A U.S. Marine from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment monitors a grove of palm trees and fields near the Euphrates River in Haditha, Iraq, on Friday Oct. 7, 2005. For some Marines in 3rd Battalion, 1st Regiment from Camp Pendleton, California, this hectic pace is how they prefer life. But for others, many on their third tour in Iraq in as many years, the demands of life these days in the overstretched U.S. military is just too much, regardless of the plum bonuses being dangled in front of them. (AP Photo/Antonio Castaneda)