"OOH RAH" MOMENT

If there's one thing I can say about combat, it's get all the rest you can - you just never know when you'll be up for days at a time. 

En Route to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 08. Important gear: M-4 Carbine, iPod and 1950's USMC Mexico Ring

En route from Kuwait to Camp Al Taqqadum aboard a C-17 Globemaster

I decided to take a break from the Combat Operations Center when my Senior Watch Officer decided to obtain some blackmail material on his Senior Watch Chief

Iwo Jima - Taking much deserved breaks during a lull in fighting

Peleliu

Marine with his M1 somewhere in the Pacific