With one Marine continually providing security, Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines, the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), are swarmed by children while on patrol during Operation Moon River in Kubaysah, Iraq. Operation Moon River is part of the 22nd MEU (SOC)'s ongoing counterinsurgency effort in Iraq's Al Anbar province undertaken as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by: Gunnery Sgt. Keith A. Milks
Passing curious, waving bystanders, a Marine from Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines, the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), patrols through Kubaysah, Iraq, during Operation Moon River. The 22nd MEU (SOC) is currently in Iraq's Al Anbar province conducting counterinsurgency operations. Photo by: Sgt. Robert A. Sturkie
KIN BLUE BEACH, OKINAWA, Japan -- Lance Cpl. Kodi J. Lenz(center), Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Woodland(right), and Pfc. Hunter R. Smith, scout swimmers, swim ashore during company training conducted here Wednesday and Thursday by the Marines of Company F, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as part of their preparation for an upcoming special operations capability test. OFFICIAL U.S. Marine Corps Photo by: Gunnery Sgt. William J. Ray, Jr, 31st MEU Public Affairs