In a bit of down time US Marines join in a game of soccer with members of the Iraqi Police at a new Observation Post and Iraqi Police Station in the Sana'ee District of Fallujah, Iraq. US Marines, Iraqi Army, and Iraqi Police worked together to build observation posts throughout the city to help quell the violence in the area. The Marines worked very closely with the Iraqi’s and occasionally they would gather together socially by sharing meals or in a soccer game like the one seen here. Photographer Sam Corum remembers a deep sense of community shared between the Marines and the Iraqi’s as they were there for the common good of helping to rebuild Fallujah into a better, safer place.

U.S. Marine Photograph by Corporal Sam Corum