AL QA’IM, Iraq – Sergeant Nicholas Schorr (right), the platoon sergeant for Weapons Platoon, Company I, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, holds his certificate of reenlistment with a fellow Company I Marine, Cpl. Bruce B. Thompson, after a re-enlistment ceremony on a rooftop in Ubaydi. Now on his fourth deployment with Company I, 3rd Bn., 2nd Marines, Schorr took the opportunity to solidify his future with the Marine Corps in an area where intense fighting consumed his second deployment with the battalion. Photo by: Cpl. Billy Hall
ABOARD USS GERMANTOWN — Cpl. Dale Guzman, Marine Corps Martial Arts green belt instructor, with Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Camp Pendleton, Calif., teaches martial arts to Marines and Sailors aboard USS Germantown during in a scheduled six-month deployment through the Western Pacific Ocean and Arabian Gulf region. Photo by: Cpl. Scott M. Biscuiti
AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (Dec. 14, 2007) – Lance Cpl. Mark Sheldon decorates his work section’s Christmas tree. It is a live tree and was provided by the National Christmas Tree Association’s Trees for Troops program. Sheldon is a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward). Photo by: Cpl. Andrew Kalwitz