Image 4513 � This was on the way down to the objective area and Tanks were one of the blocking forces making sure insurgents were not escaping the area.

Image 4794 � On the last day of the operation there was a lot of fog at 6 am and I thought the picture was interesting.

Image 4778 � This is the rest of the weapons cache we found on day four of the search.� On the left are 7.62mm rifle rounds, in the top center are 120mm mortar rounds, in the bottom center are 82mm recoilless rifle rounds and on the right are more 7.62mm rifle rounds.

Image 4769 � This is the large weapons cache we found on day four.� On the far left are 40mm mortars, to the right of that are artillery rounds, then 60mm mortars, then 82mm mortars, on the top is a 9 � foot 122mm rocket, on the bottom are a rocket propelled grenade launcher (RPG) and a light machine gun, to the right of the 82�s are miscellaneous home made bombs and on the far right are a few thousand 7.62mm rifle rounds.

Image 4691 � This is the 9 � foot 122mm rocket held up by the Marines that found it next to the canal.

Image 4625 � This is a sunset on day three when we were stuck in a security halt for around 8 hours while other Marines found weapons caches.

Image 4613 � Here is some of the air support we had during the operation.

Image 4520 � This is a Mosque that we passed on the way down to the target area.

Image 4812 � This is the blast of a small weapons cache being blown up with C-4 by the combat engineers that were with us.

Image 4779 � Here is me standing with part of the weapons cache that we found on day four of the search.