Echo Marines conduct atmospherics [Image 3 of 5]

COMBAT OUTPOST RUTBAH, IRAQ

12.29.2008

Photo by Maj. Paul Greenberg 

I Marine Expeditionary Force

While conducting "atmospherics" on a security patrol in Rutbah, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2008, Sgt. Daniel Giere, a squad leader with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, stops to speak with a teenage boy who greeted the Marines in English. The boy showed them his English textbook, explaining that he had learned his English in a local high school, indicating progress with the education system in Rutbah

• Date Taken: 12.29.2008
• Date Posted: 04.12.2012 01:33
• Photo ID: 141524
• VIRIN: 081229-M-0493G-049
• Resolution: 1800x1200
• Size: 312.1 KB
• Location: COMBAT OUTPOST RUTBAH, IQ