Chaplain Mark Grant-Jones holds a service for members of B Company of the First Queen's Dragoon Guards, as they prepare to move out to support the Black Watch at Camp Dogwood, 20 miles west of Baghdad(AFP/Pool/File/Maurice McDonald)
U.S. Marine Lcpl. Jason Hash of Baltimore, MD, with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, raises his M16 rifle on a patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, Monday Nov. 1, 2004. A gun battle with insurgents soon followed but there were no casualties. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
bttt. Lord, bless and keep these soldiers, fighting to protect our country, and one of it's key elements, freedom of practice of religion. Amen.
Cpl. Christopher J. Lapka, of Peoria, Ariz., is shown here in this 2002 family handout photo. Lapka, 22, had only been in Iraq for two weeks when he was among eight killed Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, in a car bombing attack. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Lapka Family)