U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Arturo Barron, a mortarman

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Arturo Barron, a mortarman assigned to Task Force Al Asad, with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, inspects a .50-caliber machine gun in the turret of a mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle while at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, July 5, 2017. These Marines are part of the Task Force’s coalition security force team in charge of providing security to the base and personnel onboard. Task Force Al Asad’s mission is to advise and assist and build partner capacity with the Iraqi Security Forces in Al Anbar province in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, the global coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Dave Williams)