A Marine with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, provides security at a forward operating base just outside Al Kharma, Iraq, Aug. 1, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dane R. Schaeffer an infantryman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, use binoculars to search for possible threats to a training compound where soldiers of the Iraqi National Guard and Marines established a forward operating base near Al Kharma, Aug. 1, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen