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Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army work together to extricate a High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) from deep mud during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 24, 2006. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army place stones under the wheels a High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to provide traction while working to extricate the vehicle from deep mud during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 24, 2006. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army work together in an attempt to push a High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) free of deep mud it is stuck in during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 24, 2006. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army work together in an attempt to push a High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) free of deep mud it is stuck in during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 24, 2006. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
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U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division find and search an underground cavernous area for possible weapons during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 25, 2006. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division use a mine detector and shovel to search for possible weapons caches while a fellow Soldier provides security during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 25, 2006. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division unlaod boxes of seized ammunition from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 25, 2006. The boxes were part of a large weapons cache found during the operation. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division unlaod boxes of seized ammunition from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 25, 2006. The boxes were part of a large weapons cache found during the operation. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army work together to extricate a High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) from deep mud during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 24, 2006. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)
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Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD
Base: Sukariya
State: Salah Ah Din
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
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24/04/2006
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