Original caption: “U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael J. Beaver, Task Force Mech Operations Chief with Alpha Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (2d LAR), provides over watch security in Salah Ad Din, Iraq on May 1. Task Force Mech, Ground Combat Element, Multi National Force – West is conducting operations along the northern boundary of Al Anbar Providence in support of Operation Defeat Al Qaida in the North.” Photo by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge, US Marine Corps. Public domain.