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Several local Iraqi children gather and watch as a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to cover and remove abandoned Iraqi fighting positions dug in between two building in Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Local Iraqi children look on as a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to tear down berms blocking streets and to remove fighting positions along the side of a major roadway at Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Local Iraqi civilians gather and watch as US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to remove Iraqi fighting positions along the side of a building in Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Local Iraqi civilians gather and watch as a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to cover and remove abandoned Iraqi fighting positions dug in between two building in Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to tear down berms blocking streets and to remove fighting positions along the side of a major roadway at Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to tear down berms blocking streets and to remove fighting positions along the side of a major roadway at Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Local Iraqi civilians gather and watch as a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to cover and remove abandoned Iraqi fighting positions dug in between two building in Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to tear down berms blocking streets and to remove fighting positions along the side of a major roadway at Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to tear down berms blocking streets and to remove fighting positions along the side of a major roadway at Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A group of local Iraqi children show their support as a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to remove Iraqi fighting positions along the side of a building in Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Al Rifa
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bryan Reed, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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