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A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

An Afghan Local Policeman demonstrates counter improvised

Three off-duty servicemen relax in the sun between two rows of tents at the humanitarian services support base established for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew J. Metler, a mortarman

Guinean Special Forces Soldiers conduct close quarters

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment,

A Marine carrying a flashlight at night walks in front

An Afghan National Army commando with 6th Special Operations

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Services Squadron (ESVS) assemble Tent, Extended, Modular, Personnel (TEMPER) tents that will become the dinning facility at Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Kurdish men sit in the grass after arriving at 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

Kurdish men sit in the grass next to some tents at 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

Kurdish men sit in the grass to listen to a briefing at 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 Kurdish man sits in the grass after arriving at 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

Kurdish men gather support poles to erect additional tents at 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

Kurdish men listen to a briefing after arriving at 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

Kurdish men carry support poles across a field as they help to erect additional tents at 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

Kurdish men gather at the edge of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq, following a tour of its facilities. The camp was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who left their homes to flee from Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Army soldier leads a group of Kurdish men on a tour of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. The camp was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who left their homes to flee from Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

Kurdish men sit in the shade beneath a tent fly at 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

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1991
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A Vietnamese refugee mother poses for a photograph with her children aboard the petroleum tanker OVERSEAS VIVIAN (T-AOT-2006) as the ship arrives in port at Naval Base, Subic Bay. The commercial tanker, which is operating under a charter with the Navy's Military Sealift Command, is transporting 109 Vietnamese refugees to Naval Base, Subic Bay, following their recovery from a disabled boat in the South China Sea on April 20th. Exact Date Shot Unknown

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A young Afghan girl pauses for the camera as she sets

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

An Iraqi woman smiles as she carries a box of meals

Command Sgt. Maj. Thinh Huynh conducts push-ups during

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

A meat cutter carries freshly cut beef for packaging and consumer sale at the Yongsan Commissary, Yongsan Army Garrison, Seoul, Korea, on Oct. 8, 1998. The Commissary supports thousands of U.S. service members, their dependents and Department of Defense employees from Yongsan Garrison and smaller posts in and around the city of Seoul

A view of the children in the refugee camp located near Goma

Syrian children crowd around to get their photo taken

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