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U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division exit a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during an air assualt mission into Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, 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 on the Weapons Team, Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division set their 249 Squad Automatic Weapon to provide security over the objective during an air assualt mission into Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The air assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

A CH-47 Chinook Helicopter lands to pick up Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division for a follow on misssion from Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The air assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, 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 set up a security perimeter during an air assualt mission into Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, 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 await take off in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter 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 set up a security perimeter amid the dust kicked up by a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault mission to root out insurgents at a possible training camp near Balad, Iraq, March 21, 2006. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army Weapons Team Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division provide security with their 240mm machine gun during an air assualt mission into Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The air assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, 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 SPC. Fred Burch from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division takes a security position during an air assualt mission into Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, 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 exit a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during an air assualt mission into Al Mara, Iraq on April 23, 2006. The assualt was part of Operation Swift Sword, 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: Mara

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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