our entry control point
lopez and me
lopez and me
me searching a female iraqi
me..peekin
me...
Me and Lopez talking to an Iraqi woman and her children
Iraqi Police
At the shiekhs house giving away more shoes...
They were sacrificing a cow...seriously
me...with my tip jar...it was a long day
the giving away of shoes
me with some of the girls
we thought this little boy was adorable..
Im the Marine on the far right
talking to the kids while we were waiting to search more females
Lopez giving the kids some candy
Me and Dez
This was when the crowd was small...
Some Iraqi women with orphans...
Dez and me.... we were at an Iraqi school
Lopez and me on the way back
Roadsigns....baghdad...ramadi
Me in the turret on the MK19
Me before I went out on post at OP Burgess
A mosque in Fallujah
nice digs huh?
In the city of Fallujah...
post at OP Burgess
yeah....that
Lopez and me on the ride there....
Some of the girls enjoying our Thanksgiving Dinner...
the view
flying over Ramadi
a lot of nothing...somthing burning
the other helo
cool eh?
ready to be there already
i think this would be a sweet job
me and one of the gunners
our group when we had to stop and refuel
8 days no shower...yum...i showered about 30 minutes after this picture was taken. it was glorious.
lookin out the door
stoked
i think this picture might already be somewhere down there...but i like it
ugh, more sandstorms...nothing is more miserable
theres a sandstorm blowin in..
sgt duffy, lee, me, and monty at the burn pit
lee...dumping the diesel
lee throwing beamer... mcmap time!
haha. lee is choking beamer...hilarious
lopez...searching me
going over Searching techniques in class...me, lopez, sgt duncan
Braley, Lee, Beamer and me
Kosnac and me
takin a break from MCMAP...yummy MRE's
Millner, Kosnac, Monty and me walking to our training area
paying attention in class...duh
the second one on the right was my good ole tent...don't miss it much...
taking a chow break and studying
me...we were cleaning the AK's
some of us on the IED lane (just training to help us spot commonly used materials for IED's)
getting our gear ready
the potty...ewww
good morning! oh and it was FREEZING cold every morning...miserable
when youre a kid and you get poked and prodded they give you lollipops after..when youre a marine they let you play with big guns~! me on a .50 cal!
me and kosnac after we both got IV's
me...losing blood
me trying not to look as everyone was yelling about how much blood there was
Kosnac..before all the bleeding started
Me...not too excited about being a test dummy for IV training
sunset at our temporary home
can't see...ah...sand in my eyeeees!!!
everyone making a run for it...SANDSTORMS are NOT fun!
Kosnac, me, and our terp Val.
our crazy 4th row...
me after the hump....very dusty me
humping it from the range back to the camp
Kosnac holding her rounds
Me in the Turret...i was having lots of fun
Me and Dez after we shot the SAW
me on the 249SAW 
shootin the SAW
me holding back Hernandez's kevlar while she shoots
me (left) and Hernandez gettin ready to shoot
me in front of the HMMWV after i shot the M240B
me, shootin the M240B from the turret of the HMMWV
myself, LCpl Thiem, LCpl Streeter, and Cpl Kosnac at the range
in line to potty...sgt gandy, braley(navy seabee) and Cpl Millner
hair washin time
the infamous wag bag...dont know why its on its side...dang
4th row...(Arbar in arabic) Cpl Kosnac, Sgt Gandy, me, Sgt Duffy, and Cpl Beamer
shootin ak-47's
nap time
overwatch post at sunset
cloudy morning out on the range
the Gunner (an expert in every weapons system the marine corps has) teaching us how to set up C4
me waiting to shoot again
most of the girls and our terp during a break
our "facilities" ...not my favorite part of training
