Paratroopers begin replacing Marines in Al Anbar province, Iraq [Image 2 of 5]

AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ

09.06.2009

Photo by Spc. Mike MacLeod 

1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs

Marine Lt. Col. Scott Fosdal, commander of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, addresses his Marines and their replacements, paratroopers of 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, along with brigade commander, Col. Mark Stammer, during a transfer-of-authority ceremony at Camp Al Taqaddam, Al Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 6. The battalion of paratroopers is part of the first brigade to deploy to Iraq as a fully-developed advisory-and-assistance brigade assigned the mission of security-force assistance.

• Date Taken: 09.06.2009
• Date Posted: 09.10.2009 02:37
• Photo ID: 202680
• VIRIN: 090908-A-3108M-001
• Resolution: 1395x2100
• Size: 613.53 KB
• Location: AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IQ