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Security Forces Airmen participate in an 18-day

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Johns and Spc. Scott Stephenson

A cache of Tabuk 7.62 mm short assault rifles (rear) and Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles (front) inventoried at the Iraqi Civil Defense (ICDC) armory in Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi

US Army soldiers (not shown) out of Camp Dobol discovered ammunition and AK-47 rifles after a thorough search of a few houses located in the town of Hajvazi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

A row of M-16 rifles with blank adapters attached sit

Iraqi RPG-7 portable rocket launchers and an AKM assault rifle are among the weapons found in Iraqi bunkers near Kuwait International Airport after the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Base: Kuwait City

Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. David Mcleod

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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27/02/1991
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Combat ready US Army (USA) soldiers, from Fort Stewart, Georgia arrive at Kuwait City International Airport and are greeted by the US Ambassador, the Honorable James A. Larocco, Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Tommy R. Franks, Deputy Commanding General, US Army Forces Command (AFC) and CHIEF of STAFF Kuwaiti Armed Forces, LTGEN Ali Mohammed Hassan Al-mumin

U.S. Army SGT. Kelly Black from 3-187th Infantry Regiment shoot an AK-47 and demonstrates the firing procedures to Iraqi Police men during a firing training at Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit on April 27, 2006. Alpha company, 3-187th Infantry Regiment is in charge of training the local Iraqi police in Forward Operating Base Remagen. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in the Tikrit area and Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S.. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

AK-47 magazines and a bayonet (not for AK-47) acquired by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from insurgents that attacked the police station in Al Kharma, Iraq, during Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld is greeted by State of Kuwait Minister of Defense, Jabir Mubarak, al Hamad Al Sabah, as he arrives for a visit on April 29, 2003, at the Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait. OSD Package No. A07D-00577 (DOD PHOTO by Helene C. Stikkel) (Released)

Soldiers with the Romanian Land Forces transport an

Smoke rises in the background as members of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5 sight in on a target with their M-4 carbines during a press demonstration. The rifles are equipped with M-203 grenade launchers

A demolished Iraqi T-55 main battle tank lies abandoned in the desert after Iraqi forces deserted the region during Operation Desert Storm

An Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldier provides outer security with a Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifle on a roof top overlooking the area of operation at Camp Ali home of the 60th ICDC Brigade training camp during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation GAUNTLET

Marines of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit rebuild bunkers that were destroyed by mud and rain during their participation in a multinational peacekeeping operation

A foreign-built T-72 main battle tank, captured from Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm, stands on display at the Marine Corps Air/Ground Museum

A Russian sailor stands in front of one of the quad 21-inch torpedo launchers aboard the Udaloy class guided missile destroyer ADMIRAL TRIBUTS (552). The ship is open for tours by U.S. Navy and Coast Guard personnel during a three-day goodwill visit to the Russian port city by the guided missile frigate USS MCCLUSKY (FFG-41) and the high endurance cutter USCGC CHASE (WHEC-718)

U.S. special forces soldiers practice firing a Carl

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