Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt
Date: 2008-12-28 19:52:00 Iraqi authorities cut the handcuffs from one of the nine former Coalition Force detainees released to Iraqi authorities here Dec. 28. "We are completely capable with our security and our judicial system to take on the challenge of these detainees," said Capt. Fil Amer Abdrazq, an Iraqi Police officer in Rawah. "Like any judicial process, these men have served their sentence and are being processed through our stations before they return to the community and their families."
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Capt. Paul L. Greenberg
Date: 2008-12-29 16:30:00 Before stepping off on an atmospherics patrol in Rutbah, Iraq Dec. 29, Sgt. Daniel Giere (left), a squad leader with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, calls his command operations center to relay a situation report with help from Cpl. Talmadge Flowers, radioman with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment. The Marines patrolled with the Iraqi Police, and were assessing the living conditions of the Rutbah citizens.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Capt. Paul L. Greenberg
Date: 2008-12-29 17:03:00 Lance Cpl. Nicholas Gilmer, an infantryman with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Laith Mohammed Abud, an Iraqi Police officer, pull security at an intersection in Rutbah, Iraq, as their squad leader interviews local residents. While the purpose of the patrol was to assess the civic conditions of the town, the Marines are helping the Iraqi Police present a vigilant security presence, as well.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Capt. Paul L. Greenberg
Date: 2008-12-29 17:01:00 Sgt. Daniel Giere (right), a squad leader with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, interviews Abdel Salam Fakaj, 50, a resident of Rutbah, Iraq, during a security patrol in the city Dec. 29. During the patrol, Giere and his Marines conducted "atmospherics," posing questions to people they met on the street to assess the quality of life for the city's residents and to facilitate a positive relationship with their host community.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Capt. Paul L. Greenberg
Date: 2008-12-29 17:28:00 While conducting "atmospherics" on a security patrol in Rutbah, Iraq, Dec. 29, Sgt. Daniel Giere, a squad leader with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, stops to speak with a teenage boy who greeted the Marines in English. The boy showed them his English textbook, explaining that he had learned his English in a local high school, indicating progress with the education system in Rutbah.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Capt. Paul L. Greenberg
Date: 2008-12-29 16:50:00 Lance Cpl. Caleb Smith, 20, from Skippick, Pa. hands out candy to Iraqi children while on a security patrol with Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment in Rutbah, Iraq Dec. 29th. Smith's platoon is currently attached to Tango Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, an active duty artillery unit based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., currently operating out of Combat Outpost Rutbah.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt
Date: 2008-12-23 16:38:00 RAWAH, Iraq (December 23, 2008) â Lt. Col. Tariq Subhi Hussayn, Rawah Chief of Police, discusses security priorities during a weekly security council meeting, Dec. 23. Marines with Company C, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 attended the meeting to evaluate the capabilities and limitations of the Iraqi Security Forces (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt)
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt
Date: 2008-12-23 17:51:00 An Iraqi Policeman mans his security post out side the Rawah District Headquarters building, Dec. 23. "As the Marines pull back (Iraqi Police) are moving forward in every aspect of security," explained Lt. Col. Tariq Subhi Hussayn, Rawah chief of police. Marines with Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 are currently assessing the capabilities and limitations of the Iraqi Security Forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt)
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-17 15:15:00 Writing in his personal log book, Cpl. Galen J. Staats, a scout with Jump Platoon, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance, Regimental Combat Team 5, ensures all exchanges in the meeting are recorded during a leaders' meeting in Rutbah, Iraq, July 17. Staats acts as the commanding officer's eyes and ears by recording all of the topics covered during the encounters experienced by Lt. Col. Russell E. Smith, 2nd LAR Bn. commanding officer, with citizens and leaders of western Al Anbar province, Iraq.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-17 15:10:00 Cpl. Galen J. Staats, 21, a scout with Battalion Jump Platoon, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides security while Lt. Col. Russell E. Smith, 44, battalion commander of 2nd LAR, attends a leaders' meeting in Rutbah, Iraq, July 18. Staats, from Norfolk, Va., is an administrative clerk-turned rifleman who became the personal scribe for the battalion commander, Lt. Col. Russell E. Smith, 44.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Paul Torres
