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To: Kathy in Alaska

Staff Sgt. Daniel Cusinato, of Simi Valley, Calif., takes a breather during combat on Saturday to shave. He is with Regimental Combat Team 1, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, attached to the Combat Service Support Battalion, and is primarily engaged in explosive disposal. He works with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment in Fallujah, Iraq.

Heroes in mirror are larger than they appear.

 

Bolt Cutters make pad locks and Marines compatable.


Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, hold strict security as they make their way down a street in Fallujah, Iraq, on Saturday.

I see that the Marines have been given the key to the city in this candid image.

 

 

Cpl. Timothy M. Buquoi, from Dallas, keeps an eye out for a sniper during house-to-house searches conducted by Marines of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, in Fallujah, Iraq, on Friday.

 

Marines from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, storm a house in Fallujah, Iraq, on Friday during house-to-house searches as operations to attempt to root out insurgents from the city continue.

Hi, we are with the local Welcome Wagon Branch, and we just wanted to drop by and say "surrender."

 

Marines from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, search a room in Fallujah, Iraq, for intelligence.

Lets go men, there is no intelligent life in this Fallujahn flop house.

 

Sgt. Jacob Hall, a member of the 1st Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Task Force 22 Infantry Mortars, based out of Newport, Tenn., takes a well-deserved swig of real beer on Sunday at a gathering celebrating the handover from the Army to the Marine Corps of the Army-controlled section of Fallujah, Iraq.

The rules concerning "Formations" certainly have changed in the New Army.

Soldiers work Sunday to remove the remains of the city gate of Mosul, Iraq, after insurgents destroyed the highway landmark on Friday. According to military officials on the scene, insurgents were apparently attempting to block a main military supply route into the city.

The Sadaam Hussein Presidential Library has had a few structural problems which have become evident in recent days.

 

A U.S. soldier and a soldier of the Iraqi army patrol together on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, on Saturday. The soldiers were checking for insurgent activity.

Is that Iraqi Troop wearing a French manicure?

 

Staff Sgt. Robert Ellerbe, a member of the 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor, directs the loading of supplies in Jalula, Iraq, on Saturday.

 


Capt. Mike Quinto gets homecoming hugs from his sons Ethan, 8, left, and Nicholas, 5. Quinto, along with four other Marine Corps Harrier pilots, returned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., on Saturday after six months in Iraq with other members of VMA-542.

Lt. Col. Don Sterling is greeted by his wife, Heather, and two-month old son, Chase, after returning to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., on Saturday after a six-month deployment to Iraq with VMA-542. It was the first time Sterling was able to hold his son, who was born while he was overseas.

 

Shot Happens!

 

Just another day at the office for our Troops!

245 posted on 11/22/2004 3:46:55 PM PST by Radix (Help, my Tag Line has just gotten loose and it is running amok.)
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To: Radix
Hi, we are with the local Welcome Wagon Branch, and we just wanted to drop by and say "surrender."

ROFL!!!

And thanks for posting the tear-jerkers near the end so I could see the others first! ;o)

246 posted on 11/22/2004 3:51:27 PM PST by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: Radix

GOD LOVE THOSE BEAUTIFUL GUYS!!!! PLEASE KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM!

264 posted on 11/22/2004 5:06:49 PM PST by luvie (WE DID NOT WAVER; WE DID NOT TIRE; WE DID NOT FALTER; AND WE DID NOT FAIL!! GWB ROCKS!!!!!!!!)
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To: Radix
Catching up.....

Hi, we are with the local Welcome Wagon Branch, and we just wanted to drop by and say "surrender."

Love the Welcome Wagon!!

The Sadaam Hussein Presidential Library has had a few structural problems which have become evident in recent days.

LOL!!

Thanks, Radix, for the great selection of pictures. Please, God, may loved ones see loved ones.

409 posted on 11/23/2004 2:25:20 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (Support Our Troops! Operation Valentine's www.proudpatriots.com)
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