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A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices detaining multiple passengers during a vehicle check point training with U.S Marine Corps Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices searching a truck during a vehicle check point training with U.S Marine Corps Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
A member of the Iraqi National Guard practices detaining U.S Marine Corps Marine CPL. Rodirguez from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
Members of the Iraqi National Guard, armed with AK-47 rifles from atop their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, pull over a truck while U.S Marine Corps Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, watch during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
Members of the Iraqi National Guard, armed with AK-47 rifles, alight from a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during a vehicle check point training with U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
Members of the Iraqi National Guard and U.S Marine Corps Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, use two High-Mobiity Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMVW) during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
A member of the Iraqi National Guard practices searching a truck during a vehicle check point training with U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
Members of the Iraqi National Guard lay on the ground during a search and seizure training with U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 4, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
A member of the Iraqi National Guard practices searching a truck during a vehicle check point training with U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices detaining U.S Marine Corps Marine CPL. Rodirguez from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Camp Korean Village
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew D. Young, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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