DESERT PATROL � U.S. Marines conduct a mounted combat patrol at sunset through the Iraqi desert near Al Asad, Iraq, June 15, 2005. The Marines are assigned to the mounted combat patrol team Diamondback 3, 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, Marine Wing Support Group 37 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James B. Hoke