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A US Army (USA) Soldier performs preventive maintenance checks and service on the Major General's High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) as an MP (Military Police) from the 101st Airborne (ABN) Division, Ft Campbell, Kentucky (KY) observes the process during IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment

Coalition force members load a High Mobility Artillery

Members of the 818th Engineer Company demonstrate how

Soldiers assigned to Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron,

Palletized Load System trucks from the 137th Transportation

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dylan McCubbin, a joint terminal

Marine beachmasters prepare to load a truck-mounted crane onto a utility landing craft during a multinational peacekeeping operation

The Marines from 1st Platoon, Motor Transport Company

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An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) stops at a position manned by Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), in a former Iraqi army compound. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

U.S. military personnel in M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) stand in the shade near the Turkey/Iraq border. The U.S. servicemen are in the area in support of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A soldier mans a machine gun while sitting in the back of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) accompanying a British army truck that is bringing Kurds back into the city as part of Operation Provide Comfrot, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M997 Maxi ambulances arrive at a U.S. Marine camp near Zakhu. The Marines assited in setting up a nearby tent city on the Turkey-Iraq border as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Marines prepare to move out in an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), foreground, and two M939 5-ton cargo trucks after stopping in the city during a patrol. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An M-939 5-ton cargo truck transports members of a U.S. Navy Beachmaster unit to their base camp after they took part in erecting a tent city near Zakhu. An encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

U.S. military personnel disembark from M-934 5-ton cargo trucks as they arrive at a tent city set up for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A convoy of two M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) and an M939 5-ton cargo truck stops briefly while patrolling the streets of the city. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

M-934 5-ton cargo trucks are parked on the outskirts of a camp established for Kurdish refugees after delivering U.S. military personnel and supplies to the tent city. Residents of the camp are stacking some of the boxes, delivered as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) carrying U.S. military personnel enters Zakhu, part of convoy arriving to assist Kurdish refugees at a nerby tent city. The encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to assist refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Base: Zakhu

Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PHC Bruce Wallace

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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26/04/1991
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A causeway for utility landing craft extends into the Mediterranean Sea from a US Marine shoreline encampment. The Marines have been deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Lebanoni forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

A water tank and a line of M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) stand on an airfield. Equipment is being delivered to an airfield as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish men wait to begin a tour of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

US Air Force AIRMAN Basic Celena Baker (Left) and Kristie Bareika share a chuckle after seeing themselves in camouflage makeup used in preparing the trainees for combat training at a new training encampment fittingly named "Scorpion's Nest," one of the ways instructors are putting the "tough" back in "boot camp" at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

US Army Green Berets from the 10th Special Forces pre-brief a search and rescue exercise conducted as part of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

A ground crewman directs a US Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from its parking spot. The aircraft is beginning a mission over Turkey in support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

Two members of the Army's 284th Military Police Company search for unexploded ordnance along a dirt road. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

SGT. Mark Gasoway, left, and SGT. D.C. Peterlinz stand by at the Marine command post near a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter prior to flying a mission in support of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Both men are crew chiefs with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Civil Air Patrol Cadets negotiate the conditioning

Bizara, a Kurdish refugee child, visits a well set up in a tent city near Zakhu. The site was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An M198 155 mm Howitzer stands ready for possible attack against a US Marine encampment. The Marines have been deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Lebanoni forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

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