MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- A Marine with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment hugs his significant other and says goodbye before boarding a bus headed for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The unit will fly out from there with a final destination of Fallujah, Iraq, where they will conduct security and stability operations and help rebuild the city’s infrastructure.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- A Marine with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment hugs his significant other and says goodbye before boarding a bus headed for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The unit will fly out from there with a final destination of Fallujah, Iraq, where they will conduct security and stability operations and help rebuild the city’s infrastructure.