 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bhatani rakatumirwa muna Chikumi 2004 kuIraq sechikamu cheRegimental Combat Team 1 uye gare gare RCT-7, 1st Marine Division Reinforced. Kubva muna Chikumi 2004 kusvika muna Ndira 2005, 18 yakaitisa hondo muAl Anbar Province muArea yeOperations AO Denver uye gare gare AO Raleigh, kusanganisira mashandiro muRawa, Anah, Little Anah, Haditha, Baghdadi, Barwana, Abu Buyatt, ASP Wolf, Hit, Al Asad, Haqlanyih, Karmah, Naser Wa Saleem, Abu Ghuraib, uye Fallujah. 1st Battalion 8th Marines yakanga iri imwe yemabhatani anotungamirira panguva yeOperation Phantom Furykubva musi wa8 Mbudzi kusvika musi wa9 Zvita 2004 achitungamirira kurwiswa kweFallujah. Munguva yekurwira muIraq kubva muna Chikumi 2004-Ndira 2005, 1st Battalion 8th Marines Reinforced yakatambura 21 Marines vakaurayiwa muchiito KIA uye vangangoita 150 Marines vakakuvara muchiito WIA ne17 KIA uye 102 WIAs vachiuya mumavhiki matatu muFallujah munaNovember 2004. 18 yakaita zororo panzvimbo nehanzvadzi yavo battalion 38 ndokudzokera kuCamp Lejeune na1 Kukadzi 2005. 