Date: 2008-08-09 10:53:00 An Iraqi mother brings her two sons to see Doctor Omar Samir during the medical engagement held at the Rawah youth center Aug 9. The Rawah government teamed up with Coalition forces to help bring medical aid to the people of Rawah who would otherwise not get it.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Paul Torres
Date: 2008-08-09 10:57:00 An Iraqi boy speaks with one of the local doctors during the medical engagement held at the Rawah youth center Aug 9. The Rawah government teamed up with Coalition forces to help bring medical aid to the people of Rawah who would otherwise not get it. About 70 people showed up to have their records looked over or to be examined. The people were given the opportunity to be helped by the doctor and to receive the humanitarian aid supplies that were being handed out by coalition forces.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Erik Villagran
Date: 2008-08-14 17:04:00 The Haditha City Council poses for a photo with the U.S Congress members that visited August 14. Representatives Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas, fifth from left, Madeleine Z. Bordallo, D-Guam, Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, center back row, and Michael R. Turner, R-Ohio, sixth from right, discussed accomplishments and future plans with the city council members. After the meeting Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, escorted the congress members through a marketplace in Haditha.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Erik Villagran
Date: 2008-08-14 17:38:00 Lance Cpl. Thomas S. Otwell, a 21-year-old rifleman from Emmet, Ark., provides security as members of the U.S. Congress make their way through a Haditha marketplace. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, ensured the streets were safe for the U.S. Representatives to converse with the local citizens and hand candy out to children. The representatives also met with the Haditha City Council to discuss the progress in Iraq.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Erik Villagran
Date: 2008-08-14 17:03:00 The mayor of Haditha, Abdul Hakim Mohammed Rashid Mohammed, shakes hands with Congressman Michael R. Turner, R-Ohio. Turner and three other U.S. Representatives visited Haditha August 14 to see the progress Iraqi has made. After the Representatives discussed the successes in the area and the future plans for the city, they walked through a marketplace. As they walked through the city, they handed out candy to children, and, with the help of interpreters, were able to carry on conversations with the residents.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Erik Villagran
Date: 2008-08-14 17:40:00 Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo, D-Guam, hands candy to an Iraqi child during a tour of a Haditha marketplace. Bordallo and three Congressmen visited the city on August 14 to see first hand the progress Iraq has made. The U.S. Representatives met with the Haditha City Council to discuss accomplishments Iraq had and future they plans they have made.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-10 22:21:00 During a tour around Camp Korean Village, Eric E. Raum, lead guitarist for the alternative rock group CatchPenny, mounts a Kevlar helmet on his head to ride in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protective vehicle July 10. The band from Minneapolis met and conversed with the Marines and sailors all over the base to have a âfirst-eyeâ glimpse of life in Iraq and to personally thank the Marines for their service.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-11 01:23:00 Zack C. Carroll, 20, drummer with the rock group CatchPenny, keeps the beat during a concert to salute the service members aboard Camp Korean Village, Iraq, July 10. The Minneapolis-based rock band toured and performed at the base to demonstrate their appreciation for the American troops' sacrifice for their country.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-11 02:20:00 Lance Cpl. Michael A. Shipman, 21, a small-arms repair specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, plays the cowbell during a performance with the rock group CatchPenny at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, July 10. According to the Marines, the show fostered a great atmosphere for those serving in Iraq. The morale increased dramatically with every song played.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-11 01:34:00 Eric Raum, 24, lead guitarist of the alternative rock group CatchPenny, performs a solo during a concert held for the Marines and sailors aboard Camp Korean Village, Iraq, July 10. The band, based out of Minneapolis, toured and performed at the base to display their gratitude towards the service members' sacrifice for their country.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-11 01:19:00 Singing and playing keyboard in front of more than 500 Marines and sailors, Zach R. Schauf, 23, lead singer and keyboardist for the alternative rock group CatchPenny and a Barron, Wis., native, exhibits his thanks to the service members during a concert at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, July 10. The band, based out of Minneapolis, showed their gratitude for the service members by providing them a taste of home with energetic rock music.
