Cpl. Adam T. Williams, a 24-year-old motor transport operator from Mexico, Mo., hands out bottled water to the neighborhood kids of Husayba, Iraq during Operation Rubicon, Aug. 25. Williams and other Marines, U.S. Army and a sailor assigned to K Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment were on a combat mission when they stopped to give the refreshments to the kids. Willliams is currently serving a seven-month deployment in the Habbaniyah area under Regimental Combat Team 5. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis
Pfc. Justin R. Carman watches Lance Cpl. Alfred J. Lomando's back above a rooftop in Husayba, Iraq during Operation Rubicon, Aug. 27. Marines, U.S. Army soldiers and a sailor assigned to K Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment were on a combat mission of clearing houses of insurgents and looking for weapons. Carman is a 19-year-old rifleman assigned from Tampa, Fla. Lomando is a 21-year-old machine gunner from Miami, Fla. Both Marines are currently serving a seven-month deployment in the Habbaniyah area under Regimental Combat Team 5. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis
Navy Capt. Matthew C. Gratton receives the Bronze Star Medal from Navy Vice Admiral John C. Harvey Jr., chief of Naval Personnel, during a ceremony Aug. 28.