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Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jesse R. Montez, U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2, Beach Party Team B3, coordinates the placement of tents in a tent city being positioned near Zakhu. The encampment is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jesse R. Montez, U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2, Beach Party Team B3, poses for a photograph with a Kurdish refugee during the establishment of a tent city near Zakhu. The encampment is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Members of a U.S. Navy Beachmaster unit erect military tents as they establish a tent city near Zakhu. The encampment is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees assist a member of U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2 in dragging a tent during the establishment of a tent city near Zakhu. The encampment is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

SGT Johann de Jong, section commander of Company 13, 1ST Allied Combat Group, Dutch marines, and CHIEF Boatswain's Mate Melvin R. Roundtree, assistant officer in charge of U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2, Beach Party Team B3, discuss the placement of tents in a tent city being established near Zakhu. The camp is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

SGT Johann de Jong, section commander of Company 13, 1ST Allied Combat Group, Dutch marines, and CHIEF Boatswain's Mate Melvin R. Roundtree, assistant officer in charge of U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2, Beach Party Team B3, discuss the placement of tents in a tent city being established near Zakhu. The camp is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Members of a U.S. Navy Beachmaster gather around an M-939 5-ton cargo truck as they prepare to move out to their base camp following establishment of a tent city near Zakhu. An encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Marines armed with M-16A2 rifles and a member of a Naval construction battalion proceed toward a tent city to assist Kurdish refugees in the newly established encampment. The tent city 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

Kurdish refugees prepare to board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transportation from their mountain camp to a tent city near Zakhu. The tent city 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

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jesse R. Montez, U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2, Beach Party Team B3, coordinates the placement of tents in a tent city being positioned near Zakhu. The encampment is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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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

Dam/Levee Break ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Oxbow, N. D. , April 6, 2009 --Joe Shoemaker, a representative from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers discusses placement of sand bags in Oxbox, ND. with members of the Oxbow city engineers. Karl Berg, another representative from the Corps stands behind him. The Corps has been advising and assiting the residents of Oxbow with their flood preparations. Oxbow citizens are preparing for the possibility of additional flooding later in the week. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

A crowd waits to greet members of Beachmaster Unit 2 upon their return to the U.S. after participating in Operation Desert Storm

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

Sergeant Glen Dickhaus, (right), Airborne Rigger, 24th Aerial Delivery Support Detachment, Aviano AB, Italy, operates a crane as they prepare a Towed Howitzer (105mm) M119 A1/A2 for placement on a pallet while other members ensure proper placement on the dunnage. When the howitzer is dropped, by parachute, the dunnage compresses on impact absorbing the shock

A beachmaster guides the driver of a rough-terrain forklift as he drives the vehicle along a causeway from the beach to a utility landing craft (LCU) during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89

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)

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 member of Beachmaster Unit One directs the offloading of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) from an air-cushioned landing craft (LCAC) during Cobra Gold '90, a combined Thai/U.S. exercise

U.S. Army personnel move their belongings and cots from the hangar to the tent city during the operation

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

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boatswain mate jesse montez navy beachmaster unit navy beachmaster unit beach party team beach party team b coordinates placement tents city tent city zakhu encampment effort aid refugees forces saddam hussein iraq operation provide comfort 3rd class third class us navy high resolution comfort beach party team b 3 aid kurdish refugees operation class jesse ph 2 milton us national archives