Singing and playing keyboard in front of more than 500 Marines and sailors, Zach R. Schauf, 23, lead singer and keyboardist for the alternative rock group CatchPenny and a Barron, Wis., native, exhibits his thanks to the service members during a concert at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, July 10. The band, based out of Minneapolis, showed their gratitude for the service members by providing them a taste of home with energetic rock music.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Sgt. Justin Clarkson
Date: 2008-08-10 03:45:00 Lance Corporals Kloyce E. Dennard and Nicholas P. Dennard, both scouts with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, stand together at Combat Outpost Akashat, Iraq, Aug. 10. The two brothers were born on different sides of the International Dateline and raised in military family by their Marine father. Moving from station to station, they kept their bond throughout their childhood and enlisted in the Marine Corps together. (Photo by Sgt. Justin K. Clarkson)
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Shawn Coolman
Date: 2008-08-04 10:36:00 Iraqi Army soldiers, while awaiting their vehicles, conduct a simulated vehicle patrol that has just encountered a possible hazard in the road at Camp Mejid, Iraq, Aug. 5. Iraqi Army Seventh Infantry Division Route Clearance Platoon has worked with Marines of Route Clearance Platoon, Company A, Third Combat Engineer Company and Marines with Iraqi Army Seventh Infantry Division Military Transition Team. The Marines prepared the Iraqis to conduct their own independent route clearance missions.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Shawn Coolman
Date: 2008-08-01 10:40:00 Sgt. Xiong Yang, 23, a combat engineer from Aurora, Ill., (left, on vehicle) watches as Iraqi Army soldier Pfc. Wessam Yaqub, 28, a heavy vehicle operator, operates "the arm" during a training exercise at Camp Mejid, Iraq, Aug. 4. Iraqi Army Seventh Infantry Division Route Clearance Platoon has worked with Marines of Route Clearance Platoon, Company A, Third Combat Engineer Battalion and Marines with Iraqi Army Seventh Infantry Division Military Transition Team in preparation to conducting independent missions.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Shawn Coolman
Date: 2008-08-05 09:42:00 During a training exercise here, Iraqi Army Pfc. Waisam Rashash Mohammed, 22, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, locates a possible improvised explosive devise at Camp Mejid, Iraq, Aug 5. Soldiers of Iraqi Army Seventh Infantry Division have undertaken months of training and practical application by Coalition forces to keep the roads of Iraq safe.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-07-03 17:15:00 Lance Cpl. Brian A. Desatnik, 21, a scout team leader with Charlie Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, climbs up an oil truck to inspect the roof and tank during a vehicle check point operation in western Al Anbar province, Iraq, July 3. During their operations July 8, the Marines with Charlie Co. drug busted more than 500 pounds of narcotics resulting in a large disruption of trafficking throughout western Iraq.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Courtesy C Co.
Date: 2008-07-08 08:04:00 Marines with C Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 disrupted the drug flow after a drug bust in western Al Anbar province July 8. After the arrests, the company maintained their tempo of operations to prevent future illegal activity in the province.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-07-04 20:14:00 Searching a local Iraqi's truck, Cpl. Andrew H. Hodgkins, 22, a scout team leader from Brunswick, Mass., with Charlie Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, ensures there are no illegal substances or items being smuggled across the border during a vehicle check point operation in western Al Anbar province, Iraq, July 4. Just four days later, the Marines with Charlie Co., caught and charged three suspected insurgents with attempting to smuggle more than 500 pounds of methamphetamines across the border.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Erik Villagran
Date: 2008-08-01 23:12:00 A Marine with 1st Platoon, Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, uses heavy equipment to place a concrete barrier on the back of a 7-ton truck. Engineers have spent their combat deployment helping with force protection, the demilitarization of combat outposts and finding weapons caches along the Euphrates River. The engineers have moved more than 1,000 barriers during the combat tour and found weapons ranging from AK-47s to 120 mm artillery rounds.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Erik Villagran
Date: 2008-08-01 22:13:00 Staff Sgt. Edward Sheckelford, 27, a platoon guide from Columbia, S.C., assigned to Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, tightens a strap over a stack of concrete barriers. Engineers have moved more than 1,000 barriers. They've also found artillery rounds, improvised explosive device-making materials and small arms ammunition during weapons cache sweeps along the Euphrates River. The engineers were also helpful with the demilitarization of combat outposts.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Erik Villagran
