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Photojournalism Gallery 2005 The Best Marine Media Photos

Children from the Brook Park Child Care Center decorate signs Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, in Brook Park, Ohio. The Marines of the Brook Park-based 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, which lost 48 members in Iraq, start returning home Thursday. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Airport firefighters perform a washdown ceremony for the charter jet carrying members of the Brook Park, Ohio based headquarters company of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines at Cleveland Hopkins Airport on their return from a seven month deployment in Iraq Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Marine Lcpl. Craig Miller from Washington Court House, Ohio, holds his son 3-week-old son Madden for the first time Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, as the Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines return to Columbus, Ohio. People waving flags lined a 20-mile parade route the Marines' buses took and hundreds of relatives with welcome signs greeted the 140 Marines in Lima Company, who are part of battalion that lost 48 reservists. Lima Company took 16 of those deaths. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Cpl. Casey Elliott from Columbus, Ohio, kisses his wife, April, Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, as Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines returns to Columbus, Ohio. The 3rd. Battalion lost 48 reservists, 16 from Lima Company. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Company L, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment's Lance Cpl. James Patrick Ryan (C) hugs his mother Mary Ginn Ryan (L) and sister Kathleen Ryan after arriving at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, October 7, 2005. Lima Company returned home on Friday after a seven-month deployment in Iraq. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan

Company L, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment's Lance Cpl. Edmund Sanchez (L) hugs Rona Quevada after arriving at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, October 7, 2005. Lima Company returned home on Friday after a seven-month deployment in Iraq. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan

Incoming Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace (R) smiles next to U.S. President George W. Bush (L) as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld watches after being sworn in by outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S.A.F. Gen. Richard Myers at Summerall Field at Ft. Myer in Arlington, Virginia September 30, 2005. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

LanceCorporal Roland Taylor of the U.S. Marine Corps rescues a dog which he saved from a home that was flooded in the storm surge following Hurricane Rita in Delcambre, Louisiana September 25, 2005. REUTERS/J.P. Moczulski

Nickolas Freas,5, holds his hand to his heart as he sits on the shoulder of his mother, Amy Freas, in the middle of a crowd of sailors and Marines during the National Anthem prior to President George Bush's speech commemorating VJ Day at Naval Station North Island in Coronado, Calif. Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005. Nickolas is the son of Ensign Michael Freas, a sailor based at Naval Station North Island. AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

A US Marine helps a young boy find his way to an evacuation bus in New Orleans. The New Orleans Superdome was meant to be a hurricane refuge, but those who sought shelter there described a lawless, squalid 'concentration camp' where two children were reportedly raped and other refugees terrorized by rioters(AFP/James Nielsen)

A card is seen as well-wishers pay tribute to fallen Marines at a memorial site outside the 25th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve headquarters in Brook Park, Ohio, August 5, 2005. REUTERS/Ron Kuntz

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Shawn M. Gallagher, a military dog handler attached to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and Youry, a four-year-old Belgium Malinois, stand guard during a mission in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad in this military handout photo taken July 25 and released August 6, 2005. REUTERS/USMC/Cpl. Tom Sloan/Handout

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Bryan Hillberg shaves during a break in the operations in Barwana, near Haditha, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005. A roadside bomb yesterday in Barwana killed 14 Marines and a civilian interpreter in the deadliest roadside bombing suffered by American forces in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Crosby, 20, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, from Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment from Ohio, sleeps with his hand on a picture of his wife, Kandice Crosby, during a lull in the fighting in Parwana, near Haditha, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 5, 2005. A roadside bomb nearby killed 14 Marines, many from this platoon, and a civilian interpreter, in the deadliest roadside bombing suffered by American forces in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)

In this photograph provided by the White House, President Bush, left, greets U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Gower, Pittsburgh, during a visit to troops wounded in Iraq at the National Naval Medical Center in suburban Washington Saturday, July 30, 2005. Bush visited the troops after his annual physical at there medical center. (AP Photo/The White House, Eric Draper)

