A member of Marine Corps MHG Guardian Company, 3rd Squad passes out tennis balls to local children waiting to be seen by Chief Teri Brookins of Phoenix, Ariz., and Sailor Lisa Haro of Sacramento, Calif. The medical team assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 17 conducted medical help outreach for a local village in Fallujah. NMCB-17, also known as the "Desert Battalion", homeported at Fort Carson, Colorado is deployed to Iraq and other areas of operations supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.