Date: 2008-08-01 21:15:00 Sergeant Bryan S. Mohundro (left), 23, a squad leader, and Staff Sgt. Keith R. Mahon, 31, a platoon sergeant, both with 1st Platoon, Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, prepare a tram to carry a concrete barrier. The Marines from Co. A have assisted 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, with force protection, weapons caches sweeps and demilitarization of combat outposts. The engineers have spent many hours on the road operating in the battalion's large area of operation. They've moved more than 1,000 concrete barriers during the deployment.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Erik Villagran
Date: 2008-08-01 22:14:00 Sergeant Bryan S. Mohundro, 23, a squad leader from Columbia, Tenn., guides a Marine where to place a concrete barrier. Engineers with Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, have moved more than 1,000 barriers during their combat deployment. A Co. helped the battalion by providing force protection for Coalition Forces, Iraqi Security Forces and local nationals. They have found weapons ranging from AK-47s to 120 mm artillery rounds.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Courtesy E Company
Date: 2008-07-12 15:52:00 Balquis Rajib Ascar of Anah, Iraq, tries out her new custom wheelchair July 12. Cpl. Michael A. Goodman, left, a mortar section leader with Company E, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, coordinated with his wife, a nurse in Ohio, to arrange giving the six-year-old girl a custom-built wheelchair, something she's needed but is now getting for the first time in her life.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-02 20:40:00 Scouts with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, prepare to search an old Iraqi school during a patrol through Um Al Wazz, Iraq, Aug. 2. The company visited the towns of Um Al Wazz and Midham to search the area and tactically question the citizens for any suspicious activity and knowledge of oil smuggling that funds and supports the insurgency. The Marines cordoned off the whole area, ensuring a thorough search.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-03 13:55:00 Lance Cpl. Scott J.A. Baish, 23, a scout with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, walks into an Iraqi house during a house search at Midham, Iraq, Aug. 3. Midham was one of two towns Delta Co. patrolled through to hinder oil smuggling in the area, which can be used to fund and support insurgent elements.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-02 16:31:00 Though occupied with the attention of a young Iraqi boy, Lance Cpl. Matt W. Correll, a scout team leader with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, ensures the area is safe during a patrol through the city of Um Al Wazz, Iraq, Aug. 2. Correll and the rest of Delta Co. were engaged in this operation to neutralize the oil smuggling in the area.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-08-02 15:54:00 Staff Sgt. James M. Letsky, 35, a platoon sergeant with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Staff Sgt. Justin M. Cuomo, 33, a scout squad leader with Delta Co., plot out a search plan during a patrol through the city of Um Al Wazz, Iraq, Aug. 2. During the operation, the Marines detained one oil smuggler and more than four oil trucks. The mission lasted approximately two days, and Marines learned more about illegal operations in the area.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray
Date: 2008-07-22 07:12:00 Marines with the Jump Platoon of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, conduct route reconnaissance patrols along the Euphrates River after a city council meeting in Husaybah, Iraq, July 23. They discovered a section of the road that had eroded into the river so they made their way around the gap through a grassy field.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray
Date: 2008-07-22 04:54:00 Two young Iraqi boys show their support to passing Marines as they provide security outside of a city council meeting in Husaybah, Iraq, July 23. Marines, although staying professional and alert, waved back to return a supportive gesture.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray
Date: 2008-07-22 07:15:00 A Marine with the Jump Platoon of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, scans the opposite bank of the Euphrates River as his battalion commander, Lt. Col. Steven J. Grass, speaks with locals during a route reconnaissance patrol July 23. The battalion commander listens to locals voice their various concerns and problems and asks how they feel about the Marinesâ presence.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray
Date: 2008-07-22 05:03:00 Sgt. Louis Pearson, a field radio operator with the Jump Platoon of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, explores an abandoned building on Market Street in Husaybah, Iraq, July 23. When the platoon is not busy providing escorts for the battalion commander, Lt. Col. Steven J. Grass, they conduct various auxiliary missions, such as route reconnaissance, smuggler searches and contraband checks.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray
