Link courtesy of Navy Times:- 

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/09/marine_osprey_deployment_070917/ 

Well, they've arrived in Iraq. Latest update courtesy of NCTimes:-

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/11/23/news/top_stories/20_10_7811_22_07.txt

Let's just hope all the sacrifice and money has been worth it...thanks for the update though!