"Marines geared for war walk in tactical columns through the once mean streets of Fallujah, ready for what may lay around the next corner.

'Mister, mister shokalata! Shokalata!'shout exuberant children from a crowded neighborhood as Marines and Iraqi police pass out candy.

Marines with Company B, Police Transition Team 8, Regimental Combat Team 1, have been working diligently over the past few months to help train Iraqi police to take over their respective areas and become self-supportive in day-to-day operations in the city.""