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SGT. James Howell of A Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division demonstrates a technique to restrain an opponent to Soldiers of 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division at Forward Operating Base Speicher, Iraq on Feb. 26, 2006. Training such as this ensures Coalition strength and effectiveness. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Meadows, a Marine Corps Martial Arts

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cole A. Dunn, left, 2nd

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 22 attacks

Staff Sgt. Trevor Tompkins of the Massachusetts Air

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Dustin Jones, a member

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Tortorice, 52nd

Sgt. Kenneth Stover, a medic with C Company, 703rd

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Christopher Ulcak (center),

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Marine cooks, M-16s at hand, with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) pose with their famous "Combat Coffee" sign in front of the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marine cooks, M-16s at hand, with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) pose with their famous "Combat Coffee" sign at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), has a cold breakfast MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) in his bivouac site immediately in front of the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) walk along the flightline at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) warm themselves around a fire in a barrel at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine works in the intelligence workspace of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) enjoys a hot cup of coffee inside his bivouac site at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Note that the coffee was heated using a locally procured "PakIran" propane heater and a native tea kettle

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), stands in his frosted bivouac site immediately in front of the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) adjusts his M252 81 Medium Extended Rainge Mortar at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division, enjoys a warm cup of coffee, couresy of Marine cooks with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), at International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar International Airport

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: 101st AD

Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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US Air Force Technical Sergeant Eddy Frank, armed with an M16 rifle, defends the alert facility at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. TSGT Frank, like other base sentries, belongs to the Reserve's 482nd Security Forces Squadron. The 482nd is protecting Homestead AFB and have been named the Reserves best Security Forces Unit in 1999. 6 of the 10 Reserve team members who won the Royal Air Force's Strickland Trophy military skills cup hailed from Homestead. The 482nd also won the Spirit award at the ACC Contending Warrior '98, for the highest morale, leadership and enthusiasm. This image was used in the December 1999 AIRMAN Magazine article ' Guardians at the Gate"

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The cooks of the 136th Military Police Battalion prepare

U.S. Marine Corps. PFC. Lonnie Forest, 172 Combat Engineers, demonstrates cement mixing techniques during the Commander's Cup Competition, at Kadena Air Base, Japan on Oct. 24, 2004.(U.S. Air Force AIRMAN Gary Edwards) (RELEASED)

Captain Christopher Bushek, USMC, Force Protection Officer, Marine Central Command Combat Assessment Team, poses by the Kandahar International Airport control tower, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Pvt. David Jaramillo, student, Marine Corps

Lieutenant Colonel, USA, (right) who commands the Second Battalion of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Air Assault Division discusses transfer of command issues with Captain Dan Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Plans and Operations Officer, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the exercise is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army

Medium shot. SENIOR AIRMAN Jad Aoun, and Technical Sergeant. Dennis Washington, both Air Transportation Specialists and members of the 86th Air Mobility Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, with help of local laborers, build pallets of humanitarian supplies at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa, 17 March 2000. Their team is deployed in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) warm themselves around a fire at the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

A Marine with Helicopter Marine Medium Squadron 365 (HMM-365) (Reinforced) tends a pit fire near the Air Command Element Headquarters at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Army Sgt. Lizeth Wakasa (left), a food service

Petty Officer 3rd Class Marl L. Gonzales, culinary

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