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US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Dan J. McSweeney, Officer-in-Charge (OIC), Public Affairs/Combat Camera, Command Element, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) poses for a photograph in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

VICENZA, Italy -- AMICI winners give the thumbs up

Lt. Gen. Kenneth Hunzeker, the United States Forces-

Pulling security: A Kurdish Regional Guard soldier

A Peshmerga soldier signals to his comrade to assault

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology

[Base: Al Asad Air Base - Al Anbar - Iraq]

Sgt. Cody Gaeta, radio operator, Personal Security

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US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) John Lloyd (left, and Captain (CPT) Robert Matthews (right), both assigned to the 2nd Embedded Training Team, (ETT), B/Company, 2-5 Infantry, examine an Iraqi 30mm AGS-17 Automatic Grenade Launcher found in a house in the village of Kachari, Afghanistan, while conducting a village assessment, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Both Soldiers are armed with 5.56mm M4A1 Modular Weapons System (MWS) equipped with the Knight Armament Company (KAC), Rail Interface System (RIS)

A US Army (USA) Soldier from A Troop, 2nd Squadron (SQD), 14th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), pulls security, armed with a Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifle, performs a dismounted patrol on a street in Mosul, Iraq. Accompanying the Soldier is a Stryker APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) with Slat Armor cage during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The cage detonates anti-tank shaped charges away from the vehicle

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Rene Mejia, Charlie Troop (C TRP), 2nd Squadron (SQDN), 11th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, inspects the identification card of an Iraqi male, as it is handed to him by his wife in Tunis, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jhonatan Enciso, Headquarters Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 327th Infantry Division (ID), 101st Airborne (ABN), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (KY), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, provides security at a checkpoint on route Trans-Am near Ryiad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Troop D, 4th Cavalry, 1ST Infantry Division, Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), armed with 5.56 mm M4A1 carbines walk back to their vehicles, after completing a search for weapons inside the glass factory in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) First Sergeant (1SG) Robert Lillie, Charlie Troop (C TRP), 1ST Squadron (SQDN), 61st Cavalry (CAV) Regiment (1/61st), 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 506th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), detains a suspected Iraqi insurgent while carrying out a house-to-house search in Salman Pak, Baghdad Province, Iraq (IRQ), with the Iraqi Army (IA) 3rd Public Order Brigade (POB) in Operation WARRIOR SCYTHE, a large-scale joint US-Iraqi operation conducted during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army Private (PVT) Kueth Dolvony, Charlie Troop (C TRP), 4th Battalion (BN), 14th Cavalry (CAV), 2nd Platoon (PLT), provides security with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4, at the backside of a house outside Rawah, Iraq (IRQ), during a search for weapons caches during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) Soldier from 7th Squadron (SQN), 10th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 1ST Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID), Fort Hood, Texas (TX), searches a residence in Nubai, Iraq, during an air assault mission to search for insurgents and weapons caches during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldier is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Josue J. Paredes, assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), participates in a dismounted patrol to search for hidden weapons during a raid on a suspected weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Joe Linhart, Echo Troop (E TRP), 2nd Squadron (SQDN), 11th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, provides security for fellow Soldiers. They are interrogating the driver of a truck, out of frame, stopped for suspicious activity in Iskandaryiah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Al Iskandariyah

State: Al Anbar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Michael J. O'Brien, USMC

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.

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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

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ) Robert Carr, Civil Affairs SPECIALIST, 15th Marines Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operation Capable (SOC), photographs of an Iraqi family getting water from a damaged water treatment facility located at An Nasariyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

March 20, 2007, Marine Corps STAFF SGT. Matthew Rumfelt, an airframes mechanic with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VMAQ-1), plays a game of horseshoes during some downtime on Asad Air Base, Iraq. VMAQ-1 is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released)

US Army (USA) Soldiers of Alpha Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), search an abandoned house during a Quick Response Force (QRF) Search and Seizure mission. They are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

At a border checkpoint between Iraq and Syria, US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Justin Hecock, attached to Lima Company (L CO), 3rd Battalion (BN) 7th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), throws his MWD (Military Working Dog) search dog, Charlie, a toy for doing a good job searching a vehicle for explosive materials. The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar province in Iraq (IRQ)

March 21, 2007, A C-30J with 2D Marine Aircraft Wing (2D MAW) sits on the flight line preparing to take off while an AV-8B Harrier, also with 2D MAW, flies overhead. 2D MAW is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released)

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. John R. Quattrone, Commander, 31st Security Forces Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, and his men, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 and local Carabinieri, armed with Beretta Model 12S submachine guns, rush out of a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron, Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, during joint helicopter deployment training on Sept. 26, 2004 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF Sergeant Bethann Caporaletti) (Released)

First Lieutenant (1LT) Rui Costa, Portuguese Army, Platoon Leader, explains the embarkment procedures for the UH-60 Black Hawk to Portuguese soldiers. The Portuguese Army, 2nd Mechanical Battalion, Camp Visoko, NATO Stabilization Force, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the United States Army, Bravo Company, 2-224th Aviation Battalion, Task Force Pegasus, Comanche Base, Tuzla, NATO Stabilization Force Bosnia-Herzegovina jointly participated in Operation RESCUE AIR. The exercise is designed to familiarize soldiers with the Black hawk helicopter and other aircraft they may use during combat

March 20, 2007, CPL. Joshua Gomez, an engine mechanic with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VMAQ-1), point checks an EA-6B Prowler before it launches out of Asad Air Base, Iraq. VMAQ-1 is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released)

Iraqi Army soldiers pulls security during a patrol on March 1, 2006 in Mosul, Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SPC. Clydell Kinchen) (Released)

March 20, 2007, Lance CPL. Corey Cummins (left), Lance CPL. John Gadbury (middle), and Lance CPL. Seth Renquinha, all engine mechanics with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VMAQ-1), work on an EA-6B Prowlers engine on Asad Air Base, Iraq. VMAQ-1 is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released)

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