In this photograph provided by the White House, President Bush hugs Molley Sloan, second from right, the mother of U.S Marine Capt. Stephen Sloan, Hayden, Ala., second from left as Bush visited troops at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Saturday, July 30, 2005. At left is Sloan's wife Courtney and their ten-month-old son, Samuel. At right is Sloan's father, Carlos Sloan. The President's visit came after his annual physical at the facility. (AP Photo/The White House, Eric Draper)

In this photograph provided by the White House, President Bush, left, greets U.S. Marine Jacob Knospler, Stroudsburg, Penn. during his visit with troops injured in Iraq Saturday, July 30, 2005 at National Naval Medical Center in suburban Washington. Ten-month-old Jahna Knospler is asleep at her father's side. (AP Photo/The White House, Eric Draper)

A picture released by the US Marines shows Hospital man Robert D. Bush loosening the bandage on an injured Iraqi girl's head at Camp Haditha Dam, in Iraq's western Anbar province. The 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines Battalion Aid Station is equipped to handle routine sick call to combat trauma injuries. .(AFP/USMC-HO/Lance Cpl. Mark Fencil)

U.S. Marine Corps General Peter Pace (C) prepares to take his seat at the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on his appointment for the position of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman in Washington June 29, 2005. If elected, Pace will replace outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Richard Myers. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Marine Corps Sgt. Shawn Bryan of Albuquerque, N.M., casts a fishing line off the Haditha Dam, where he is stationed, 140 miles northwest of Baghdad, on Sunday. Bryan had to stop fishing when insurgents began firing mortars at the dam, with six shells landing nearby in rapid succession. The mortar attack continued into the night. Copyright 2004 The Associated Press.

Nicole Bennett is swept up in her husbands arms, Sgt. Charles Bennett, after his return from deployment in Afghanistan at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe, Hawaii June 19, 2005. Bennett returned from a seven month deployment with about 1,000 other Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment reinforced. The troop movement is part of more than 10,000 military personnel deployed last year from Hawaii to Iraq and Afghanistan. This continues the largest troop movement since the Vietnam war from Hawaii. REUTERS/Lucy Pemoni

Pfc. Stephen Thomas, of Gainesville, Fla., jumps into the swimming pool at Camp Victory in Baghdad. Jacob Silberberg / AP

A graduating Midshipman shouts after taking his oath of office to be commissioned into the Marines, during graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, May 27, 2005. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

U.S. Marine Eric Courtney Brye, 22, from Winona, Ohio, jumps up to click his heels after receiving diploma during the United States Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony at the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Friday, May 27, 2005 in Annapolis, Maryland. President Bush attended this year's ceremony. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The black dress heel of a graduating female Marine stands out against the dress whites of other graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, May 27, 2005. U.S. President George W. Bush shook the hands of each of the 976 graduates as they came to the stage for their diplomas. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

A United States Marine lifts up a member of the chorus of the Broadway musical 'Spamalot' during liberty from the U.S. aircraft carrier U.S.S. John F. Kennedy in Times Square during Fleet Week in New York, May 26, 2005. Navy ships including the JFK are visiting New York through the Memorial day weekend for the annual Fleet Week celebrations. REUTERS/Mike Segar

U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Nicholas Formosa shows the new coin which honors the 230th anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps, Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. This is the first time the government has struck a commemorative coin to salute a branch of the military. The new silver dollar will feature the flag-raising at Iwo Jima on one side, and the official Marine Corps emblem on the other. Proceeds from the sale of the new commemorative coin will go toward building the Marine Corps National Museum in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)

Returned Marines stand in parade formation during a Welcome Home and Reunion Ceremony for the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, returning from Iraq, at Marine Corp Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, May 12, 2005. REUTERS/Lucy Pemoni

Editor's Note: The photos below were received by CorpsStories staff over our publication's first three years (Memorial Day 2002 - Memorial Day 2005). Although the cutlines have been lost, the pictures are worthy of publication without. Enjoy.