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Norfolk, Va. ? Thomas M. Terpinas, a past president of the Sixth Marine Division Association, rings the bell throughout the association?s final roll call during its memorial service here Oct. 10 on the USS Wisconsin. The ringing of the bell is a symbolic custom at memorial services that signifies fallen comrades. - Norfolk, Va. ? Thomas M. Terpinas, a past president of the Sixth Marine Division Association, rings the bell throughout the association?s final roll call during its memorial service here Oct. 10 on the USS Wisconsin. The ringing of the bell is a symbolic custom at memorial services that signifies fallen comrades.

Pfc. Shawn Dickens, a new Marine, was a Navy corpsmen for about four years before deciding to join the Corps. Even throughout recruit training, Dickens was referred to as "Doc" and aided his fellow platoon members with medical questions. - Pfc. Shawn Dickens, a new Marine, was a Navy corpsmen for about four years before deciding to join the Corps. Even throughout recruit training, Dickens was referred to as "Doc" and aided his fellow platoon members with medical questions.

Cpl. Alan J. Bennett (left) and Sgt. Christopher D. McClain with 3rd Platoon, Battery C, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment (1/12), Task Force Military Police (TFMP) conduct a joint patrol with Iraqi Highway Police on 18 September 2007. The joint patrol is being conducted to build community relations and gain intelligence on local insurgent activity around the Traffic Control Point on ASR Golden. 1/12, TFMP is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Thomas Lew) - Cpl. Alan J. Bennett (left) and Sgt. Christopher D. McClain with 3rd Platoon, Battery C, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment (1/12), Task Force Military Police (TFMP) conduct a joint patrol with Iraqi Highway Police on 18 September 2007. The joint patrol is being conducted to build community relations and gain intelligence on local insurgent activity around the Traffic Control Point on ASR Golden. 1/12, TFMP is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Thomas Lew)

Cpl. Anthony G. Layfield (right), a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, interviews an Iraqi role-player at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility here Sept. 24. The 10-day training prepared the Marines for Mojave Viper, a month-long predeployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. - Cpl. Anthony G. Layfield (right), a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, interviews an Iraqi role-player at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility here Sept. 24. The 10-day training prepared the Marines for Mojave Viper, a month-long predeployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.

HADITHA DAM, Iraq, (Sept. 16, 2007) – Iraqi fisherman pull in their nets after being warned by sailors with Riverine Squadron 1, Riverine Group 1, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, in support of Regimental Combat Team 2, about the new temporary 24-hour curfew on the Euphrates River near the dam. The regiment declared the temporary curfew on the waterway to stem the suspected increase of enemy activity on the river during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser. - HADITHA DAM, Iraq, (Sept. 16, 2007) – Iraqi fisherman pull in their nets after being warned by sailors with Riverine Squadron 1, Riverine Group 1, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, in support of Regimental Combat Team 2, about the new temporary 24-hour curfew on the Euphrates River near the dam. The regiment declared the temporary curfew on the waterway to stem the suspected increase of enemy activity on the river during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser.

Lance Corporals Jared Jones, and Jonathan Haggard, rifleman and SAW gunner, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines (1/3), walk past a herd of sheep while on patrol in Hadithah, Iraq on August 6, 2007. 1/3 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl Stephen M. Kwietniak) - Lance Corporals Jared Jones, and Jonathan Haggard, rifleman and SAW gunner, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines (1/3), walk past a herd of sheep while on patrol in Hadithah, Iraq on August 6, 2007. 1/3 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl Stephen M. Kwietniak)