Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, meet their families at the Combat Center’s Victory Field after returning from a seven-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Sept. 5. 3/4’s return marks the drawing to a close of their fifth combat deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. CLB-7 detachments deployed for the third time in February in support of OIF. Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Nerl
CAMP HABBANIYAH, Iraq (September 3, 2008) – Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills (center), Ground Combat Element Commander, Multi National Force – West, walks with Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, staff during his visit Sept. 3. Mills met with the battalion’s command and staff, to discuss progress and the transition of authority to Iraqi-led operations. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt)
Army Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of Multi-National Force - Iraq, arrives at Camp Gannon, Iraq, Sept. 6 to visit Iraqi security forces along the Iraqi-Syrian border and speak with the service members at the camp. Petraeus also recognized several service members and presented them with coins. Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray