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Hundreds of oil tankers each year receive their payload from Iraq's Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT). Mobile Security Force Detachment 22 (MSFD-22) is currently defending Iraqis oil terminals as part of a joint effort between US and Coalition Forces to provide security against terrorist attacks to Iraq's oil platforms in the North Persian Gulf during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi private security officers and US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to Mobile Security Force Detachment 22 (MSD-22), stand watch aboard the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT). MSD-22 is providing security for Iraq's oil terminals as part of a joint effort between the United States and Coalition Forces to provide security against terrorist attacks to Iraq's oil platforms

A US Navy (USN) Sailor assigned to Mobile Security Force Detachment 22 (MSD-22) stands watch aboard Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) next to a twin Browning M2 HB 0.50 caliber heavy machine gun and a 5.56 mm M16A2 across his back. MSD-22 is providing security for Iraq's oil terminals as part of a joint effort between the United States and coalition forces to provide security against terrorist attacks to Iraq's oil platforms

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, sit on their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) in an assembly area near Az Zubayr, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

US Marine Corps (USMC) Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, crosses the Tigris River over the An Nu'maniyah Bridge along Highway 27 in Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

A US Army (USA) Soldier lends assistance as two Iraqi National Guard Soldiers take a suspect into custody, during a large scale security operations conducted by USA Soldiers assigned to 1-9 Cavalry, 3rd Brigade, 1ST Calvary Division, in conjunction with Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Iraqi National Guard (ING) Soldiers, in and around Talaa Square and Haifa Street in the Sadamia area of Baghdad, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, move, in their M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System) toward the breech point near Safwan Hill, Iraq during the opening shots of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

An Iraqi Security Force (ISF) Commando attached to US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Alpha (A) Company (CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marine Regiment (MAR REGT), guards a number of civilians while their vehicles are searched. The activity is an attempt to prevent the transport of weapons and contraband in the city of Ar Ramadi. The US Marines and ISF are currently engaged in security and stabilization operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Angie Kerns, 1ST Infantry Division (ID), keeps an eye on detainees waiting to load onto buses at the Baghdad Correctional Facility in Abu Ghraib. The US-led coalition is releasing some 320 detainees, to support its program to free detainees no longer considered a security threat during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Hundreds of oil tankers each year receive their payload from Iraq's Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT). Mobile Security Force Detachment 22 (MSFD-22) is currently defending Iraqis oil terminals as part of a joint effort between US and Coalition Forces to provide security against terrorist attacks to Iraq's oil platforms in the North Persian Gulf during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Base: Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT)

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Richard J. Brunson, Usn

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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12/12/2004
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