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The 6th Commando Kandak commander orders his platoons

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert A. Castillo (left) and SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Frank Mireles (right), Alpha Company (A Co), 1ST Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment (1/36th), deployed with the US Marine Corps (USMC) I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), patrol through construction site while participating in Operation MONTGOMERY in Hit, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Kuwait- A large crowd of foreign and U.S. dignitaries

Afghan soldiers give a hand to a fellow soldier after

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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Rory McMilton (right), a Security Forces Journeyman assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (AESFS), trains with an Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Assault Rifle near Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with an M2 .50 caliber machine gun, US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Roberto Fernandez, with the 2/503rd Battalion, scans the area for enemy combatants near Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Raymond Loera and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Rogers, with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), wait in their High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), for the word to go at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Brandon Midthun, Aerial GUNNER, 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, on the rear ramp of a USAF MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter takes aim with a mounted M2 .50 caliber machine gun during a combat mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Greg Aderhole, with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS) monitors the perimeter of Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Richard Aceves, a Security Forces Journeyman, deployed from the 163rd Air Reserve Squadron (ARS), March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California, to the 363rdExpeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), guards a perimeter fence line, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Matthew Garrison, Crewchief, 465th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma (OK), assigned to the 376th Expeditionary ARS (EARS), salutes a KC-135R Stratotanker as it prepares to depart the ramp at a forward-deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA), Jeff Sheppard, USAF, mans a M2 .50 Caliber machine gun during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (IRRE/CERE), at Osan AB, Korea. The gun is equipped with a blank firing device and Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kaethe Jo Binder, Air Traffic Controller, 506th Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron (EOSS) monitors inbound and outbound aircraft inside to control tower at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Raymond Loera, with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), man's an M2 .50 caliber machine gun at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Tallil Air Base

State: Dhi Qar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry, Jr., USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Ssgt Lee, M 2 Heavy Machine Gun

In a temporary medical clinic, US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Jonathan Leong, a Brigade Surgeon with the 173rd Airborne, treats a local man in a small village outside of Al Hawijah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

One of the many entry control pointes (ECP), manned by the 363rd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on October 23rd, 2000. The 363rd is part of the coalition force here to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq. This image was shot using the Starlight night vision system

Left to right, are US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Abe Caceres, SPC Steven Stocking and Sergeant (SGT) Michael Grabski, all with the 2/503rd Battalion, patrol an area litered with abandoned munitions in a local village near Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ray Ashey, Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC), Finance Office, 407th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, charges his 9 mm M9 Pistol prior to departing his office to pay local national personnel during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Command MASTER CHIEF (CNOCM) of US Navy Forces Iraq, Pat Flavin (center) poses in a group photograph with USN Sailors assigned to the maintenance section of Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), Iraq Detachment Bravo, during a visit to Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq. CNOMC Flavin is on a tour of bases throughout Iraq to touch base with Navy Commands and individual Augmentees assigned to multi-national and joint service commands in Iraq. VP-9 is currently on deployment conducting reconnaissance and maritime patrol operations supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS), take-off at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel deployed to the 363rd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), place toy soldiers on a barrier at an entry control point during a sandstorm, as a distraction, in direct support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Stephanie Hall, from the 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB), unloads medical supplies at a surgical hospital in An Nasiriyah, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Boom Operator SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Dustin Sharpmack deployed with the 380th Air Refueling Expeditionary Wing (AREW), reviews checklists before a refueling operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Larry Lee (left), 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB), and US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Jack Nickel, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CS), unpack soccer balls at an orphanage in Kirkuk, Iraq. Soldiers and AIRMAN from Kirkuk Air Base (AB) brought gifts of candy and soccer balls for the seventeen children at the center run by the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Image taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Bree (B029), a US Air Force (USAF) Military Working Dog, with the 407th Expeditionary Security Forcese Squadron (ESFS), follows commands from his handler, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Derreck Bachner, as he attacks SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Steven Moolish during a "6 Phases of Aggression" exercise. The Military Working Dogs here are deployed with their handlers from home station for six months in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 4077th Expeditionary Medical Group (EMG), line up litters during a mass casualty exercise while deployed to Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ),in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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air force usaf senior airman senior airman sra raymond loera raymond loera expeditionary security expeditionary security forces squadron esfs man caliber gun caliber machine gun kirkuk kirkuk air base iraq operation iraqi freedom military operations machine gun staff sergeant us air force high resolution tallil air base iraqi freedom scene major command dhi qar ssgt lee m 2 heavy machine gun air force base us national archives