A U.S. Marine, standing, provides security with a machine gun while Iraqi commandos experience the maneuvering capabilities of a Small Unit Riverine Craft on the Euphrates River, Nov. 27, 2004. The Marine is assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Iraqis are assigned to Iraq's Ministry of Interior Commando Battalion. The following day, the Marines and Iraqi commandos conducted an amphibious landing near Yusufiah as part of a fresh offensive aimed at routing out anti-Iraqi militants in northern Babil province and southern Baghdad. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary R. Frank