Date: 2008-07-22 04:52:00 Cpl. Timothy Goodman, a rifleman with the Jump Platoon, Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, inspects a package while providing security on Market Street in Husaybah, Iraq, July 23. Goodman inspects any suspicious packages before citizens can pass near Husaybah's City Hall, while a meeting is underway.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-07-31 20:19:00 Lance Cpl. Matthew P. Ross, 21, a scout team leader from Fairfax, Va., with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd LAR Bn., Regimental Combat Team 5, stands on the railroad tracks of Combat Outpost Akashat, Iraq, July 31. Now deployed with Delta Co., Ross is using his skills of speaking, reading and writing Arabic on a daily basis, from conversing with the locals to conversing with members of the city council of Akashat, Iraq. He is a key member in the unit's Company Level Intelligence Cell and is the unit's Iraqi-infrastructure-building liaison. According to other service members and his leaders in the company, he is very vital to their mission.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2007-07-20 13:36:00 Lance Cpl. Matthew P. Ross, a scout team leader with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd LAR Bn., Regimental Combat Team 5, converses with Ayish Mohlef Abdallah, left, manager of the Akashat Train Station in Akashat, Iraq, during a engagement in the city July 20. Born and raised in Fairfax, Va., a suburb outside of Washington, D.C, Ross, 21, spent much time before the Marine Corps working at a Arabic kabob restaurant to make some money while attending high school. It was there that he was inspired to learn the Arabic language and become familiar with Arabic culture.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-07-31 21:08:00 Members of Company Level Intelligence Cell, Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd LAR Bn.., Regimental Combat Team 5 stand proudly after coordinating future counter-insurgency operations outside of Combat Outpost Akashat, Iraq, July 31. The Marines, based out of Quantico, Va., have established one of the few company intelligence elements in Iraq and hope to continue the trend.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-07-29 14:51:00 Tactically questioning a local Iraq shepherd, Lance Cpl. T.J. McCabe (furthest left), 27, an intelligence representative from Stafford, Va., with Company Level Intelligence Cell, Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd LAR Bn., Regimental Combat Team 5, and other Marines with the company ensure all is well in the area during a presence patrol though western Anbar province, Iraq, July 29. Since the CLIC was established December 2007 during the unitâs mobilization, the Marines have apprehended several key drug and oil smugglers suspected of funding the insurgency. The members believe they have made an immense difference in the effectiveness of company level intelligence and are proud to be part of one of the few elements currently in operation.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-07-25 23:48:00 Cpl. Samuel S. Shin, 25, a mortarman from Fairfax, Va., with Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, reads a travel magazine, travel being a favorite hobby of his, at Combat Outpost Akashat, Iraq, July 25. Shinâs grandmother was surrounded by explosions and violence everyday for several months during the Korean War. Shin serves in the Marine Corps in order to honor the Marines who served in the Korean War, whom he credits with saving his family.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-07-25 23:06:00 Cpl. Samuel S. Shin, 25, a mortarman with Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, poses for a photo at Combat Outpost Akashat, Iraq, July 25. Shin believes he is an American because of his grandmotherâs strength. During the Korean War, she was on the run constantly from the North Koreans until U.S. Marines arrived and helped South Korea. Because of the stories his grandmother told of Marines, Shin had a strong desire to join the Marine Corps.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-07-23 00:13:00 Cpl. Phil E. Guernsey, a vehicle commander with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd LAR Bn, Regimental Combat Team 5, smacks a golf ball into the desert of western Al Anbar province at Combat Outpost Akashat, Iraq, July 23. The Marines with Delta Co. gather some mornings and afternoons to play football, basketball, horse shoes, ultimate Frisbee or golf for entertainment when not conducting missions.
Unit: Regimental Combat Team 5
Byline: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
Date: 2008-07-27 01:21:00 Lance Cpl. M. Farroll Campbell a scout with Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd LAR Bn., Regimental Combat Team 5, runs for a kickoff return while Lance Cpl. Rikki A. Bryant, a light armored vehicle mechanic with Delta Co., sets up a block for him during a touch football game at Combat Outpost Akashat, Iraq, July 26. The Marines with Delta Co. engage in physical activities like football to help balance their operational tempo.
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