Marine GySgt. Michael McDaniel, a Los Angeles native, brings up the rear of an Iraqi patrol through the town of Habbaniyah April 29, 2006. McDaniel is a member of a small group of Marines assigned to Military Transition Teams, which are responsible for advising and training Iraqi soldiers as they work towards independent operations. "The Iraqi soldiers are twenty times better than they were when we started in January," said McDaniel. (Photo by 1stLt. Robert Shuford)
Posted: 05/01/2006
