Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Scarbrough, battalion sergeant

Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Scarbrough, battalion sergeant major for 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, carries a soccer goal and a soccer ball to the neighborhood kids in Mudiq, Iraq, Aug. 21. Scarbrough was helping Lt. Col. Todd S. Desgrosseilliers, battalion commander, fufill a promise to Iraqi children there. Desgrosseilliers guaranteed the kids new soccer equipment if they cleaned up a local trash dump. Desgrosseilliers is from Auburn, Maine and Scarbrough is from Detroit, Mich. Both are currently serving a seven-month deployment in the Habbaniyah area under Regimental Combat Team 5.