Iraqi Army soldiers and Iraqi Police officers attend a medical corpsman course at Camp Phoenix, Al Qaim, Al Anbar province, Iraq, on July 29, 2006, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. First Battalion, 7th Marines Regimental Combat Team 7, is deployed with I Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to conduct counter-insurgency operation to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi forces; support the continued development of Iraqi Security Force; support Iraqi reconstruction and democratic elections; and to facilitate the creation of a secure environment that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance.