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A close up view of weapons and explosives confiscated by US Army Soldiers from C Company, Task Force 1-26, Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during house to house searches in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Shown here is are AK-47 rifles, hand grenades, detonation cord, ammunition, magazines, a bag containing 20 pounds of C-4 explosives and, various and anti-personnel mines

A box containing M60111 anti-personnel and M60112 anti-tank, high-explosive rifle grenades were found in a house located in Donja Tramosnica (grid coordinates CQ 0291476912 on Gradacac map). The 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 23rd Engineer Battalion, 1ST Brigade, 1ST Armored Division, Task Force Eagle, from Friedberg, Germany, conducted the weapons search and seizure operation. They was assisted by Charlie Troop, 1-1 Cavalry, 1ST Squadron, 1ST Brigade, 1ST Armored Division, Task Force Eagle, from Budguein, Germany. The search yielded a large supply of weapons, ammunition, and uniforms inside the Zone of Separation in Donja Tramosnica

Shot of various munitions and artillery shells that were once produced by Government ordnance Facility #9 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, shot during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

Members of the 1st of the 182nd infantry train the

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Mathew Williams, from Clarksville,

U.S. Army Reserve Cpl. Nicholas Vahle with the 979th

A captured Fedayeen bunker stocked with a weapons cache containing hundreds of Russian PSO-1 Telescope sights, just outside of Jaman Al Juburi, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Foxtrot Company, 2nd

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A view of ordnance abandoned when Iraqi forces withdrew during Operation Desert Storm. The air base was held by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait.

A U.S. soldier inspects ordnance abandoned when Iraqi forces withdrew during Operation Desert Storm. The air base was held by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait.

U.S. soldiers inspect a hardened aircraft shelter destroyed by Coalition forces during Operation Desert Storm. The air base was held by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait.

A view of the air traffic control tower damaged by Coalition bombing during Operation Desert Storm. The air base was held by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait.

An aerial view of a military headquarters and barracks used by Iraqi troops and partially destroyed in a Coalition attack prior to the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

An aerial view of a military headquarters and barracks used by Iraqi troops and partially destroyed in Coalition attack prior to the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

An aerial view of a military headquarters and barracks used by Iraqi troops and partially destroyed in a Coalition attack prior to the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

An aerial view of a military headquarters and barracks used by Iraqi troops and partially destroyed in Coalition attack prior to the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

An aerial view of runways at Kuwait International Airport after the retreat of Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.

A view of ordnance abandoned when Iraqi forces withdrew during Operation Desert Storm. The air base was held by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base

Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Joe Coleman

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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18/04/1991
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label_outline Explore Joe Coleman, Desert Storm, Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Arthur Bartell, director of operations,

A view of large cache of unexploded munitions collected from the areas around Mosul, Iraq, by US Army (USA) soldiers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Army of Occupation - A 69th Guard examining passes of Germans

A photographer's mate prepares to film ships returning to the station following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies by smoke pouring from burning oil at an offshore oil terminal near Kuwait City destroyed during Operation Desert Storm

Sailors maintain order as a crowd waits to welcome crew members from ships in the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group. The vessels are returning to Norfolk after being deployed in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

Lithuania and Danish soldier give instructions on how

GM1 Grant Williams lays out scuba tanks on the bank of the river in preparation for the day's diving operation to recover victims and wreckage from Flight 90, the Air Florida Boeing 737 that crashed into Rochambeau Bridge (14th Street). The divers are from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal School at Indian Head, Maryland and Harbor Clearance Unit Two, from Little Creek, Virginia

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, Middle East Force, conducts a news conference prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility during Operation Desert Storm. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

A US Army M1 M-1 Abrams main battle tank moves towards the firing line. The tank will be test firing 105 mm ammunition developed by the Army with the assistance of Naval Ordnance Station, Louisville, Kentucky

A television cameraman films a Kuwaiti soldier departing for Saudi Arabia following completion of combat training at Fort Dix. Kuwaiti troops have been training in preparation for conflict with the Iraqi forces presently occupying their country

SPC. Robert Faulk, A Battery 1ST Battalion 188th Air Defense Artillery, operates a remote control unit for the Avenger during the Military Occupation Specialty Qualification (MOSQ) course at Camp Gilbert C. Grafton Training Center. 1-188th ADA is a North Dakota National Guard unit based in Grand Forks, N.D. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Jonathan Haugen) (Released)

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