Generation Kill

Marines prepare to invade Iraq at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom; while the Marines wait to receive their orders in Kuwait.

Bravo Company gets an order to treat any Iraqi, holding a weapon, as a hostile.

Bravo Company waits for their next orders, while scoping out a roadside firefight.

After capturing an Iraqi airstrip, the First Recon is ahead of the other American and Coalition troops, which gives them time to regroup.

First Recon get their orders to cross a local Iraqi bridge, which gives them their first chance to use local Iraqi citizens.

First Recon get their next mission, which is to help escort the Iraqi civilians leaving Baghdad from a nearby highway.