Cpl. Joshua J. Frazier, left, a 24-year-old squad leader for Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and Lance Cpl. Michael D. Douglas, a 22-year-old mortar man with Company A, peer down through a collapsed floor in their base at Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Sept. 26, 2006.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by
Cpl. Paul Robbins Jr.

A U.S. Army soldier from the 10th Mountain Division gives medicine to a local man during a medical civil aid project being conducted in Gawmesak, Afghanistan, Oct. 1, 2006.

U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ethan Anderson

U.S. Marines serving with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Command Element debark from a Landing Craft Utility vessel during the MEU's offload into Kuwait, Oct. 4, 2006. The Marines will hone their desert training skills and fire weapons on nearby ranges.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeffrey A. Cosola

Afghan soldiers and U.S. Soldiers from Logistical Task Force 297 unload humanitarian supplies for needy villagers in Pashmul. October 5, 2006

Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army