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U.S. Army Soldiers from the 10th Chemical Company (Hazard

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with Battalion Landing

U.S. Army SPEC. John Wojciehowski, Bravo Company, 6th Battalion, 101st Command Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), mans an M240 medium machine gun inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a mission Tikrit, Salah ad Din Province, Iraq, on May 7, 2006, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SPEC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

U.S. Army Cpt. Jacob Danduran speaks with Master Sgt.

Landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Regiment

Company I Marines ride in a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

Royal Australian Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Royal

Green Berets from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Soldiers from the 3rd Special Forces Group, Ft. Bragg,

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A CH-47 Chinook gunner, B Company "Hercules," 159th Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, directs the last members from the 1ST Platoon, A Company, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) Battle Group, Reconnaissance Squadron (Victoria Patricia (3VP)), and American personnel, of the downed AH-64 Apache recovery teams onto his aircraft. The Chinook landed at a site northeast of Kandahar where an Apache helicopter crash-landed during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A CH-47 Chinook Helicopter, takes off after dropping

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, piloted by soldiers with

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, crewed by Soldiers of the

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter is loaded with

An Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter from Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation Davenport, Iowa sits on the ramp at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, Guyana. The plane is prepared for loading on a C-5 and then transported back to its home base in the United States. The Chinook was in Guyana to support New Horizon '97, the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training

CH-47 Chinook helicopters take off after Soldiers from

A US Army (USA) CH-47 "Chinook" helicopter Door GUNNER assigned to B/Company, 159th Aviation Battalion, mans a 7.62mm M60D general-purpose machine gun during a mission in Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A CH-47 Chinook Helicopter lands to pick up Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division for a follow on misssion from Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The air assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

A CH-47 Chinook gunner, B Company "Hercules," 159th Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, mans his Saco 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun as he provides cover while another Chinook lands to extract the last members of a recovery team at a site northeast of Kandahar. The Apache helicopter crash landed while on mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Army Sergeant Gerry D. Latham, a member of the "Opposing Forces," briefs pilots on a Soviet SA-7 surface-to-air missile launcher during Exercise AIR WARRIOR. The Soviet machine guns displayed on the table are, left to right, an RPD 7.62 mm light machine gun, an RPK 7.62 mm light machine gun, an RP-46 7.62 mm company machine gun and a PK 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun

[Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM]

Villagers from Nojoy, outside Kandahar International Airport, follow the members of the US Army's Tactical Psychological Operations Team (TPT) 913, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as they walk toward their vehicles after discussing local issues with the elders during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The team is armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

British personnel arrive in a Land Rover Truck Utility Light (TUL), with a Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (WMIK) carries a FNMI 7.62mm M240G general purpose machine gun, at Living Support Area 5 (LSA-5). They arrived at camp for a combined British forces and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines briefing as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

After returning from a six-month deployment for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel (COL) Robert J. Knapp, (left), USMC, Commanding Officer of Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), 1ST Marine Division (1MARDIV), Camp Pendleton, California, stops by HQ BN Armory and checks with STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) W. G. Quenga, USMC. SSGT Quenga was the SNCOIC on duty for Camp Guard Services, and is attached to Headquarters and Service Company (H & S Co), Substance Abuse Control Officer (SACO), HQ BN 1MARDIV. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

A U.S. Army Paratroopers jump from a U.S. Army CH-47

An AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter from the 1ST Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, First Cavalry Division lands at the Dalton/Henson Range Complex at Fort Hood, Texas, to reload and refuel during an annual aerial gunnery exercise. (Duplicate image, see also DDSD0108876 or search 990915A4980V022)

An HC-130P Hercules aircraft stands in the background with engines running as members of a recovery team walk along the flight line following their arrival at Gambela South Airport. The airport is the center of operations for forces that have arrived to recover the bodies of Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. A search was initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border. The efforts resulted in discovery of the downed aircraft on a remote mountainside

A U.S. Marine with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

A young Iraqi boy's American flag-themed outfit earns

Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a Saco 7.72 mm M60 gereral purpose machine gun, ride in a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVE) enroute to secure the Ba'th Party Headquarters building in Qalat Sukar, Iraq

Pfc. Thomas Reynolds (left) and Spc. Matthew Giannoulis,

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