Marines from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines speak with troops from the Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement at a remote fort near Iraq’s western border with Jordan Jan. 19, 2009. - Marines from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines speak with troops from the Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement at a remote fort near Iraq’s western border with Jordan Jan. 19, 2009.

Lance Cpl. Randy Freed, a Reserve Marine from Echo Company 2nd Bn., 25th Marines, takes up a security position with his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon on the edge of a dry ravine running through Range 400 here June 30, 2008. The Marines conducted the rehearsal in mid-day temperatures topping 110 degrees in preparation for the following day's live-fire exercise. - Lance Cpl. Randy Freed, a Reserve Marine from Echo Company 2nd Bn., 25th Marines, takes up a security position with his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon on the edge of a dry ravine running through Range 400 here June 30, 2008. The Marines conducted the rehearsal in mid-day temperatures topping 110 degrees in preparation for the following day's live-fire exercise.