if at any point they were standard issue ... if you wanted one when I was in the Corps you forked out the cash from your meager hard earned pittance.