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Soldiers with "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles, stop for a moment during a search for suspected Taliban and weapon caches in the Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles and FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), soldiers with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, keep a close eye on passing Afghans while participating in Operation Viper in Baghran Valley, during an assault in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Soldiers with "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles conduct a search for suspected Taliban and weapon caches in the Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Soldiers with "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles conduct a search for suspected Taliban and weapon caches in the Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles and FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), soldiers with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, enter a mud hut residence in the village of Qarya-I-Malek Sah while participating in assault Operation Viper in Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A soldier with "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), peers through a small hole while searching for Taliban weapon caches in the Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles, soldiers with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, inspect civilian belongings while on a weapons search in the village of Qarya-I-Malek Sah, during an assault Operation Viper in Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A soldier with "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, armed with a 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifle watches for enemy forces while conducting a search for suspected Taliban and weapon caches in the Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles and a FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), soldiers with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, take cover near a mud hut in the village of Qarya-I-Malek Sah while participating in Operation Viper in Baghran Valley, during an assault in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles and FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), soldiers with "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, conduct searches for suspected Taliban and weapon caches during assault Operation Viper in the Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Unknown

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: SPC Preston E. Cheeks, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Using the ANPSS 12 mine detector, SPECIALIST Alexis Sasser, 12B Combat Engineer, Alpha Company 40th Engineer Battalion, Baumholder, Germany, searches for mines at the future site for the 22nd Signal Brigade

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Stephen Blevins, Security Forces Journeyman, 86th Contingency Response Group (CRG), mans a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) from a bunkered position near the perimeter at Bashur Airfield in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, 6th Marine Regiment, armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) conduct Quick Reaction Force (QRF) perimeter security training at Camp Stonewall, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, while deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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A U.S. Army Soldier from Alpha Company, 101st Airborne Division searches for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on a main road in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2006, so that other Soldiers can clean the roads without the risk of getting hurt. The road is being cleared to eliminate the placement of IEDs. (U.S. Army photo by PFC. William Servinski II) (Released)

Armed with an FNMI 7.62mm M240 Machine Gun, a US Marine Corps (USMC) with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines stands perimeter watch around an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team in Al Hay, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Ronquillo, assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, carries a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), and a 7.62mm M21 sniper rifle, as he prepare for a search and destroy mission in the mountainous region of Kohi Sofi, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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An Iraqi soldier from 1ST Brigade, 4th Division Iraqi Army conducts a search inside a pick up truck during a sweep operation in Tikrit, Iraq on Feb. 23, 2006. The sweep operation was conducted by the Iraqi Army and U.S. soldiers from the 101st Division in search for weapon caches. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifles and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), search Afghani men for weapons during a cordon search of the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan, as they look for arms caches and Taliban insurgents during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Daniel T. Reed, Jr., 1ST Platoon, K Company (K CO), 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (3/6), fires his FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) down range at Camp Blessing. The 1ST PLT, K CO, maintains an offensive presence throughout the region while providing security for Camp Blessing in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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