Petty Officer 1st Class Bert Bath, a corpsman with Iraqi Interdiction Force Platoon, Echo Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, hands out candy to a group of children during a recent operation in Al Anbar province. With more than 18 years in the Navy, Bath has spent 14 of them attached to a reconnaissance unit.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Evan M. Eagan

FALLUJAH, Iraq – Corporal Brandon Connelly, an instructor with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment's Iraqi Security Forces training cadre, demonstrates proper room clearing procedures before a class of Iraqi troops here. The 28-year-old Toms River, N.J. native and his seven teammates school dozens of Iraqi soldiers every month on topics such as first aid in combat, urban war fighting tactics, and weapons handling skills.

Photo by: Cpl Mike Escobar

My son's name is Spc. Wes Clark and the other person in the photo is Spc. Mike Nguyen (Bravo Co,391st En Bn York, South Carolina). They have been in the army for two and a half years.  They love their country and are serving in Afghanistan to help keep our country a little bit safer. i don't know what to say but they are good men and we can't wait to get them home again safe.

USO celebrity and comedian Colin Quinn talks with troops at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers and USO celebrities are visiting American troops deployed around the world to increase morale and thank them for their service.

DoD photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, U.S. Air Force.