080703M0074F106 An Iraqi National Sheik right gives a tour of his compound to U'S' Marine Lt' Col' S

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080703-M-0074F-106 An Iraqi National Sheik
(right) gives a tour of his compound to U.S.
Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Harness, task force
commander, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance
Battalion (2d LAR), Task Force Mech (TF Mech),
Multi-National Force - West (MNF-W), Ground
Combat Element (GCE), during a visit to discuss
the current situation of his tribe in the
Jazeerah Desert, Iraq July 3, 2008. TF Mech is
conducting disruption operations in part of
Operation Defeat al Qaeda in the North (Op DAN)
to deny enemy sanctuary and prevent foreign
fighter entry into the area. (U.S. Marine Corps
Photo by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge/Released)
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080704-M-0074F-009 Light armored vehicles with
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (2d
LAR), Task Force Mech (TF Mech), Multi-National
Force - West (MNF-W), Ground Combat Element
(GCE), conduct a battlefield circulation with
Brig. Gen. Richard P. Mills, Commanding General,
1st Marine Expeditionary Force Forward (I MEF
FWD), GCE, MNF-W, in the Jazeerah Desert, Iraq
July 4, 2008. TF Mech is conducting disruption
operations in part of Operation Defeat al Qaeda
in the North (Op DAN) to deny enemy sanctuary and
prevent foreign fighter entry into the area.
(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Jason W.
Fudge/Released)
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080704-M-0074F-016 U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Richard
P. Mills, Commanding General, 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force Forward (I MEF FWD), Ground
Combat Element (GCE), Multi-National Force - West
(MNF-W), talks to Marines with 4th Tanks
Battalion during a battlefield circulation with
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (2d
LAR), Task Force Mech (TF Mech), MNF-W, GCE, in
the Jazeerah Desert, Iraq July 4, 2008. TF Mech
is conducting disruption operations in part of
Operation Defeat al Qaeda in the North (Op DAN)
to deny enemy sanctuary and prevent foreign
fighter entry into the area. (U.S. Marine Corps
Photo by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge/Released)
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080704-M-0074F-010 U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Richard
P. Mills, Commanding General, 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force Forward (I MEF FWD), Ground
Combat Element (GCE), Multi-National Force - West
(MNF-W), talks to Marines with 4th Tanks
Battalion during a battlefield circulation with
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (2d
LAR), Task Force Mech (TF Mech), MNF-W, GCE, in
the Jazeerah Desert, Iraq July 4, 2008. TF Mech
is conducting disruption operations in part of
Operation Defeat al Qaeda in the North (Op DAN)
to deny enemy sanctuary and prevent foreign
fighter entry into the area. (U.S. Marine Corps
Photo by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge/Released)
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080704-M-0074F-024 An M1A1 Abrams tank with
Company A, 4th Tank Battalion, Task Force Mech
(TF Mech), Multi-National Force - West (MNF-W),
Ground Combat Element (GCE), drives through the
desert with U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Richard P.
Mills, Commanding General, 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force Forward (I MEF FWD), GCE,
MNF-W, on board during a battlefield circulation
with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
(2d LAR), TF Mech, MNF-W, GCE, in the Jazeerah
Desert, Iraq July 4, 2008. TF Mech is conducting
disruption operations in part of Operation Defeat
al Qaeda in the North (Op DAN) to deny enemy
sanctuary and prevent foreign fighter entry into
the area. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Jason
W. Fudge/Released)
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080704-M-0074F-055 U.S. Marines from Marine Wing
Support Squadron 374 (MWSS 374) unload food off a
V-22 Osprey for Marines with Operation Defeat al
Qaeda (Op DAN), to eat in celebration for the 4th
of July in the Jazeerah Desert, Iraq July 4,
2008. Op DAN is conducting disruption operations
in part of Operation Defeat al Qaeda in the North
(Op DAN) to deny enemy sanctuary and prevent
foreign fighter entry into the area. (U.S. Marine
Corps Photo by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge/Released)
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080703-M-0074F-132 U.S. Marine Capt. Joshua
Vincent, intelligence officer, Task Force Mech
(TF Mech), Multi-National Force - West (MNF-W),
Ground Combat Element (GCE), washes off his face
before eating lunch during a visit with an Iraqi
National Sheik to discuss the current situation
of his tribe in the Jazeerah Desert, Iraq July 3,
2008. TF Mech is conducting disruption
operations in part of Operation Defeat al Qaeda
in the North (Op DAN) to deny enemy sanctuary and
prevent foreign fighter entry into the area.
(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Jason W.
Fudge/Released)