April 30, 2006 - Marines of Dam Security Unit (DSU), Bravo Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, attached to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines conduct a boat patrol on the Euphrates River near Haditha Dam, Al Anbar Province, Iraq in order to deny enemy activity on the river in support of Counter Insurgency (COIN) Operations. 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq (MNF-W) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. (Official USMC photo by Corporal Justin L Schaeffer, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera) 060430-M-6795S-002 (RELEASED)

Photo by CPL. JUSTIN L. SCHAEFFER

'Irongators' patrol waterways of Iraq

15 May 2006 | Cpl. Justin L. Schaeffer Headquarters Marine Corps

AL ANBAR, Iraq -- Marines with Dam Security Unit, B Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, attached to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment conduct a boat patrol on the Euphrates River near Haditha Dam in the Al Anbar province of Iraq in order to deny enemy activity on the river in support of counter insurgency operations April 30, 2006.