Sgt. Dave Childress of Knoxville, Tenn., with the 1st Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, hits some golf balls from the sand at Battle Position Iwo Jima in Sa’dah, Iraq on Saturday, where his unit secured the city during Operation Iron Fist. Friends donated and shipped the golf clubs and golf ball to Childress.
May the FOREs be with you!
Marines from the 3rd platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, patrol a street in the city of Sa'dah, Iraq on Saturday, with two German Shepard dogs who have taken a liking to the platoon. The unit secured the city, near the Syrian border, during Operation Iron Fist in early October.
Cry havoc, let loose the dogs of war, and bring Snausages®.
2nd Lt. Geoffrey Newton of Oxford, Miss., the 3rd Platoon commander with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, scans a map of Sa'dah, Iraq, before a foot patrol in search of insurgents in the city on Saturday. The unit secured the city during Operation Iron Fist in early October.
OK men, we have to take this village, and they may shoot at us a little, but it will be OK, because on the other end of this town is a Dairy Queen with WiFi access.
Cpl. Anthony Sangi, 22, from Saugerties, N.Y., the 3rd Squad leader with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, relaxes at Battle Position Chosin, in Sa'dah, Iraq, where the unit have set up an operating base, on Saturday.
Some of the Troops were not certain if that was the sun in their eyes because they were all strangers in town.
Cpl. Mikael Everett, from Williamston, N.C., Cpl. Daniel Battaglia, from San Carlos, Calif., and Sgt. Brent Wade, from Hackettstown, N.J., with Bravo Company, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, attached to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, play cards in the track in Sa'dah, Iraq on Saturday, before a mission in the city.
Amnesty International has raised a few brows because of thier intense criticisms of our Troops in Iraq playing cards during the holy period of Ramadam which coincidently they are trying to ban in the USA!
A line of Marines holds 27,822 runners at the starting line of the 30th Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday in Arlington, Va.
Trick O' Treaters started early this year in the nation's capital!
Participants in the annual Marine Corps Marathon run past the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sunday.
Senator Ted Kennedy decided to skip this years marathon because of scheduling conflicts, according to a press release.
A man dressed in a chicken costume checks his watch after finishing the 30th Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday in Arlington, Va.
Meanwhile, at that same point in time, a certain fat Senator finished a bowl of chicken wings just before his scheduled conflict.
Wendy McCoy, right, holds her husband, Jeff's face in her hands as she welcomes him back from Iraq at Volk Field near Camp Douglas, Wis. Jeff Volk was one of about 120 soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment., Wisconsin Army National Guard who returned on Sunday.
The real McCoys.
Navy Hospitalman Jason Wieneck, 24, of Newport News, Va., a corpsman with the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, works out with weights at Battle Position Iwo Jima between patrols into the town of Sa'dah, Iraq, on Monday.
Critics of the Administration have expressed outrage that our Troops (whom they deeply swear they support) are being compelled to exercise in unarmored gymnasiums, under less than weatherproof conditions.
Cpl. Bill Gross, 21, of Loudon, Ky., assigned to the 3rd platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, plays the guitar with fellow Marines at Battle Position Chosin on the outskirts of Sa'dah, Iraq., on Monday.
Meanwhile back in Kentucky the sale of ear plugs has plummeted greatly after a mysterious quirky rush when then the CPL and his unit were still in the region.
A Marine carries mortar rounds at he prepares to fire at insurgent from his position in the Iraqi-Syrian border in western Iraq on Sunday.
Roses are red, violets are blue, I have a gift to send, not just one but two.
A Marine sniper loads his weapon’s magazine with .50-caliber bullets near the town of Qaim at the Iraqi-Syrian border on Sunday. Insurgents fighting the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq remain active in this small town despite repeated military sweeps aimed at flushing them out.
The insurgents are so active that the media had trouble getting this photo while the Troops couldn't relax at all. Oh wait, wrong caption, I thought this was one of those other images.
An Army Chinook helicopter leaves Chaklala airport for another earthquake relief mission in the mountains over Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday.
Gosh it is tough to find a clean latrine in the greater Rawalpindi metropolitan area.
Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, left, of the 617th Military Police Company, Kentucky Army National Guard, Richmond, Ky., makes a face for her nephew during a welcome-home ceremony at the Air National Guard base in Louisville, Ky., on Monday. The 23-year-old sergeant became the first female soldier to receive the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest medal for valor, since World War II.
Call me old fashioned, but any woman/trooper who wears her hair in public with such abandon deserves a medal for bravery.
Family members wave to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Nimitz (CVN 68) as she passes the missing man memorial at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and enters Pearl Harbor for a brief port visit. Nimitz is returning from a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
Just another day at the office for our Troops.
Gibbs told "Chip" to "wipe that dirt off your lip". He doesn't wear a mustache well, or at least not that kind.
Thanks for your great pictures of our troops at work and at play and as usual, love your comments! They always crack me up!
I wonder if Cindy ever fixed pancakes for him?
