English: Navy Lt. Cmdr. John T. Hannigan, a Catholic Priest and military chaplain for Regimental Combat Team 7, renews worshipers� baptismal promises with holy water during an Easter Sunday Catholic Mass at Camp Al Asad in Iraq's western Al Anbar Province, April 16, 2006. For some U.S. servicemembers, the holiday church services served as a small break from daily operations and seven-day work weeks. For others, it was a reminder of missed holiday celebrations and weekends off back at military bases in the States. More than 23,000 Marines, sailors and soldiers of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force are currently deployed to Iraq's Al Anbar Province. RCT-7 � a Marine infantry regiment based out of Twentynine Palms, Calif. � is responsible for providing security to and mentoring Iraqi Security Forces in the roughly 30,000 square miles of western Al Anbar, stretching from just west of the Euphrates River to the Jordanian and Syrian borders.