Future Looks Bright
Corporal Steven Lowry of RCT-1 Echo Company 2nd Battalion 24th Marines watches an Iraqi boy at a school in Saqlawiyah, Iraq, February 28, 2008. I MEF is deployed with Multi National Force-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Al Anbar to develop Iraqi security forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. Marines photo by Lance Cpl. Erin A. Kirk.