Alfonso Vasquez, a tactical safety specialist with Base Safety and Environmental, 1st Marine Logistics Group, explains the upcoming obstacle to the all terrain vehicle operators during their training course at the base's ATV driving lot. Vasquez and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dexter M. Cubol took seven Marines through the course March 14. The course is designed to familiarize them with the machines and their capabilities to reduce the amount of accidents involved with them at Camp at-Taqaddum. - Alfonso Vasquez, a tactical safety specialist with Base Safety and Environmental, 1st Marine Logistics Group, explains the upcoming obstacle to the all terrain vehicle operators during their training course at the base's ATV driving lot. Vasquez and Petty Officer 3rd Class Dexter M. Cubol took seven Marines through the course March 14. The course is designed to familiarize them with the machines and their capabilities to reduce the amount of accidents involved with them at Camp at-Taqaddum.

Cpl. Jessica A. Cox, a 24-year-old from Waynesville, Mo., controls the flow of patients at a Cooperative Medical Engagement event in as-Saqlawiyah, Iraq, Feb. 29. The event provided free medical care for more than 200 civilians in the community. Iraqi culture discourages male-female interaction in public, so a female team provided care and posted security for women and children. The CME events are continuous throughout Al Anbar Province. The combined effort between Iraqi personnel and coalition forces is part of the Iraqi Women's Engagement program driven by the U.S. Department of State. Cox is deployed to Camp Taqaddum as a utility electrician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, 2nd Marine Air Wing. - Cpl. Jessica A. Cox, a 24-year-old from Waynesville, Mo., controls the flow of patients at a Cooperative Medical Engagement event in as-Saqlawiyah, Iraq, Feb. 29. The event provided free medical care for more than 200 civilians in the community. Iraqi culture discourages male-female interaction in public, so a female team provided care and posted security for women and children. The CME events are continuous throughout Al Anbar Province. The combined effort between Iraqi personnel and coalition forces is part of the Iraqi Women's Engagement program driven by the U.S. Department of State. Cox is deployed to Camp Taqaddum as a utility electrician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, 2nd Marine Air Wing.

Cpl. Jacob R. Sharbono, an environmental hazardous material inspector with base safety and environmental, 1st Marine Logistics Group, helps steady a barrel as it is being lifted by a forklift. Sharbono sorted and filled the barrels at the Kellogg, Brown and Root hazmat storage lot in order to clear out the base's lot that had become overfilled with hazmat. Sharbono spearheaded the project and had the lot cleaned out in a week, vice the month long process his supervisors were expecting. - Cpl. Jacob R. Sharbono, an environmental hazardous material inspector with base safety and environmental, 1st Marine Logistics Group, helps steady a barrel as it is being lifted by a forklift. Sharbono sorted and filled the barrels at the Kellogg, Brown and Root hazmat storage lot in order to clear out the base's lot that had become overfilled with hazmat. Sharbono spearheaded the project and had the lot cleaned out in a week, vice the month long process his supervisors were expecting.

Lance Cpl. Abdirizaq D. Mohamed, 30, from Silver Spring, Md., puts the finishing touches on a new cardio fitness center in Camp Fallujah Mar. 10. The Marine combat engineer is deployed to Iraq with Charlie Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and recently helped build the new cardio fitness center at the battalion's compound. Charlie Company started planning the project shortly after arriving late February. They also made improvements to the adjacent weight room. The battalion held an informal ribbon-cutting ceremony for the fitness centers Mar. 10. - Lance Cpl. Abdirizaq D. Mohamed, 30, from Silver Spring, Md., puts the finishing touches on a new cardio fitness center in Camp Fallujah Mar. 10. The Marine combat engineer is deployed to Iraq with Charlie Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and recently helped build the new cardio fitness center at the battalion's compound. Charlie Company started planning the project shortly after arriving late February. They also made improvements to the adjacent weight room. The battalion held an informal ribbon-cutting ceremony for the fitness centers Mar. 10.

Sgt. Rhee Joyce, a radio operator with Charlie Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, runs a communication test at Camp Fallujah before an early morning mission Mar. 7. The company of Marine combat engineers provided logistics and personnel support to service members at Forward Operating Base Hawas, swapping out a generator and dropping off five specialized utility Marines to operate the FOB's water purification system. The company also retrieved a downed Humvee before dawn. Combat engineers continue to provide support by emplacing force-protection barriers, building safe structures and repairing damaged roads, but they're also starting to demilitarize surrounding communities as Al Anbar province becomes more stable. - Sgt. Rhee Joyce, a radio operator with Charlie Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, runs a communication test at Camp Fallujah before an early morning mission Mar. 7. The company of Marine combat engineers provided logistics and personnel support to service members at Forward Operating Base Hawas, swapping out a generator and dropping off five specialized utility Marines to operate the FOB's water purification system. The company also retrieved a downed Humvee before dawn. Combat engineers continue to provide support by emplacing force-protection barriers, building safe structures and repairing damaged roads, but they're also starting to demilitarize surrounding communities as Al Anbar province becomes more stable.

Cpl. Matthew J. Dombrowski, 22, from Hammond, Ind., checks his handheld radio before departing Camp Fallujah Mar. 8. He is currently deployed with Security Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and is a scout gunner with 1st Squad, 1st Platoon. The company provides security for military and civilian convoys, vehicle-recovery missions and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team operations. They also conduct mounted security patrols and have formed a personal security detachment for the battalion's commanding officer and V.I.P.'s visiting the base. A majority of the Marines and Sailors are stationed in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and are scheduled to return to the United States summer 2008. - Cpl. Matthew J. Dombrowski, 22, from Hammond, Ind., checks his handheld radio before departing Camp Fallujah Mar. 8. He is currently deployed with Security Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and is a scout gunner with 1st Squad, 1st Platoon. The company provides security for military and civilian convoys, vehicle-recovery missions and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team operations. They also conduct mounted security patrols and have formed a personal security detachment for the battalion's commanding officer and V.I.P.'s visiting the base. A majority of the Marines and Sailors are stationed in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and are scheduled to return to the United States summer 2008.