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Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division fire their AK-47 rifles from the prone position at a qualification range conducted by Soldiers of 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division fire their AK-47 rifles from the prone position at a qualification range conducted by Soldiers of 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

A Soldier of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division fires his AK-47 rifle from the prone position at a qualification range conducted by Soldiers of 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

A Soldier of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division takes aim and prepares to fire his AK-47 rifle from the prone position at a qualification range conducted by Soldiers of 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division fire a PKC machine gun at a qualification range conducted by Soldiers of 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division fire a PKC machine gun at a qualification range conducted by Soldiers of 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division fire a PKC machine gun at a qualification range conducted by Soldiers of Bravo and Charlie Companies, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division fire a PKC machine gun at a qualification range conducted by Soldiers of Bravo and Charlie Companies, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Robert Leak of Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division instructs Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division at a qualification range at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division fire their AK-47 rifles from the prone position at a qualification range conducted by Soldiers of 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

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Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall

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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A memorial service is held for fallen Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division in the Iraqi Army Compound at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 25, 2006. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of 1ST Platoon, C Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division conducted a dismounted patrol through As Saliniyah, Iraq on February 24, 2006. Patrols such as this help to show an active presence in the community and enforce local rules. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill)(Released)

An Egyptian ranger battalion stands in formation holding AK-47 assault rifles in a demonstration for visiting dignitaries during Operation Desert Shield.

Soldiers of 2nd Company, 2nd Brigage, 4th Iraqi Army Division signal a vehicle to stop so that it may be searched at an Entry Control Point in Seniya, Iraq on March 4, 2006. ECPs such as this aid in the detourance of insurgent activity in the area. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

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)

A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices detaining U.S Marine Corps Marine CPL. Rodirguez from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (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

An Iraqi soldier takes aim with a T-5000 sniper rifle

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion (BN), 70th Armored Regiment (AR REGT) (2/70), 1ST Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas (KS), unpack cases of 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, alleviating a critical shortage of weapons for the 1ST Presidential Iraqi Army in Mamadia Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Navy (USN) Hull Technician First Class Keith Zola (left) discusses enlisted surface warfare specialist engineering fundamentals with Mineman Third Class Kyle Baldridge while underway on board the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) during a maritime security operation on Dec. 1, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

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