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U.S. Army 1ST LT. Ryan Purdy (left), from Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, takes a picture of a crater left by an Improvised Explosive Device at Dequq, Kirkuk, Iraq, on Nov. 4, 2004. In the background are members of the Iraqi National Guard and Iraqi Police inspecting the area which was the site of an Improvised Explosive Device attack that struck a convoy on Nov. 3, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Lee Harshman) (Released)

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel in an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) and a Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) from Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, scan the area for enemy personnel and vehicles at the intersection of Highway 1 and 27 during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

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Using a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMMV), US Marines (USMC) secure an intersection in the town of An Nu' maniyahl, Iraq, flanked by on looking Iraqi civilians during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Using a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher attached, US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Benjamin Baldwin, Fox Company 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines (2/25), provides forward facing security during a convoy through An Nasiriya(h) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Echo Company (E Co.), 2nd Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (2/2), 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), conduct a foot patrol through Al Mahmudiyah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, as part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Charlie Company M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT), High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) and an assortment of other advancing transports along Highway 27 near An Nu'maniyah, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Samantha Mahan, attached to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, distributes a humanitarian aid package to a child in the village of Al Hak, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2007. Soldiers with Mahan's unit, an element of the 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and Iraqi army soldiers are working together to ensure security and stability in the region. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Sean A. Foley) (Released)

A U.S. Army Soldier hands an Iraqi army soldier a humanitarian aid package as they distribute the aid to children in the village of Al Hak, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2007. U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, an element of the 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and Iraqi army soldiers are working together to ensure security and stability in the region. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Sean A. Foley) (Released)

An Iraqi army soldier distributes a humanitarian aid package to a child in the village of Al Hak, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2007. U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, an element of the 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25t h Infantry Division and Iraqi army soldiers are working together to ensure security and stability in the region. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Sean A. Foley) (Released)

An Iraqi army soldier distributes a humanitarian aid package to a child in the village of Al Hak, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2007. U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, an element of the 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25t h Infantry Division and Iraqi army soldiers are working together to ensure security and stability in the region. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Sean A. Foley) (Released)

U.S. Army CAPT. Christopher Judge, commander, Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, communicates with other involved elements during a rehearsal for an upcoming air assault mission on at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq, March 20, 2006. The operation is to root out insurgents and foreign fighters at a possible training camp near Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

An Iraqi army soldier distributes a humanitarian aid package to a child in the village of Al Hak, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2007. U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, an element of the 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25t h Infantry Division and Iraqi army soldiers are working together to ensure security and stability in the region. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Sean A. Foley) (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)

Iraqi army soldiers distribute humanitarian aid packages to children in the village of Al Hak, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2007. U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, an element of the 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th I nfantry Division and Iraqi army soldiers are working together to ensure security and stability in the region. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Sean A. Foley) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Robert Leak of Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division gives the thumbs up to a Soldier of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division for his performance 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)

U.S. Army CAPT. Rufus Schumate, the commander of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and Iraqi army soldiers are greetd by Iraqi children as they arrive to deliver humanitarian aid packages in the village of Al Hak, Iraq, J an. 5, 2007. Soldiers with Schumate's unit, an element of the 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and Iraqi army soldiers are working together to ensure security and stability in the region. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Sean A. Foley) (Released)

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

State: Babil

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSG Sean A Foley, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

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