IRAQ. Falluja. June 12, 2005. al-Anbar province. Joint patrol in the city center. Sign to protect family. 2nd MEF (Second Marine Expeditionary Force), US Marines from Camp Lejune, North Carolina. 4th Marine Reserve. According to the new military plan, US Marine/Army units are getting attached to new Iraqi pro-American forces in an effort to gradually hand security operation over to the Iraqis.
In the case of Falluja, several brigades of a "Quick Reaction Force," built out of Iraqis mostly from the southern areas, form the IIF (Iraqi Intervention Forces), nicknamed "Djundis" (arabic=soldier). They patrol the city, raid houses of suspected insurgents and they are being trained...etc.