Barwanah Patrol

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. William Frick, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, provides security during a foot patrol through the town of Barwanah, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2006. The 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew D. Young

U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, conducts a foot patrol through the town of Barwanah, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2006. The 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew D. Young

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Andrew Simmons, with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, provides security during a foot patrol through the town of Barwanah, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2006. The 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force( Forward), in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew D. Young

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Funk, with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, searches an Iraqi citizen in the town of Barwanah, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2006. The 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force( Forward), in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew D. Young

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, speak with Iraqi citizens while conducting a foot patrol through the town of Barwanah, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2006. The 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force ( Forward), in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew D. Young

U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. William Frick and Lance Cpl. Dunn Dakota, with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, provide security during a foot patrol through the town of Barwanah, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2006. The 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew D. Young

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Patrick Trinkle, with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, gathers the grid coordinates inside a house that will be established as an observation post during a foot patrol through the town of Barwanah, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2006. The 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew D. Young

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines speak with Iraqi children during a foot patrol through the town of Barwanah, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2006. The 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Forward in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew D. Young