Lance Corporal Stephen Parker (20) of Athens, Texas. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground.

Private First Class Richard Sanders of Houston, Texas. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground.

Lance Corporal Walter Andrae (22) of Canasota, New York. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground.

Lance Corporal John Casiday (21) of Charleston, South Carolina. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground.

Lance Corporal Travis Musselman (22) of Ligonier, Indiana. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq.The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground. Musselman is a member of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq.

Lance Corporal Joshua Palmer (20) of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground.

Lance Corporal Jeremy Newman (19) of Long Beach, California. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground. Newman is a member of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq.

Coporal Justin Boswood (22) of Kalkaska, Michigan. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq.The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground. Boswood is a member of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq.

Corporal Joshua Cisneros (21) of Lubbock, Texas. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground. Cisneros is a member of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq.

Lance Corporal Samuel Severtsgaart (20) of Genenseo, Illinois. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground.

Lance Corporal Chaucer Rideau III (25) of Woodland Hills, California. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground. Rideau is a member of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq.

Navy Corpsman Nathan Brindley (20) of West Branch, Michigan. Men from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines - an infantry company in the Marine Corps that was serving its third deployment in Iraq. The Pentagon boosted the number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000 in the run up to Iraqi national elections in January, the highest level since the US-led occupation began. Most of the increase in troop count came from extended deployment of units already on the ground.

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