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U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment search the grounds of a farm house for evidence of weapons or insurgency during Operation Swarmer, Northeast of Samarra, March 17, 2006. Soldiers from the 9th participated in the large operation to hunt down weapon caches and Anti-Iraqi forces. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment search the top and underneath a stairwell of a farm house for evidence of weapons or insurgency during Operation Swarmer, Northeast of Samarra, March 17, 2006. Soldiers from the 9th participated in the large operation to hunt down weapon caches and Anti-Iraqi forces. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

A U.S. Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment searches a wall cabinet in a farm house for weapons during Operation Swarmer, Northeast of Samarra, March 17, 2006. Soldiers from the 9th participated in the large operation to hunt down weapon caches and Anti-Iraqi forces. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment searches a bed room in a farm house for weapons during Operation Swarmer, Northeast of Samarra, March 17, 2006. Soldiers from the 9th participated in the large operation to hunt down weapon caches and Anti-Iraqi forces. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment enter a farm house during Operation Swarmer, Northeast of Samarra, Iraq, March 16, 2006. The farm house is suspected to be a safe haven for insurgents and weapon caches. Soldiers of the 187th and the 4th Iraqi Army Division air assaulted in the area Northeast of Samarra to find weapon caches and Anti-Iraq Forces as part of Operation Swarmer. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

A U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment searches a suitcase in a farm house northeast of Samarra, Iraq, March 17, 2006, during Operation Swarmer. The operation is a combined air assault operation to clear the area northeast of Samarra of suspected insurgents. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

A U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment searches a cabinet in a farm house northeast of Samarra, Iraq, March 17, 2006, during Operation Swarmer. The operation is a combined air assault operation to clear the area northeast of Samarra of suspected insurgents. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment pushes his boot through hay checking for the presence of weapons or insurgents during a search on the grounds of a farm house northeast of Samarra, Iraq, March 17, 2006, during Operation Swarmer. The operation is a combined air assault operation to clear the area northeast of Samarra of suspected insurgents. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

A U.S. Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry clears an AK-47 for safety after it was found in a wallocker of a farm house during Operation Swarmer, Northeast of Samarra, March 17, 2006. Soldiers from the 9th participated in the large operation to hunt down weapon caches and Anti-Iraqi forces. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment search the grounds of a farm house for evidence of weapons or insurgency during Operation Swarmer, Northeast of Samarra, March 17, 2006. Soldiers from the 9th participated in the large operation to hunt down weapon caches and Anti-Iraqi forces. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

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Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER

Base: Samarra

State: Salah Ad Din

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION

Scene Camera Operator: SSG Alfred Johnson, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

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