A U.S. Marine and Iraqi Security Force soldier with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, wait to dismount from a tracked vehicle heading into Fallujah Nov. 10, 2004. Soldiers with the ISF are clearing rooms, securing locations and patrolling the dangerous streets of Fallujah alongside U.S. Marines in support of Operation Phantom Fury. At the request of the Interim Iraqi Government, Multi-National Forces Iraq began Operation Phantom Fury to assist the ISF in eliminating AIF sanctuaries in Fallujah, in order to allow the IIG to restore a legitimate government to the city.
Photo by: Sgt. Luis R. Agostini