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An Afghan Nation Army (ANA) soldier stands in the turret
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US Army (USA) 1ST Battalion (BN), 3rd Armored Combat Regiment (1/3rd ACR) Soldiers conduct a cordon and search operation in Biaj, Ninawa Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Armed with an M2 .50 caliber Machine Gun mounted on a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), US Army (USA) personnel provide security and crowd control near an essential bridge crossing just south of Baghdad, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
From the turret of the M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Aarm Irby, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (3/4), Weapons Company, adjusts the sights on his M220 Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) Missile system during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Ripper, Kuwait
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An M-1038 cargo/troop carrier is unloaded from an air-cushioned landing craft of Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
An M-977 series heavy expanded mobility tactical truck is unloaded from an air-cushioned landing craft (LCAC) of Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwait combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
Air-cushioned landing craft LCAC-29 of Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) moves out during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
A U.S. military photographer stands in front of an M-1038 cargo/troop carrier as he films the unloading of equipment from a landing craft during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter releases paratroopers during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
Air-cushioned landing craft LCAC-17 of Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) stands on shore in preparation for unloading equipment during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
A member of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (HMM-166) looks out the window of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter as it prepares to take off from the amphibious assault ship USS OKINAWA (LPH-3) during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwait combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
A beachmaster directs an air-cushned landing craft (LCAC) of Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) ashore during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
A member of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) looks out from the hatch of an AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle as he takes part in maneuvers during Exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
Marines take a break atop an M-1038 cargo/troop carrier as it is readied for unloading from an air-cushioned landing craft of Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) during exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: EAGER MACE 92-1DESERT STORM
Country: Kuwait (KWT)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Tuemler
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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