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Marine Forces Reserve is cracking down on misuse and abuse of the Government Travel Charge Card. Problems often arise when Marines and sailors don't know where they can and cannot use their travel card. (Official U. S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Johnathan D. Herring) - Marine Forces Reserve is cracking down on misuse and abuse of the Government Travel Charge Card. Problems often arise when Marines and sailors don't know where they can and cannot use their travel card. (Official U. S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Johnathan D. Herring)

Marines from 4th Landing Support Battalion and Sailors from Amphibious Construction Battalion 2, position a 7-ton Medium Tactical Vehicle as it is moved from the USNS 2nd Lt John Bobo, a maritime prepositioning ship, onto the Improved Navy Lighterage System March 21. The Marines are transferring the equipment in order to evaluate the INLS at sea and to conduct a humanitarian assistance mission in Monrovia, Liberia as part of West African Training Cruise 2008. The WATC 08 exercise is being held March 17 to April 5 in concert with the ongoing African Partnership Station deployment with a focus on the delivery of humanitarian assistance supplies to various clinics and schools in Monrovia, Liberia from a sea based command. - Marines from 4th Landing Support Battalion and Sailors from Amphibious Construction Battalion 2, position a 7-ton Medium Tactical Vehicle as it is moved from the USNS 2nd Lt John Bobo, a maritime prepositioning ship, onto the Improved Navy Lighterage System March 21. The Marines are transferring the equipment in order to evaluate the INLS at sea and to conduct a humanitarian assistance mission in Monrovia, Liberia as part of West African Training Cruise 2008. The WATC 08 exercise is being held March 17 to April 5 in concert with the ongoing African Partnership Station deployment with a focus on the delivery of humanitarian assistance supplies to various clinics and schools in Monrovia, Liberia from a sea based command.

Marines with a Marine Special Operations Company secure an area of a Helmand Province village in which they were under attack by Taliban fighters, while a Chinook CH-47 pulls in to provide support for the Marines. Afghan National Army soldiers and MSOC Marines were visiting the southern Afghanistan village when they were attacked by Taliban fighters in late February. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr. - Marines with a Marine Special Operations Company secure an area of a Helmand Province village in which they were under attack by Taliban fighters, while a Chinook CH-47 pulls in to provide support for the Marines. Afghan National Army soldiers and MSOC Marines were visiting the southern Afghanistan village when they were attacked by Taliban fighters in late February. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr.

A Navy hospital corpsman treats a wounded Afghan in a Helmand Province village in late February. Afghan National Army soldiers and Marine Special Operations Company Marines and sailors were visiting the southern Afghanistan village when they were attacked by Taliban fighters. The MSOC Marines and sailors are deployed to Afghanistan from the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr. - A Navy hospital corpsman treats a wounded Afghan in a Helmand Province village in late February. Afghan National Army soldiers and Marine Special Operations Company Marines and sailors were visiting the southern Afghanistan village when they were attacked by Taliban fighters. The MSOC Marines and sailors are deployed to Afghanistan from the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Photo by Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr.

An Iraqi soldier from 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division pulls weapons, explosive material and documents from a cache found in an Al-Qaeda in Iraq safe-house in the Muthana district near Thar Thar Lake in Iraq. The soldier was participating in Operation Lion?s Voice, an Iraqi-led mission to clear AQI out of the Muthana district. - An Iraqi soldier from 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division pulls weapons, explosive material and documents from a cache found in an Al-Qaeda in Iraq safe-house in the Muthana district near Thar Thar Lake in Iraq. The soldier was participating in Operation Lion?s Voice, an Iraqi-led mission to clear AQI out of the Muthana district.

An Iraqi soldier from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division digs up a possible cache site in Eisawid, Iraq during a cache sweep operation on an abandoned farm in the Diyala River Valley. The al-Anbar based 3rd Brigade has been operating in Diyala since early January in support of the 5th Iraqi Army Division and Coalition forces conducting clearing operations in the province. Once a stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq, aggressive patrolling on the part of the 2nd Battalion and other units of the 3rd Brigade have returned peace and stability to the once volatile province. - An Iraqi soldier from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division digs up a possible cache site in Eisawid, Iraq during a cache sweep operation on an abandoned farm in the Diyala River Valley. The al-Anbar based 3rd Brigade has been operating in Diyala since early January in support of the 5th Iraqi Army Division and Coalition forces conducting clearing operations in the province. Once a stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq, aggressive patrolling on the part of the 2nd Battalion and other units of the 3rd Brigade have returned peace and stability to the once volatile province.

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Sgt. James Bone, Cpl Ray Hennagir, and Cpl. Matt Bridges model the new Marine Corps running suit Feb. 29 at the National Naval Medical Center. - Sgt. James Bone, Cpl Ray Hennagir, and Cpl. Matt Bridges model the new Marine Corps running suit Feb. 29 at the National Naval Medical Center.