 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Bhatani rakagoverwa kuKuwait muna 2003 kuti rive chikamu chekupindasimba rakadzinga Saddam Hussein. VaMarines ve15 ndivo vakatanga kupinda munyika vachitanga hondo zuva rakatangira kutanga kwehondo. Bhatani racho rakaramba richienda kuchamhembe mumavhiki akatevera risati rapedzisira raita muhondo yeBaghdad. Vakadzokera zvakare kuIraq sechikamu cheOperation Iraqi Freedom mukutanga kwa2004 kuitira kuchengetedzeka uye kudzikamisa mashandiro muAl Anbar Province. Muna Kurume 2004, iro bataiyoni, panguva ino rakabatanidzwa ku1st Marine Regiment pamwe nemamwe mauniti akati wandei, vakapinda muOperation Vigilant Resolve muguta risina kugadzikana reFallujah. Vakagoverwa kechitatu mukutsigira Operation Iraqi Freedom, rimwe chete maviri chete Marine Corps infantry battalions kuita kudaro panguva, muguta Ar Ramadi, guta guru Al Anbar Province pakati March uye October 2005. 