THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Wed. 26 July 2006

PROTECTING THE WATERWAYS IN IRAQ

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Preston A. Disabb mans a .50 caliber machine gun aboard a small unit riverine watercraft during a morning patrol on the Euphrates River near Hadithah, Iraq, July 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian M. Henner

Cpl. Alexander Lucea, mans a small unit riverine watercraft on the Euphrates River in Hadithah, Iraq, to search for insurgent activity and keep Iraq’s waterways secure near Hadithah Dam, July 3, 2006. The dam is one of Iraq’s largest sources of electrical power, providing power to many parts of Al Anbar Province as well as Baghdad. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Roe F. Seigle

Cpl. Derek Metallo looks over the Hadithah Dam during a boat patrol on the Euphrates River in Hadithah, Iraq, to search for insurgent activity and keep Iraq’s waterways secure near Hadithah Dam, July 3, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Roe F. Seigle

U.S. Marines from the Dam Security Unit 2 conduct a morning patrol in a small unit riverine watercraft on the Euphrates River near Hadithah, Iraq, July 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian M. Henner

U.S. Marines prepare their small unit riverine watercrafts for a patrol on the Euphrates River near Hadithah, Iraq, July 3, 2006. While most U.S. and Iraqi military forces operate in Iraq’s cities and towns, the dozens of U.S. Marines who make up the security unit at Hadithah Dam in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province spend their days patrolling the waterways to search for insurgent activity and keep Iraq’s waterways secure near Hadithah Dam. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Roe F. Seigle