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English: With temperatures in Iraq nearing 90 degrees Fahrenheit, Easter Sunday services inside an air-conditioned chapel at Camp Al Asad in Iraq's western Al Anbar Province offered a bit of temporary relief for U.S. Marines and sailors of Regimental Combat Team 7 attending Catholic Mass here April 16, 2006. Here, worshippers sing a hymn at the start of Easter Sunday Mass, also known as the �Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord� to Catholics. 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 extra-long weekends 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.